Gil Vicente vs Vitoria de Guimaraes - prediction, team news, lineups

Gil Vicente volition look to get their European propulsion backmost connected way arsenic they invited Vitoria de Guimaraes for Saturday’s all-Minho clash astatine Estadio Cidade de Barcelos.

With 5 games near to play, the Roosters beryllium sixth successful the Primeira Liga table, 1 constituent down fifth-placed Famalicao, portion the Conquerors are ninth and a sizeable 11 points adrift of the apical five.

Match preview

For a broadside that has finished successful the little fractional of the array successful each of the past 3 campaigns, Gil’s existent presumption suggests they are enjoying a good season, but nonaccomplishment to ace the apical 5 could inactive permission fans of the Roosters with a consciousness of what mightiness person been.

Cesar Peixoto’s broadside person spent the bulk of the play successful the continental places, and portion a seven-game winless tally (D6, L1) betwixt November and January saw them relinquish 4th place, triumph implicit Braga helped them reclaim that spot.

Since then, however, the Barcelos nine person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful 7 (D3, L3) matches, with that lone occurrence coming against bottom-placed AVS, portion caller outings person continued a worrying signifier of letting points gaffe precocious on.

Gil person dropped 5 points successful stoppage clip crossed 3 of their past 4 matches, conceding successful specified moments successful a gully against Alverca, a nonaccomplishment astatine Santa Clara and past weekend’s 2-2 stalemate astatine relegation-threatened Tondela.

Carlos Eduardo's 90th-minute onslaught looked to person sealed each 3 points for the Roosters earlier Joseph Hodge rescued a constituent for the hosts astatine the death, spelling a melodramatic extremity to the brushwood astatine Estadio Joao Cardoso

Pioxoto’s men person present conceded astatine slightest doubly successful 5 of their past 7 fixtures, portion managing conscionable 2 cleanable sheets successful their past 16 league outings, a stark opposition to their opening 13 matches, wherever they recorded 9 shutouts.

That said, a instrumentality to Barcelos should connection immoderate encouragement for Gil, who person won 4 of their past six location matches (D1, L1), with the squad looking to capitalise arsenic fourth-placed Braga and fifth-placed Famalicao look each different this weekend.

Like the hosts, Vitoria person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 7 matches (D2, L4), with that sole occurrence coming successful an emphatic triumph implicit Tondela, marking Gil Moreira Lameiras’ archetypal and lone triumph successful 4 games since taking implicit connected March 10.   

The Conquerors failed to physique connected that result, having played retired a 1-1 gully astatine AVS past weekend successful a contention wherever Gustavo Silva’s effort midway done the archetypal fractional was cancelled retired by Tomane 3 minutes later.

That result further dented Vitoria’s hopes of making a instrumentality to the continental stage, having besides fallen abbreviated past word erstwhile back-to-back defeats successful their last 2 matches saw them relinquish 5th place, finishing 3 points down Santa Clara, who claimed the spot.

Needing a cleanable tally successful their remaining 5 fixtures to adjacent basal a accidental of a European berth, the Guimaraes nine indispensable besides contend with a mediocre distant grounds this weekend, arsenic they are winless successful each of their past six outings connected the roadworthy (D1, L5).

However, caller head-to-head meetings connection immoderate encouragement for Vitoria, who person recorded triumph successful 3 of the past 4 encounters with Gil, including their past sojourn to Barcelos, though the lone crippled they failed to triumph successful that series was a goalless gully successful this season’s reverse fixture.
 

Gil Vicente Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Gil Vicente volition stay without French defender Marvin Elimbi, who is acceptable to miss a 3rd consecutive outing aft coming disconnected injured against Santa Clara connected March 21.

Meanwhile, midfielder Mohamed Bamba is inactive nursing an contented that has kept him sidelined since aboriginal February, portion guardant Hector Hernandez is apt to beryllium unavailable for a 5th consecutive lucifer owed to a musculus problem.

Twenty-five-year-old cardinal midfielder Ze Carlos volition instrumentality to contention present pursuing his suspension past clip out, though helium whitethorn person to settee for a spot connected the bench.

Meanwhile Jonathan Mutombo could get a fewer minutes aft being named arsenic an unused substitute successful that brushwood pursuing a lengthy lay-off.

Eduardo is pushing for a starting berth up beforehand aft uncovering the nett arsenic a substitute against Tondela, truthful it would not beryllium a astonishment if Gustavo Varela drops to the seat for this one.

Meanwhile, Vitoria person an astir cleanable measure of health, though Alioune Ndoye has been unavailable for enactment successful the past 2 outings, making him a large uncertainty for this encounter.

Head manager Lameiras has named an unchanged line-up successful the past 2 matches, and that could beryllium the lawsuit again here, with Gustavo Silva apt to pb the enactment erstwhile much aft scoring successful back-to-back appearances.
 

Gil Vicente imaginable starting lineup:

Figueira; Konan, Buatu, Espigares, Ze Carlos (defender); Caseres, S Garcia; Moreira, Esteves; Souza; Varela

Vitoria de Guimaraes imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Strata, Balieiro, Rivas, Mendes; G Nogueira, Mukendi; M Nogueira, Samu, Camara; G Silva 

We say: Gil Vicente 2-0 Vitoria de Guimaraes

Neither broadside enters this brushwood successful beardown form, but with Gil having much riding connected the clash, they should person capable to prevail here, particularly considering their solidity connected location ungraded this season, with Vitoria’s struggles connected their travels further strengthening that case.

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