Santa Clara vs Gil Vicente Prediction & Betting Tips (25 October)

What a start to the season for Santa Clara which is not holding back anything by being fourth at the start of this day with 15 points collected out of 24 possible. A priori, the fairy tale will soon end with the championship leaders getting in tune with each other, but for the moment, the dream continues. The overall record is even succulent for the locals in the evening who won five of their first eight matches for three losses. Before the break, after having created a dynamic of two consecutive victories at home against Estrela 1-0 and Boavista 1-0, Santa Clara fell to Moreirense by the smallest of scores 1-0. As funny as it may seem, since the start of the campaign, the Red and Whites have never managed to snap a series of three consecutive victories.

Last weekend, engaged in a 1/32 final of the Portuguese Cup, they swept aside the hopes of Gondomar D4 on the road 0-1. Engaged for a sixth consecutive season in the elite, Gil Vicente much more difficult to start its adventure in the championship with only two successes against Estrela just before the break 3-0 and against the promoted AVS during the 2nd day 4-2. Let us therefore note that for five consecutive matches, the evening visitors had failed to record the slightest victory for a nevertheless reassuring record of four draws and only one defeat, contracted to Benfica with a fairly large score 5-1. Like Santa Clara, Gil Vicente was away in the Portuguese Cup last weekend and he won without conceding a goal against Os Belenenses 0-2. 

Full member of the squad, the Brazilian Safira (2 goals, 2 assists in the league) did not participate in the Portuguese Cup match (uncertain this evening). Indisputable holder in the defensive sector, Pacheco is injured and OUT. Boys like Vinicius Lopes (4 goals), Ricardinho (2 pawns) and Gabriel Silva (2 goals) will be available. Opposite, the Argentine midfielder Caseres remains injured and will be missing in the image of the international African Sithole, who returned injured from the international break in September.

The crucial Gbane (6 appearances in the league) had missed the previous two days but everything suggests that he will make his return this evening since he participated in the party in the Portuguese Cup by playing for 24 minutes coming off the bench. The Japanese Fujimoto (5 goals, 2 goals in the championship) will be present, the same for Felix Correia (3 goals, 2 offerings).