Vitoria Guimaraes – Sporting. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Portugal

On December 23, Vitoria Guimarães – Sporting will hold their meeting in the Portuguese championship. The match will start at 22:45 Kyiv time.

Vitoria Guimarães

“Conquerors” are strong middle peasants of Portuguese football, it is difficult for them to compete with local giants, but sometimes they make their way to European cups. The team is currently seventh in the standings, 5 points behind the first quartet, with one game in reserve.

In the last round, the club managed to win an important away victory over Rio Ave – 1:0, which extended the unbeaten streak to four matches, during this stretch they managed to score 10 points. It is important to note that during the mentioned successful stretch, the team has not missed a single time. Beni will miss the upcoming meeting due to a call-up to the national team, Gustavo and Rivas Viondi are injured.

Sporting

The Lisbon club sets its usual high goals, first of all, to win the championship, where it is necessary to compete with Porto and Benfica. While Sporting is second in the standings, it is five points behind the leader. In the last round, they managed to defeat the outsider AFS in their native walls with a score of 6:0, so the unbeaten streak in the championship reached ten matches.

Sporting is still playing in the Champions League, where it is firmly in the playoff zone, occupying the 14th place, here even the top 8 is not so far, only two points. The calendar at the end of the league stage is complicated, a home match against PSG and an away match against Athletic Bilbao. Eight footballers will miss this match immediately, Katamu and Diomande are called up to their African national teams, and Braganza, Debast, Gonsalves, Morita, Kenda and Santos are injured.

Personal meetings

Last season, the teams had a real clash at Guimarães stadium, playing 4-4, while Sporting won 2-0 at home.

Forecast

The guests are the favorites of this meeting, no matter what, Sporting is higher in status and generally stronger. Guimarães is definitely capable of taking points away from any opponent at home. I expect a tense match that can end with any result.

The visitors have more chances for final success, but I will risk betting on the exchange of scored goals for a sweet 2.14.