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

Vitoria de Guimaraes volition beryllium looking to enactment their hard commencement to the play down them erstwhile they invited section rivals Moreirense to Estadio D. Afonso Henriques for the latest instalment of the Derby Vimaranense.

The hosts person collected conscionable 4 points from their opening six league games to beryllium 14th successful the Primeira Liga table, portion the visitors caput into the play looking for consecutive victories aft recovering from back-to-back defeats with a triumph implicit Maritimo past clip out.

Match preview

Vitoria's miserable commencement continued past play erstwhile they suffered a 2-1 decision astatine recently promoted Academico de Viseu, with Goncalo Nogueira's second-half equaliser proving futile arsenic the Conquerors conceded to a Mohamed Bouldini stoppage-time winner.

That effect leaves Tiago Margarido's broadside with 4 defeats from their opening six league outings (W1, D1), a instrumentality that represents the club's worst commencement to a top-flight play since 2011-12, erstwhile the Guimaraes outfit managed the aforesaid four-point tally astatine this stage.

In fact, the Conquerors look to beryllium breaking unwanted records successful caller league campaigns, with past term’s ninth-placed decorativeness marking the team's lowest placement successful 8 years, portion a managerial alteration astatine the helm has done small to animate a resurgence.

Appointed successful the summertime aft replacing Gil Lameiras, Margarido has seen his broadside conflict to find a spark successful the last third, with the Guimaraes outfit netting conscionable 4 goals this season; lone the bottommost 2 sides, Estoril Praia (two) and Casa Pia (one), person scored fewer.

The hosts' attacking issues person been compounded by their inability to person chances, a occupation that has besides constricted their performances connected location soil, arsenic the Conquerors person managed conscionable 1 extremity crossed their 3 matches astatine D. Afonso Henriques this term, though they person kept cleanable sheets successful the astir caller 2 and picked up 4 points during that spell.

While Moreirense's run truthful acold has been comparatively encouraging compared to the hosts, they person besides endured an inconsistent start, 1 that includes dense defeats to Benfica (4-0) and Arouca (4-0), arsenic good arsenic a 2-1 reverse astatine defending champions Porto.

The Green and Whites besides picked up a constituent successful a gully with Braga connected the opening time and recorded a constrictive triumph astatine Casa Pia connected matchday four, portion past weekend's 3-1 triumph implicit recently promoted Maritimo ended a two-match losing streak.

That astir caller triumph was notable for the interaction of the summertime arrivals, with Vasco Botelho da Costa's men racing into a two-goal pb successful the archetypal fractional done Leonardo Vonic and Manuel Mendonca earlier Duville-Parsemain enactment the crippled beyond scope from the spot precocious on.

The effect leaves Moreirense 11th successful the Primeira Liga array and different triumph could supply content that they tin contend for a continental spot aft the squad finished seventh past play with 43 points, their third-highest points tally successful the Portuguese apical flight.

However, the Moreira nine person mislaid 12 of their erstwhile 15 league visits (D3) to Estadio D. Afonso Henriques, including each of the astir caller five, a grounds that offers small optimism for a broadside that person suffered defeats successful 5 of their past 8 Primeira Liga distant outings (W1, D2), stretching backmost to the erstwhile campaign.
 

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Team News

Vitoria person nary confirmed large wounded concerns up of the derby, though the squad volition beryllium without guardant Alioune Ndoye, who is suspended for this brushwood aft picking up a reddish paper successful stoppage clip past weekend.

As such, summertime signing Arnel Jakupovic is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again contempt failing to person his chances astatine Academico successful what was his archetypal commencement for the Guimaraes club, portion Oscar Rivas could beryllium recalled to the defence.

Alanzinho did astatine slightest people his ain debut with an assistance aft coming disconnected the seat to tee up Nogueira, with some players pushing for starts successful a clash that holds other value for the former, who was sold by Moreirense lone recently.

The visitors volition invited Guilherme Liberato backmost into contention aft the Brazilian midfielder completed a two-match suspension, with Mateja Stjepanovic present facing a conflict to clasp his starting spot alongside Nile John.

Joao Veloso is besides expected to instrumentality aft missing the triumph implicit Maritimo due to the fact that of a carnal issue, portion Vonic could clasp his spot aft scoring connected his archetypal quality for the club.

Mendonca should besides support his spot successful the fig 10 relation aft opening his relationship for the squad past clip out, though Parsemain's ain debut extremity mightiness not beryllium capable to spot him diagnostic from the commencement this time.
 

Vitoria de Guimaraes imaginable starting lineup:

Zych; Strata, Rivas, Balieiro, Mendes; Beni, G Nogueira; G Silva, Samu, Camara; Jakupovic

Moreirense imaginable starting lineup:

Ferreira; Pinto, Batista, Maracas, Kiko; Liberato, John; Bondoso, Mendonca, Andrade; Vonic

We say: Vitoria de Guimaraes 1-1 Moreirense

Vitoria's problems successful beforehand of extremity person made their mediocre commencement adjacent harder to explicate fixed the fig of chances they person created, but the instrumentality to D. Afonso Henriques and the unit surrounding Margarido could bring a sharper effect against a Moreirense broadside that has already shown it tin punish antiaircraft mistakes.

The visitors get with greater assurance aft their triumph implicit Maritimo and person capable attacking menace to occupation the hosts, but the Conquerors' beardown grounds successful this derby should number for something, truthful a intimately fought gully could beryllium connected the cards.
 

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