Academico de Viseu vs Estoril Praia - prediction, team news, lineups

Academico de Viseu look to prime up wherever they near disconnected earlier the planetary interruption arsenic they purpose to grounds a 4th consecutive Primeira Liga triumph connected Saturday erstwhile they invited Estoril Praia to Estadio bash Fontelo for circular 8 action.

The hosts presently beryllium seventh successful the Portuguese top-flight table with 11 points from their opening 7 matches, portion the visitors prop up the standings aft collecting conscionable 2 points from an disposable 21.

Match preview

Opening their run with an awesome gully astatine Benfica gave an denotation that Academico were nary pushovers aft returning to the apical formation this play pursuing a 37-year absence, though the recently promoted broadside failed to grounds a triumph crossed their opening 4 outings of the campaign.

Bruno Pinheiro's broadside followed their gully astatine Estadio da Luz with losses to Santa Clara and Porto, sandwiching a stalemate against Maritimo, but the breakthrough came connected matchday five, erstwhile the Viseu nine secured a constrictive triumph astatine Gil Vicente.

A instrumentality to the Fontelo successful the pursuing fixture saw Academico bushed Vitoria de Guimaraes earlier making it 3 wins successful a enactment by defeating Estrela Amadora 2-0 successful their last lucifer earlier the planetary break, courtesy of an aboriginal brace from Andre Clovis.

Os Viriatos' turnaround stems from an betterment astatine some ends of the pitch, having conceded conscionable erstwhile crossed their existent three-match winning streak and scoring 5 times successful that sequence, aft allowing 8 and scoring 4 crossed their opening 4 matches.

Academico's triumph implicit Vitoria was their archetypal successful 3 league outings connected their ain turf this word aft losing their opening 2 location matches, and that should supply a further boost arsenic the hosts instrumentality connected the struggling visitors.

Estoril caput into the contention hopeless to extremity a seven-match hold for their archetypal league triumph of the campaign, having collected lone 2 points successful that spell and remaining the lone squad successful the part yet to unafraid maximum points this term.

As a substance of fact, we would request to spell arsenic acold backmost arsenic matchday 26 of the erstwhile play to find the Canaries' astir caller Primeira Liga triumph, with an eight-game winless tally to extremity 2025-26 leaving the Praia outfit with a 10th-place decorativeness earlier Ian Cathro's departure successful the summer.

Vasco Matos has endured a hard commencement to beingness astatine Estoril aft seeing his broadside prime up points successful conscionable 2 games, drafting with Famalicao and Arouca, but losing their different 5 matches, including a 2-1 location decision to Casa Pia successful an early-season scrap conscionable earlier the planetary break.

In an brushwood wherever the decisive enactment took spot successful the last 20 minutes, it was the Canaries who broke the deadlock done Ricard Sanchez, but their solemnisation was shortlived arsenic Selvi Clua restored parity soon aft earlier Benjamin Pauwels scored the victor precocious on.

Heading into the weekend, Estoril tin astatine slightest instrumentality immoderate solace from the information that they person won each of their past 3 league meetings with Academico - each coming successful the 2nd part - though their astir caller sojourn to the Fontelo ended successful a 3-2 nonaccomplishment successful the Taca da Liga successful 2022.
 

Academico de Viseu Primeira Liga form:

Estoril Praia Primeira Liga form:

Team News

Academico person nary reported injuries oregon suspensions up of Saturday's match, truthful we could spot Pinheiro sanction an unchanged broadside for a 3rd consecutive outing.

As such, Clovis is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again pursuing his brace astatine Estrela, which took his tally to 4 goals for the league season.

Estoril are expected to beryllium without Yanis Begraoui aft the striker suffered a muscular wounded during the planetary break, with reports suggesting that his chances of recovering successful clip for the travel to Viseu are precise slim.

Fabricio Garcia is besides unavailable aft undergoing country connected his close genu and is expected to walk astatine slightest six months connected the sidelines, portion Xeka and Stelios Andreou stay doubts aft missing the past 3 league matches.

Ferro is disposable again aft serving his suspension, portion Begraoui's lack is apt to spot Andre Lacximicant determination into the cardinal striking role, with Israel Salazar besides different enactment to capable in.
 

Academico de Viseu imaginable starting lineup:

Ewerton; Robinho, Correia, Michelis, Costa; Kahraman, L Silva; Gohi, Messeguem, Guilherme; Clovis

Estoril Praia imaginable starting lineup:

Robles; R Sanchez, Ferro, Sierra, Jurisic; Holsgrove, Robin; Omerovic, J Carvalho, Camblan; Lacximicant

We say: Academico de Viseu 2-0 Estoril Praia

Academico person won their past 3 league matches and should person capable assurance and attacking prime to marque location vantage number against an Estoril broadside that person scored lone 3 times this season.

Matos' men could support the contention competitive, but Begraoui's expected lack further weakens an onslaught that has managed a meagre 3 goals this season, truthful Pinheiro's broadside should unafraid a 4th consecutive victory.
 

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