Vitoria de Guimaraes vs Rio Ave - prediction, team news, lineups

Vitoria de Guimaraes play big to Rio Ave connected Saturday evening bidding to unafraid the triumph that would support them successful the hunt for a top-six spot successful the Primeira Liga table.

Meanwhile, Rio Ave marque the travel to Estadio D. Afonso Henriques successful 12th spot and looking to adjacent the five-point spread to their opponents.

Match preview

After a caller five-game streak without a win, Vitoria de Guimaraes' play appeared to beryllium petering retired to the grade wherever a bottom-half decorativeness looked likely.

Instead, collecting 7 points from their astir caller 3 fixtures has catapulted them backmost into seventh position, albeit inactive 7 adrift of the apical six.

The 1-0 triumph astatine Gil Vicente - the squad who inhabit sixth - could enactment arsenic the catalyst for a beardown extremity to the season, though a travel to Sporting Lisbon does travel this contest.

Therefore, that ups the stakes up of this fixture, with Rio Ave - who are 5 places beneath them - capable to determination to wrong 2 points with an distant success.

Despite a caller seven-game streak without a cleanable sheet, Gil Lameiras' outfit person kept 2 shutouts successful 3 matches and conceded conscionable the once.

Rio Ave tin presently assertion to beryllium 1 of the signifier teams successful Primeira Liga having accumulated 14 points from their past 7 matches.

Although determination is inactive enactment up successful bid to warrant survival, Sotiris Silaidopoulos volition beryllium delighted with the mode of their upturn successful fortunes.

While determination was disappointment with the 2-2 gully versus bottommost broadside AVS past clip out, it whitethorn beryllium viewed arsenic different constituent gained fixed their mediocre location signifier this season.

On their travels, Rio Ave are connected a three-match winning streak, beating Tondela, Estoril Praia and Santa Clara respectively, to springiness them the sixth-best distant instrumentality successful the part with 20 points from 15 matches.

Vitoria de Guimaraes Primeira Liga form:

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Rio Ave Primeira Liga form:

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Team News

Goncalo Nogueira provided an assistance wrong a infinitesimal of his instauration against Gil Vicente and could instrumentality successful cardinal midfield for Vitoria de Guimaraes.

Oumar Camara whitethorn besides beryllium drafted backmost into the broadside connected the flank, with Diogo Sousa and Miguel Nogueira perchance dropping down to the substitutes' bench.

Having scored successful 3 successive matches, Gustavo Silva volition proceed to pb the line.

Barring immoderate caller wounded issues, Silaidopoulos volition see selecting the aforesaid Rio Ave XI.

After 3 months out, goalkeeper Cezary Pawet Miszta made his instrumentality betwixt the sticks past clip out, but Ennio van der Gouw remains an enactment to return.

Despite failing to people against AVS, Jalen Blasa had netted successful his erstwhile 4 outings, and that should support him successful attack.

Vitoria de Guimaraes imaginable starting lineup:

Charles; Maga, Rivas, Balieiro, Mendes; G.Nogueira, Beni; Camara, Samu, Saviolo; Silva

Rio Ave imaginable starting lineup:

Miszta; Vrousai, Brabec, Mancha, Abbey; Ntoi, Guilherme; Bezerra, Pohlmann, Spikic; Blesa

We say: Vitoria de Guimaraes 1-1 Rio Ave

With some clubs successful form, we expect a high-quality contention to play out, and the location broadside are favourites to prevail connected acquainted territory. However, with the visitors making a wont of earning points successful hard-fought battles, a competitory gully could beryllium the extremity result.

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