Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Sporting
Match Time & Date:
21/04/2024
12:30 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Guimaraes
High-flying Sporting CP will look to put icing on the cake on a very successful Primeira Liga campaign when they face Vitoria Guimaraes on Matchday 30. The Lions recorded a hard-fought 1-0 win over Famalicao in a postponed fixture, with the team moving one step closer to regaining the trophy, but boss Ruben Amorim must warn his men against complacency. Goalkeeper Adan and defender Matheus Reis should be the only absentees in the home team.
Alvaro Pacheco’s men, on the other hand, have been in a fine form in the national championship of late, with the team rejoining the Champions League race. Sporting CP, though, are more of a team than Vitoria Guimaraes and we predict that the league leaders are going to pick up all three points from the match. The good news for the visiting team is that talented midfielder Manu is back from suspension.
Highlighted Player (Sebastian Coates):
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 7, 1990, Sebastian Coates is a 196-cm-tall defender who plays for Sporting CP in Primeira Liga. Coates is the product of the hometown club Nacional, and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 60 appearances for the capital club in the national championship.
After ending his spell with English club Sunderland, the Uruguay international moved to Portugal, signing a loan deal with Sporting CP in January 2016. He signed a permanent contract with the Lions in February 2017.
Speaking of his international career, Sebastian Coastes made his full Uruguay debut against Chile at the 2011 Copa America. La Celeste won the trophy, with the team beating Paraguay 3-0 in the final of the competition at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires. Coates wears the number 4 shirt at Sporting CP, and his preferred foot is right.
Highlighted Team (Guimaraes):
Vitoria Guimaraes have always been in the shadow of famous Portuguese sides Porto, Benfica and Sporting, but over the years they have established themselves as a top-table side in the Primeira Liga. Os Vimaranenses did well to win Taca de Portugal in the 2012/2013 season, wi the team beating Benfica in the final of the domestic cup.
Vitoria Guimaraes finished the 2016/2017 Primeira Liga campaign in fourth place in the standings and, as a result, they booked their place in the Europa League qualifiers. The Portuguese side will face the likes of Salzburg, Konyaspor and Olympic Marseille in Group I and they are seen as underdogs in their group. Vitoria Guimaraes welcome their rivals at Estadio D. Alfonso Henriques and the venue can hold up to 30.000 spectators.
Os Vimaranenses play their home games in white shirts and white shorts, whilst they wear black when playing on the road. Their neighbours Braga are considered Guimaraes’ fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in the derby of Minho Province.
