Vizela will be facing visiting club Casa Pia at Estádio do FC Vizela in this Primeira Liga game on Sunday.
View all Vizela v Casa Pia tips, stats and our pre-match poll below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
Vizela
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Vizela will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-1 Primeira Liga loss in their previous game against Porto.
In that game, Vizela had 31% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Porto had 38 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. Pepe (17' Own goal), Francisco Conceição (54'), Pepê Aquino (68'), Evanilson (77') and Toni Martínez (89') scored for Porto.
Matches featuring Vizela have usually been engaging encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 games, the sum of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of those belonging to Vizela.
Casa Pia
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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Benfica in Primeira Liga competition, Casa Pia will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Casa Pia managed 32% possession and 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Benfica got 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Arthur Cabral (74') was the scorer for Benfica.
The forward players for Casa Pia have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Os Gansos (The Geese) have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 5. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be maintained in this game.
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Head to head
The last league encounter featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 10 on 05/11/2023 and the score finished Casa Pia 0-1 Vizela.
That time, Casa Pia managed 53% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
On the other side, Vizela got 16 shots at goal with 3 on target. Alberto Soro (70') scored.
The match was refereed by David Silva.
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Team News: Vizela
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Vizela gaffer Rubén de la Barrera to contend with due to a largely intact group of players. Francesco Ruberto (Muscle injury) will miss out. Matías Lacava is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
It’s our opinion that Vizela may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Fabijan Buntic, Tomás Silva, Jota Gonçalves, J. Rodrigo Escoval, Orest Lebedenko, Bruno Costa, Alberto Soro, Jason Lokilo, Samu, Sava Petrov and Samuel Essende.
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Team News: Casa Pia
In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Casa Pia gaffer Gonçalo Santos to be concerned about. Kiki (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.
We are inclined to think that Os Gansos (The Geese) appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 lineup, choosing Ricardo Batista, Nermin Zolotic, Fernando Varela, Duplexe Tchamba, Gaizka Larrazabal, Telasco Segovia, A. Pelegrinelli Neto, Pablo Roberto, Leonardo Lelo, Nuno Moreira and Felippe Cardoso.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that Casa Pia will have to work hard as a team to be putting a goal past this Vizela team who we think will end up scoring and staying ahead.
We’ve gone for a good tussle with a 1-0 advantage for Vizela when the full-time whistle blows.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
22:08 28/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Vizela
Formed: 1939
Stadium: Estádio do FC Vizela (6,000)
Captain: Fábio Samu
Chairman: Joaquim de Almeida Ribeiro
Manager: Rubén de la Barrera
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 17
⭐ Key Man: Samu
Regularly playing in the Centre Midfield position, Samu was born in São Paio de Oleiros, Portugal. After making a first senior appearance for Boavista in the 2015 - 2016 season, the accomplished Midfielder has contributed 3 league goals in the Liga Portugal 2023 - 2024 season so far in a total of 24 appearances.