Match Preview

This week’s free expert Vitoria Guimaraes vs Feirense preview takes a critical eye to a contest between one of the last season’s Europa League qualifiers and a team who narrowly missed out on a top six Primeira Liga finish in 2016/17. Both clubs have had relatively disappointing starts to this year’s league campaign, although lately things are starting to look up for the hosts at least.

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In the weeks just prior to our Vitoria Guimaraes vs Feirense betting tips, the home side have won three matches out of four, seeing off Feirense in the Cup, before sealing back-to-back league victories away to Rio Ave and Setubal respectively. Os Conquistadores are still in with a shout of qualifying from their Europa League group, though they will need to beat Konyaspor and hope that Marseille lose in the last round of fixtures.

Ironically, their chances of making next year’s competition would probably improve if they were to be eliminated at the first hurdle this season. That would allow them to concentrate all their efforts on finishing as high as possible in the Primeira Liga.

Feirense’s eighth place finish in the 2016/17 season already feels like a lifetime ago. The Azuis da Feira have won just three of their thirteen league games, a dreadful run that sees them hovering just a couple of places above the drop zone. Head Coach Nuno Manta’s biggest problems have been in the final third – his attack is the third most blunt in the division, scoring just eleven times so far. Twenty-two-year-old Nigerian striker Oghenekaro Etebo has provided most of their cutting edge. He has bagged four Primeira Liga goals in his thirteen appearances.

Vitoria Guimaraes vs Feirense Prediction and Betting Advice

The only shadow of doubt over the home team’s chances in our Vitoria Guimaraes vs Feirense bets this weekend will be the Europa League fixture they will have to negotiate on Thursday. Even though playing on Monday should allow them enough rest to recover sufficiently for the visit of the Azuis da Feira, there might be some tiredness in their legs from their tie with Turkish team Konyaspor.

However, that tricky game aside, it should be noted that Vitoria Guimaraes take to the field at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques to take on a side who have won just once in six matches away from home in 2017/18. Os Conquistadores have only been beaten once in nine meetings with their weaker opponents since 2006.

Our featured clubs played each other as recently as last month in the fourth round of the Taca de Portugal. On that occasion, Guimaraes came out on top recording a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Heldon and Raphael. There is every reason to suggest that a repeat result could be on the cards on Monday. Betway’s Primeira Liga football odds this weekend beat the other bookies in terms of value, making them the perfect place to bet on our first expert pick.

Defensively, the home team under examination in today’s Vitoria Guimaraes vs Feirense predictions have been anything but rock solid in 2017/18. In stark contrast to last season when they conceded a total of just thirty-nine goals in thirty-four games, Pedro Martins has watched his team leak twenty-two goals in only thirteen outings so far this term.

His backline have kept just two clean sheets in their last seventeen fixtures overall. The visitors have stopped their opponents from scoring in just two of their last thirteen matches too, a strikingly similar statistic to their hosts on Monday. Despite losing six on the spin, Feirense have managed to nick a goal in four of their most recent five games though.

Os Conquistadores have only failed to find the net twice in their last twelve and they will expect to find a route to goal again this week. With both defences looking unsure, backing both teams to get on the scoresheet is a smart move. The odds for that outcome at MrGreen are the best you’ll find anywhere for the second part of today’s Portuguese soccer predictions.