Portimonense vs Vitoria Guimaraes Prediction and Betting Tips (Friday 9th April)

Portimonense and Vitória de Guimarães will meet this Friday, at 20:00, at the Municipal Stadium of Portimão, in a match of the number 26 of the Liga NOS. The Minho team has just changed coach, with João Henriques leaving after the home defeat against Tondela e Bino, until then technician of the secondary training in Guimarães, to assume the position. Vitória continues to fight for fifth place, but the distance to Paços de Ferreira is significant and does not allow a margin of error: nine points. The Algarvians, on the other hand, come from a victory in Madeira, against Nacional, by an expressive 1-5, occupying the 13th position, with 26 points, four more than Farense, antepenultimate, in place of permanence play-off. Who will win?

Under 2.5 goals have been netted in 14 of the previous 17 Portimonense home matches in the Primeira Liga, so fans of Portimonense have had to put up with both a lack of entertainment and poor results. Supporters following Vitoria Guimaraes on the road have endured a similar experience, with under 2.5 goals scored in eight of their last ten second-tier games.

Vitoria Guimaraes have been rock-solid defensively over the course of their previous six Primeira Liga matches, conceding just a single goal on the way to collecting 17 points from a possible 18. Given that both teams have found the net in just one of the last nine league games involving Portimonense, any deviation from this script would come as a bit of a surprise.