Gil Vicente vs Santa Clara - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to grounds 3 consecutive victories for the 2nd clip this Primeira Liga season, Gil Vicente invited Santa Clara to the Estadio Cidade de Barcelos successful Monday’s matchday 10 clash.

However, the Roosters look the situation of ending a three-year winless streak against the Azoreans, having mislaid each 3 encounters betwixt the sides since their triumph successful December 2022.

Match preview

Monday’s fixture arrives astatine an perfect clip for Gil, who volition beryllium anxious to interruption their caller hoodoo against the visitors, buoyed by back-to-back league victories implicit Estrela Amadora and recently promoted Alverca.

Unaffected by their disappointing Portuguese Cup exit astatine the hands of lower-division outfit Academico Viseu, the Roosters built connected their 2-0 location triumph against the Amadorans by hitting 4 past their Ribatejano hosts past weekend.

In an brushwood wherever astir everything went to program but for different infinitesimal of disciplinary lapse, Luiz Esteves went from leader to zero, having opened the scoring and provided an assistance earlier receiving a reddish paper successful the 74th minute.

Cesar Peixoto present faces the pugnacious task of replacing Esteves portion besides addressing his side’s recurring red-card woes, with the squad having finished each of their past 3 league games a antheral short. 

Away from their disciplinary issues, Gil are enjoying a imagination campaign, sitting 4th successful the array aft collecting 19 points from their opening 9 matches – 9 much and six places higher than astatine this signifier past season. 

The Roosters’s fantabulous tally has been built connected antiaircraft solidity, with lone leaders Porto conceding less than their four, portion Vicente’s emphatic triumph past play took their extremity tally to 14 – lone 4 teams person scored more.

Gil person besides been formidable astatine home, winning 3 of their 4 league games successful Barcelos this term, with the lone blemish being a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Porto, which stands arsenic the sole lucifer successful which they person conceded successful beforehand of their fans successful the campaign.

Meanwhile, Santa Clara were thing but coagulated defensively successful midweek arsenic they suffered a humbling 5-0 decision to Braga successful the Taca da Liga. 

Head manager Vasco Matos did not mince words successful his disapproval of his players, citing a deficiency of cognition and “carelessness” for the dismal display, but helium volition beryllium hoping for a affirmative effect arsenic the squad instrumentality to league action.   

The Azoreans picked up a 2-0 location triumph implicit bottommost broadside AVS successful their past Premeira Liga outing, taking their tally to 11 points from 9 matches (W3, D2, L4) to beryllium ninth successful the table, with a humble 8 goals scored and 10 conceded.

Looking to ascent higher successful the standings, Os Acorianos purpose for consecutive league wins for the archetypal clip since the last 2 games of past play and tin gully inspiration from their 1-0 triumph successful this precise fixture past term.

However, with conscionable 1 triumph from 4 league outings connected the roadworthy (D1, L2), adjacent a gully would correspond a respectable result for Matos’s men.

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Team News

It comes arsenic nary astonishment that Esteves volition miss retired owed to suspension pursuing his reddish paper against Alverca, paving the mode for Santi Garcia to spouse Facundo Caceres successful a treble pivot.

Martin Fernandez made an instant interaction with a extremity 2 minutes aft coming disconnected the seat past clip retired and volition propulsion for a starting relation successful precocious midfield, portion Pablo should proceed to pb the line. 

Murilo Souza, who returned to the nine this summer, famously scored the decider the past clip Gil defeated Santa Clara and volition beryllium keen to marque an interaction again, apt starting retired wide.

Mohamed Bamba has lone featured erstwhile this play and remains sidelined done injury, portion Tidjany Toure and Carlos Eduardo are besides unavailable, having yet to look this campaign.

Santa Clara caput manager Matos could marque antiaircraft changes pursuing Wednesday’s collapse, with Paulo Victor expected to instrumentality to the bosom of defence, meaning we could spot Frederico Venancio driblet retired aft being benched successful the past league game.

Lucas Soares and Vinicius Lopes are successful enactment to reclaim their starting places aft substitute roles successful midweek, portion Wendel is apt to instrumentality arsenic the cardinal striker aft being rested successful Braga.

Meanwhile, midfielder MT has missed the past 2 matches, leaving his availability for Monday’s travel uncertain.

Gil Vicente imaginable starting lineup:

Andrew; Konan, Buatu, Elimbi, Ze Carlos; Garcia, Caseres; Souza, Fernandez, M Souza; Pablo

Santa Clara imaginable starting lineup:

Batista; Rocha, P Victor, Lima; Pereira, Firmino, Serginho, Soares; Silva, Wendel, Lopes

We say: Gil Vicente 1-0 Santa Clara

Gil whitethorn deficiency a interaction of creativity successful the mediate of the parkland successful Esteves’s absence, but the Roosters inactive look good placed to grind retired a effect against a Santa Clara broadside perchance weary from their midweek travels and struggling for consistency.

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