Estoril vs Boavista Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 28/12/2022, 06:00  by Daniel Ngulu in Liga Portugal Predictions

Estoril are seeking a return to winning ways and will be hoping this comes to fruition when they play host to Boavista in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Going into this game, one point separates these two sides, Boavista 11th with 17 points and Estoril 18th with 16 points. In their last outing, Estoril suffered a 1-0 loss at home to Famalicao. That was their fourth straight winless outing in the League Cup and even as they switch to league action, things don’t look too rosy. Estoril have not managed a win in their last nine matches across all competitions and they have lost six times in that run and failed to score in four. Four losses in their last five matches at home may not inspire a lot of confidence for Estoril going into this game, and especially the fact that they have conceded two or more goals in three of the last five home matches. Estoril have also failed to score in three of their last five home matches.

Boavista will head into this game on a better run than Estoril; they have two wins in their last five matches but both wins were in the League Cup and they will want to do the same in the Primeira Liga. In their last game before this, they fell 2-1 to Academico Viseu in the League Cup. Before the league took a break for the World Cup, Boavista suffered a 4-1 loss to FC Porto, their third loss in four matches and they have no win in the last six games. From a possible 18 points in the last six league matches, Boavista have bagged just two points, in draws with Vizela and Maritimo. Even in their poor run, Boavista have only failed to score once in the last five league matches, a run they will want to carry into this game. They however do not have a great away scoring run in the league, having posted no goal in three of their last five outings.