Vitoria Guimaraes vs Arouca prediction and betting tips on January 15, 2024
Game Prediction
The current round, speaking about most European countries, will be closed until Sunday evening and nothing is left for the next day. As a result, it will be possible to pay attention to the match in the Portuguese Primeira, between Vitoria Guimaraes and Arouca, in the modest “club” schedule for Monday. The website has already published the author’s prediction for this confrontation on January 15, 2024.
Vitoria Guimaraes is again fighting for 4th place
“The Conquerors” have never risen above 3rd place in the Primeira (and the last, fourth time it happened was in 2008). The team took its only title, the Portuguese Cup, after 5 years (if not to count the victory in the 1988 Super Cup, which the giants often lose). Generally speaking, this is a “second-tier” club, which is ranked well and often starts at the European arena. It took part in the group stages of the UEFA Cup and the Europa League and it got acquainted with the Conference League, albeit limited to a couple of qualifying rounds, in 2022. That season as a whole was not the most successful: only 6th place was taken. This year, Vitoria, having immediately been eliminated from the qualification for the Conference League (on penalties to Celje), has improved its performance in the championship and is trying to compete for 4th position with Braga. And it didn’t even lose to the opponent in the previous round – a 1-1 draw on the away field.
Arouca, as expected, declined after the summer break
“The Arouquenses”, gaining 1 point more, just beat Guimaraes in the previous cycle in the dispute for 5th place. At the same time, they repeated their best result, which had been achieved in 2015/2016. Then there was a recession, as a result of which the team collapsed into the third division of the country for a couple of years, and, however, rose just as sharply. This time, the team, having lost to Norwegian Brann in the Conference League, fell into a hole when it did not win 10 games (7 matches were lost in a row). Still, it corrected a lot in December, having got 10 out of possible 12 points). Well, no one expected success with Benfica – January started with the expected 0-3 score.
Previous head-to-head matches
Taking into account both recent seasons, Arouca alternated home draws and away wins.
Free prediction for the match Vitoria Guimaraes vs Arouca on January 15:
It’s time for “the Conquerors” to win the head-to-head duel, especially since they are playing at the home arena. We bet on the success of the hosts (odd: 1.92).