Alverca
- FC Alverca will test Vitoria Guimaraes on Sunday when the Dourados host the Primeira Liga’s 8th placed side in the Portuguese top-flight. For fans looking for the FC Alverca vs Vitoria Guimaraes prediction, this clash promises to be intriguing given both clubs' current league positions.
- Alverca are 14th in the table with four points from their opening six games while Vitoria have eight points at the same stage.
- Alverca have one win, one draw and three defeats in their last five games, which is an important consideration for our FC Alverca vs Vitoria Guimaraes preview.
- Alverca lost 2-1 at Santa Clara just four days ago but beat Tondela 1-0 at home 11 days earlier.
Vitoria Guimaraes
- Vitoria Guimaraes have two wins, two draws and one defeat in their last five.
- Vitoria Guimaraes’ last three games have seen them beat Estrela da Amadora 2-0 away and draw at home to both Arouca and Braga.
Betting Insights
- Custódio is a pragmatic coach, who seems to have the flexibility to change his team’s shape from a back four to three-at-the-back system to suit the opponent and keep things tight enough to secure their top-flight status in the long run.
- Pinto has a reputation for setting up compact, forward-thinking teams that can win games in the Primeira Liga.
- This is a battle of contrasting philosophies and styles as Alverca have a reactive, as opposed to Vitoria’s more proactive, approach to the game, making the FC Alverca vs Vitoria Guimaraes betting tips particularly interesting for this weekend.
- Custódio prefers to be compact, transitioning quickly into attack while Pinto likes to control the ball, create compactness in central areas and use the width of his advancing full-backs to overload the opponents.
- It is a classic chess match-up and Vitoria’s greater consistency, form and higher standing in the league make them the slight favorites with the bookies at +115.
- Alverca are much less fancied, with a draw priced at +230.
Prediction
- However, given the attacking limitations of these two clubs, we would rather side with under 2.5 goals at -151 as the main bet. The FC Alverca vs Vitoria Guimaraes prediction suggests a low-scoring affair could be on the cards.
- Alverca score and concede an average of 0.67 and 1.67 goals respectively at home while Vitoria concede the same average away from home.
