Gil Vicente vs Casa Pia - prediction, team news, lineups

Still licking their wounds from a 7-0 hammering astatine the hands of Benfica, Casa Pia instrumentality to enactment successful the Portuguese Primeira Liga erstwhile they sojourn the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos to look Gil Vicente connected Monday evening.

While Os Gansos person stumbled into the caller campaign, the location broadside volition beryllium aiming to marque it 2 wins from two, having snatched a constrictive opening-day triumph implicit Rio Ave connected August 9.

Match preview

Experienced guardant Hector Hernandez kept his chill nether unit successful the Primeira Liga curtain-raiser against Rio Ave a fortnight agone erstwhile helium converted his 87th-minute punishment to occurrence the Gilistas to a 1-0 triumph astatine the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos.

With some sides failing to summation the precocious manus successful a closely-contested archetypal half, Andreas Ndoj’s 47th-minute reddish paper proved decisive, arsenic the hosts made the astir of their numerical vantage to unafraid an opening-day triumph for the 2nd play running.

Off the backmost of a coagulated pre-season campaign, wherever they defied a 1-0 triumph implicit league champions Porto and played retired stalemates with Felgueiras and Moreirense, newly-appointed caput manager Luis Pinto volition anticipation their opening-day triumph tin animate a beardown early-season form, having replaced Cesar Peixoto astatine the helm of affairs 4 months aft exiting his relation successful complaint of Vitoria de Guimaraes.

Pinto knows helium has large shoes to capable successful the dugout aft Peixoto guided Gil Vicente to sixth spot successful the Primeira Liga standings last season, finishing 9 points disconnected the European qualifying places earlier taking up the Wolverhampton Wanderers blistery seat.

Just 2 games into the season, Casa Pia were connected the incorrect extremity of the heaviest decision recorded past Monday erstwhile they were hammered 7-0 by Benfica astatine the Estadio Municipal de Rio Maior.

Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis continued his red-hot signifier successful beforehand of extremity this season, netting a hat-trick and providing an assistance to instrumentality his extremity involvements tally to 11 crossed each competitions and occurrence Benfica to their archetypal triumph of the campaign.

This came conscionable 1 week aft Casa Pia kicked disconnected the caller run connected a sour note, falling to a 1-0 decision against newly-promoted Maritimo astatine the Estadio bash Maritimo courtesy of a second-half onslaught from Raphael Guzzo.

Having confirmed their top-flight presumption done the playoffs past season, wherever they secured a 2-0 aggregate triumph implicit Torreense successful the playoff final, Casa Pia person opened for a alteration of ideas astatine the managerial level, with Filipe Coelho replacing Alvaro Pacheco astatine the helm.

Life with the Lisbon outfit has proved hard for the 41-year-old caput coach, with the adjacent trial coming against an opposing broadside who are unbeaten successful 8 of the erstwhile 9 meetings betwixt the 2 teams, claiming 5 wins and 3 draws since October 2016.

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Team News

Hernandez came disconnected the seat to marque his people successful the league curtain-raiser against Rio Ave and the Spanish guardant could beryllium rewarded with a starting relation connected Monday, which could spot Brazilian striker Carlos Eduardo sweat implicit his relation successful the XI.

Having signed from Danish outfit Esbjerg, Andreas Lausen was handed his debut against Rio Ave, and the 23-year-old should clasp his relation astatine the centre of the park, teaming up with Facundo Cesares and Spanish midfielder Santi Garcia.

On the wounded front, Weverson was forced disconnected injured conscionable 17 minutes into the opening crippled of the season, and the Brazilian full-back is retired of contention for the Gilistas, with David Moreira successful enactment to get the nod.

As for Casa Pia, Angolan defender Khaly is ruled retired of the travel to the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos owed to suspension aft picking up a precocious reddish paper against Benfica past clip out.

Having failed to find the backmost of the nett successful the opening 2 games, Coelho could ringing the changes astatine the attacking extremity of the pitch, with trusted seasoned Cassiano pushing for his archetypal quality of the season, portion Oluwakorede Osundina should instrumentality to the XI, having travel disconnected the seat against Benfica.

Gil Vicente imaginable starting lineup:

Lucao; Esgaio, Elimbi, Buatu, Moreira; Caseres, Lausen, Garcia; Murilo, Fernandes; Hernandez

Casa Pia imaginable starting lineup:

Gomes; Sousa, Geraldes, Silva; Gabi, Ofori, Perez, Conte; Rochinha, Araujo, Osundina

We say: Gil Vicente 2-0 Casa Pia

Having kicked disconnected the play connected a affirmative note, Gil Vicente volition beryllium backing themselves to support the shot rolling against a deflated Casa Pia side, who shipped 7 against Benfica past weekend.

The Gilistas person picked up 4 wins and 1 gully from their 5 location games against Rio Ave, and with the unsettled visitors yet to find their feet this season, we are backing them to marque the astir of their location vantage erstwhile again.

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