Vitoria SC Guimaraes vs Porto Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 26/12/2020, 04:58  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 26/12/2020 at 05:01 in Liga Portugal Predictions

Vitoria Guimaraes have come second best in recent meetings with FC Porto but will be hoping to wrap up the year on a high, with a win, when they play host to the Primeira Liga giants in the 11th round of matches. The two sides face off with just three points separating them; Vitoria on 19 and in fifth place as Porto sit third with 22 points. After two winless outings in the Portuguese Cup, Vitoria resumed league action with a win, beating Santa Clara 4-0 away from home. The big win should give them the needed confidence to take on FC Porto and they have three clean sheets too in the last five matches. Vitoria have the joint best defence in the league, having conceded just seven goals but have the poorest attack among the top six sides, having scored 11. Oscar Estupinan has been a top performer for the side, with three goals in their last two matches but they also have Andre Andre who has scored three in the last five games. These two should be able to handle the Porto challenge, with the visitors having a leaky defence that has conceded 13 goals in 10 matches. Vitoria head to this game with four wins in the last five league matches, and the last three being straight wins with clean sheets. In three of their last five league matches they have scored two or more goals but they will need a lot of improvement at home, having lost three of their last five home matches in the league. The team has also struggled on the scoring front in league matches at home, and has scored more than one goal in just one of the last seven home league matches.

Porto on the other hand, head to this game buoyed by their 2-0 win over arch rivals Benfica in the Super Cup. That win marked their sixth straight victory and a run of 12 matches unbeaten. In the 12 matches, they have won 11 and kept eight clean sheets. Three of the clean sheets have come in the last five matches and having struggled defensively in the league, Porto will hope this ride of clean sheets can be extended. In terms of attack, there’s no question over Porto’s quality; they have scored two goals or more in 12 of their last 15 matches and are the current league top scorers with 25 goals. Going to this game also, Porto have four straight away wins and clean sheets in all of them. They have scored two goals or more in four of their last five away matches and will hope to improve on their away run in the league that has two wins and a loss in the last four matches. Porto have three straight wins over Vitoria Guimaraes and are unbeaten in four matches against them.