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Chaves and Vitoria Guimaraes set to finish all square

11/01/18
Chaves and Vitoria Guimaraes set to finish all square

On Friday night, Chaves host Vitoria Guimaraes at the Estadio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Both teams are just below the league’s top-six in seventh and eighth respectively. However, a win for either side would put them within a point of fifth-place Rio Ave in the top-flight table.

Chaves head into this clash in good form, as they are now unbeaten in seven games in the Primeira Liga. Last time out in the Portuguese top-flight, the home side drew 1-1 with Desportivo Aves.

The low scoring encounter was indicative of Chaves recent league outings, as five of their last six top-flight games have produced under 2.5 goals.

Chaves are unbeaten in six home games in the league. However, Luis Castro’s team have drawn four of their last five league outings on home soil. Like their recent league games in general, their recent home games have been low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in five of their last six games.

Vitoria Guimaraes arrive at Chaves on the back of three straight defeats in the Primeira Liga. In their last league game, the visitors suffered a 4-2 defeat at Porto.

Recent Guimaraes games have been pretty high scoring in the Portuguese top-flight with over 2.5 goals scored in six of their last nine league outings.

The visitors have a relatively poor away record in the Primeira Liga, as they have won just three of their last ten games on their travels in the Portuguese top-flight. Pedro Martins side have also lost their last two away games in the league.

Their recent away games in the Primeira Liga have been high scoring though, with over 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five league games on their travels.

These two teams are well matched at the minute, so it unsurprising that Forebet predicts a high scoring draw.

Primeira Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Sporting CP 77 29 25 2 2 57
2
SL Benfica 70 29 22 4 3 42
3
FC Porto 59 29 18 5 6 30
4
Sporting Braga 59 29 18 5 6 21
5
Vitória Guimarães 57 29 17 6 6 16
6
Moreirense FC 43 29 12 7 10 -3
7
FC Arouca 43 29 13 4 12 11
8
FC Famalicão 35 29 8 11 10 -5
9
Casa Pia AC 32 29 8 8 13 -12
10
SC Farense 31 29 8 7 14 -3
11
Rio Ave 30 29 5 15 9 -6
12
Boavista FC 29 29 7 8 14 -21
13
GD Estoril 29 29 8 5 16 -7
14
Estrela Amadora 28 29 6 10 13 -14
15
Gil Vicente 28 29 7 7 15 -12
16
Portimonense SC 27 29 7 6 16 -30
17
GD Chaves 22 29 5 7 17 -32
18
FC Vizela 21 29 4 9 16 -32

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