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

On Sunday, January 18, the match of the 18th round of the Portuguese championship between “Vitoria Guimaraes” and “Porto” will take place. The game will start at 22:30 Kyiv time.

Vitoria Guimarães

Vitoria is having a pretty good season. For 17 games of the championship, she managed to score 25 points, which allows her to be in the 7th position of the tournament table. However, even from the 4th place, the distance is quite small – only 3 points. The team was eliminated from the Portuguese Cup at the 1/8 final stage by “AFSH”.

However, the main achievement of the club was in the Portuguese League Cup – there the team defeated Porto, Sporting and Braga and became the winner of the trophy.

Porto

Porto is having an extremely powerful season. After 17 games of the championship, the club has 49 points on its balance sheet, which allow it to occupy the 1st step of the tournament table. The distance from the closest competitor, Sporting, is 4 points, but Porto still has a game in hand. In the Portuguese Cup, the team has already reached the semi-finals, and in the League Cup, the same “Vitoria” conceded at the 1/4 stage.

For 6 matches of the Europa League, the Portuguese have gained 13 points, which now allow them to be on the 8th step of the overall table of the tournament.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “Porto” has the advantage. The team has 3 wins, 1 game ended in a draw, and Vitoria won 1 more game.

Interesting facts

• Porto’s winning streak has been going on for 8 games in a row.
• In the last 5 games, “Porto” conceded only 1 goal.
• Vitoria have scored just 18 goals this season in the Portuguese league, the worst of any team in the top 10.

Forecast

I will bet on the total under 2.5 with odds of 1.74.