Vitória Guimarães face off with the visiting Santa Clara at Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques in the Primeira Liga fixture on Saturday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Vitória Guimarães v Santa Clara are shown on this page including the latest game odds.
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Vitória Guimarães
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Vitória Guimarães go into this match after a 2-2 Primeira Liga drawn result versus Moreirense.
In that match, Vitória Guimarães managed 60% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Vitória Guimarães was Telmo Arcanjo (37', 51'). At the other end, Moreirense got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Schettine (31') and Benny (77') scored for Moreirense.
Over their last six fixtures, Luís Freire's Vitória Guimarães have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.
Going into this contest, Vitória Guimarães are undefeated in their previous 10 league matches at home. A very good run at home.
Santa Clara
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Santa Clara come into this meeting after a 1-0 Primeira Liga win with the downing of Nacional in their last fixture.
In that match, Santa Clara managed 37% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Santa Clara was João Costa (3'). Nacional got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
Clashes with Santa Clara have, in the main, been somewhat laboured ones latterly with a void of goals being a real hallmark. During their past 6 games, the measly gross goal total of 6 has been yielded between them as well as opposing sides at an average goals per match of 1. We will have to see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/04/2021 shows that Vitória Guimarães have won 3 of these and Santa Clara 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A combined total of 10 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 from Os Vimaranenses and 4 for Os Açoreanos. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 10/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Santa Clara 1-0 Vitória Guimarães.
That time, Santa Clara had 37% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ricardinho (80').
For their opponents, Vitória Guimarães got 5 shots at goal with 2 on target.
The referee was Gustavo Correia.
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Team News: Vitória Guimarães
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Vitória Guimarães manager Luís Freire to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Gustavo Silva (Muscle injury) is sidelined.
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Team News: Santa Clara
Santa Clara manager Vasco Matos has some current player fitness concerns. Wendel Silva (Injury to the ankle) and Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) are not able to play.
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Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Santa Clara will surely be able to get a goal against this Vitória Guimarães lineup, but it isn’t expected to be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Vitória Guimarães at the end of this one. Should be an interesting one.
Lucas Pereira,
10:05 02/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Vitória Guimarães
Formed: 1922
Stadium: Estádio D. Alfonso Henriques (30,029)
Captain: Bruno Varela
Chairman: António Miguel Cardoso
Manager: Luís Freire
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 6, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
🔑 Star Man: Tiago Silva
Generally used in the Centre Midfield position, Tiago Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Having played his first senior match for Belenenses in the 2013 - 2014 season, the skilful Midfielder has scored 4 league goals in the Liga Portugal 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 25 appearances.