Vitória Guimarães and Benfica face in Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques, in a match for the 15th round of the First League. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 18-01-2019, for the First League, which ended Benfica’s victory by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by H. Seferović (81 ‘). In this match, the home factor may be decisive, since Vitória Guimarães presents considerable differences in its results at home and as a visitor.
Vitória Guimarães:
After 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, the home team is currently in 5th position, with 21 points won. In their last game, they tied with Gil Vicente away by (2-2), after in the previous match they won by (2‑0) at home, in a match against Portimonense. This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses as a visitor; against 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in his stadium. In the last match he played, for the League Cup, he won at Sporting Covilhã at home by (3‑0). In his last 7 home games for the championship, Vitória Guimarães won 4, drew 2 and lost 1, so he won 14 points in 21 possible. His defense has not been very solid, since he suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 14 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 15 home matches for all competitions: he scored 12 of his 31 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
The Vitória Sport Clube is currently one of the main candidates to guarantee a place of access to the Europa League in the next season. Three points from Famalicão, in the fourth place, continues to make a positive campaign, although it has already had some negative results. A good example is the tie for (2-2) in the visit to Gil Vicente in the last round of the championship, which occurred before the 3-0 victory at the reception of the Ivo Vieira team at Sporting da Covilhã, in the match of the 3rd and final day of the group stage of the League Cup, in which Vitória will be present in the semifinal, against FC Porto.
Benfica:
The visiting team is currently in 1st position, with 39 points won, after 13 wins and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he won out against Boavista by (1-4). In the last match, he won at home against Famalicão by (4-0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches it records 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses as a visitor, with 31 goals scored and 16 suffered; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in his stadium, with 38 goals scored and 6 suffered. In the last match he played, for the League Cup, he tied with Vitória Setúbal out for (2-2).
For this competition, record a sequence of 6 wins in the last away matches. His defense has been very solid, since he only suffered goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and his attack has scored regularly, since he scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 20 of their last 30 matches have ended with Over 2.5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: he opened the scoring in 11 of his last 14 games for the First League, of these 11 he came to the break in advantage in 8 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90’s. In the last 9 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: he suffered 5 of his 11 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Benfica still has four points ahead of rival FC Porto, with a campaign that until now almost beyond reproach, since it has won all the games, except the classic one against the rival. After the 4-0 victory against Famalicão on the last day of the championship, Bruno Lage’s team secured a place in the next phase of the Portuguese Cup, with a 2-1 victory at home against Braga. After that, Benfica visited Setúbal, in a game that ended in a draw by (2-2) against Vitória, which marked the farewell of the League Cup team.
