📏 Form Guide

Vizela

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Vizela will be wanting a better result here after the 3-2 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Famalicão.

In that match, Vizela managed 53% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Vizela, the scorers were Jason Lokilo (55') and Sava Petrov (80'). For their opponents, Famalicão got 18 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Chiquinho (8'), Riccieli (43') and Jhonder Cádiz (95') scored for Famalicão.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Vizela have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Vizela have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 15 goals along the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.

Chaves

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Portimonense in Primeira Liga action, Chaves and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Chaves had 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. For Chaves, the scorers were Héctor Hernández (25') and João Correia (76'). For their opponents, Portimonense got 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Carlinhos (72'), Midana Cassamá (83') and Igor Formiga (91') scored for Portimonense.

The numbers tell their own story, and Chaves have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 12 goals overall. Defensively, Chaves could really do with shoring things up.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 12 on 01/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Chaves 2-1 Vizela.

In that game, Chaves managed 41% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Héctor Hernández (30') and Jô (48').

Vizela had 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. Samuel Essende (12') scored.

The match was refereed by Luis Godinho.

ℹ️ Team News: Vizela

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Vizela gaffer Rubén de la Barrera to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Francesco Ruberto (Muscle injury) won’t play.

It’s our opinion that Vizela may well make use of the 4-4-2 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Fabijan Buntic, Tomas Silva, Jota Goncalves, Joao Rodrigo Escoval, Orest Lebedenko, Jason Eyenga-Lokilo, Aleksandar Busnic, Samu, Matias Lacava, Sava Petrov and Samuel Essende.

📰 Team News: Chaves

Chaves manager Moreno Teixeira has to choose a team with limited availability. Bruno Rodrigues (unknown injury), Cafú Phete (unknown injury) and Sandro Cruz (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that Chaves could decide to begin the game with a 3-5-2 formation, starting Rodrigo Moura, Vasco Fernandes, Junior Pius, Ygor, Carraca, Dario Essugo, Raphael Guzzo, Guima, Bernardo Sousa, Hector Hernandez and Ruben Ribeiro.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Chaves should get enough chances to find the back of the net against this Vizela outfit, but that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Vizela at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 19:05 15/04/2024