Vitoria Guimaraes vs Penafiel prediction and betting tips on January 11, 2024
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Game Prediction
There won’t be much quality football in midweek. On Thursday, we can highlight the confrontation of the 1/8 finals in the Portuguese Cup, where Vitoria Guimaraes will host Penafiel at the home arena. A representative from a higher division plays at home, but what will it be like in the cup tournament? The website contains a prediction for the match on January 11, 2024.
Vitoria Guimaraes is now trying to climb as high as possible in the national championship
“The Conquerors” have never finished higher than 3rd place in the Primeira. Still, they took it more than once and performed well in the cup format, even reaching their only full title in 2013 there (not counting the victory in the Super Cup a quarter of a century earlier). Moreover, the club finishes in the top third of the table quite regularly. Speaking about the previous season, there was just 6th place, but now there is a fight with Braga for 4th one. The head-to-head match brought the opportunity to avoid defeat at the very last moment of the game – the team levelled the score.
Penafiel is stuck in the Segunda and risks falling even lower
“The Red and Blacks” did not often qualify for the top division. Taking into account almost 2 decades, it was only possible to hold the season of 2014/2015 there. And now, the results are becoming more modest even at this level. If there were several finishes in 7th position earlier, then, the team ended last spring only in 12th position, and now there is a full-fledged struggle for survival, in which an average point is gained per game – this is not enough to feel calm. However, it turned out to be better at the turn of the years. The team won both home matches with Leiria and Vilaverdense and played a goalless draw on the field of Maritimo.
Previous head-to-head matches
The last official fights date back to 2015. Then, “the Red and Blacks” drew the championship match at the home arena and beat “the Conquerors” with a 2-0 score in the cup tournament.
Free prediction for the match Vitoria Guimaraes vs Penafiel on January 11:
A much stronger club plays on the native field. This suggests a bet on the hosts to win the following battle with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.99).