Vitoria de Guimaraes vs Maritimo - prediction, team news, lineups

Vitoria de Guimaraes volition beryllium looking to crook a invited cupful triumph into a much-needed league revival erstwhile they invited recently promoted Maritimo to the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques connected Friday night.

Tiago Margarido's broadside beryllium 15th successful the Primeira Liga table aft collecting conscionable 5 points from their opening 8 matches, portion Mitchell van der Gaag's squad inhabit 11th spot with 8 points from arsenic galore games.

Match preview

Finishing ninth successful the league array past play was disappointing capable for a Vitoria broadside who had not placed truthful debased successful 8 years, but the Conquerors person deed a caller nadir this word pursuing a dismal commencement nether Tiago Margarido.

Sitting conscionable 1 constituent wide of the relegation zone, Margarido's men person managed lone 1 triumph successful their opening 8 top-flight fixtures of 2026-27, losing 5 times successful that period, with overmuch of their occupation stemming from a deficiency of cutting borderline successful the last third.

Only the bottommost 2 sides, Estoril Praia (four) and Casa Pia (three), person scored less than Vitoria's 5 goals successful this season's Primeira Liga, portion the Guimaraes outfit person conceded 10 astatine the different end.

Winless successful their past 5 league outings (D2, L3), the Conquerors suffered a 2-0 decision distant to Benfica successful their astir caller top-flight fixture, leaving Margarido's broadside having failed to people successful fractional of their league matches this term.

However, Vitoria caput into Friday's brushwood hoping to gully assurance from their home cupful success, having beaten lower-division ACDR Lamelas 1-0 connected Saturday successful the Taca de Portugal, and volition beryllium keen to amended connected their grounds of conscionable 1 triumph successful 4 league matches astatine Afonso Henriques this season.

Like their hosts, Maritimo volition besides beryllium looking to physique connected a caller cupful triumph aft securing a 2-1 triumph implicit lower-division GD Alcochetense to advancement to the adjacent circular of the Portuguese Cup.

Also seeking a league revival, Van der Gaag's broadside person gone six top-flight matches without a triumph (D2, L4) aft opening their instrumentality to Portugal's elite with victories implicit Casa Pia and Famalicao successful their archetypal 2 fixtures.

Maritimo's astir caller league outing ended successful a 2-1 location decision to defending champions Porto, pursuing draws against Academico de Viseu and Gil Vicente, either broadside of 3 consecutive losses to Arouca, Benfica and Moreirense.

Much of Maritimo's caller struggles person stemmed from antiaircraft frailties, with the islanders conceding astatine slightest doubly successful 5 of their past six Primeira Liga matches and shipping 14 goals crossed their opening 8 fixtures portion uncovering the nett 9 times themselves.

History offers small encouragement for Friday's visitors, who are winless successful their past 10 meetings with Vitoria, losing 8 times successful that run, including each of the past four, portion their astir caller travel to the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques ended successful a 1-0 decision successful November 2022.
 

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Team News

Vitoria volition beryllium without Alioune Ndoye, who remains suspended, portion Juan Castillo and Francisco Dias are sidelined aft suffering ankle and ft injuries respectively, with some expected to miss respective weeks.

Thiago Balieiro is doubtful aft processing genu problems, though Toni Borevkovic and Arnel Jakupovic could instrumentality aft completing a carnal absorption programme, portion Tony Strata and Ahmed Sidibe are besides disposable again.

Meanwhile, Gustavo Silva has recovered from the muscular wounded that kept him retired for a month, and his instrumentality is simply a timely boost for the hosts, with nary subordinate having scored much goals for the nine since his accomplishment successful 2024.

Maritimo are monitoring the fittingness of Yellu Santiago, who has not featured since the opening circular due to the fact that of a muscular problem, portion Vladan Danilovic besides remains a uncertainty aft missing the cupful tie.

Adrian Butzke could instrumentality to the starting lineup aft making lone a little substitute quality successful the home cup, with the striker keen to extremity a six-match extremity drought.
 

Vitoria de Guimaraes imaginable starting lineup:

Zych; Strata, Borevkovic, Rivas, Mendes; Doucet, G Nogueira; G Silva, Samu, Camara; Jakupovic.

Maritimo imaginable starting lineup:

Vieites; Juliao, Correia, Szalia, Henrique; Alani, Guzzo; Dominguez, Andrade, Tejon; Butzke.

We say: Vitoria de Guimaraes 1-0 Maritimo

Neither broadside has enjoyed a convincing tally successful the league recently, but Vitoria's location advantage, superior head-to-head grounds and the instrumentality of Gustavo Silva springiness Margarido's men crushed to judge they tin borderline a intimately contested encounter.
 

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