Vitória Setúbal – Portimonense Prediction & Picks (16.03.2018)

Vitória Setúbal and Portimonense face at Estádio do Bonfim, in a match for the 27 th round of the Primeira Liga. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 10-30-2017, Portimonense won at home (5-2). The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, since there was 1 victory for each team in the last 2 games. Despite being a match between 15th and 9th of the table, it is actually a match between the 9th classified in home games and the 10th as a visitor.

Vitória Setúbal

After 5 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, the home team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 24 points won. In their last match, they lost with Marítimo out by (4-2), after in the previous match they won by (1-0) at home, in a game against Rio Ave. This is a stronger team in its stadium, where he won 20 points, against only 4 in his away matches. In the last 10 home league matches Vitória Setúbal has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 13 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 13 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 26 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 16 times and only managed 1 comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 7 of their 15 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

Vitória de Setúbal comes to this day with a victory over Marítimo, 4-2, thus continuing with various difficulties in this Portuguese championship. Despite playing in his stadium, coach José Couceiro must play with a cautious team, with low lines, looking for any space to apply the counterattack: João Amaral is very fast and competent in transporting the ball to the attack. In addition, this player is the best score of Vitória de Setúbal, with 8 goals scored. The great weak point of this formation is in the air game. For this game the coach does not have Yannick Djaló, due to injury.

Portimonense

After 8 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, the away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 30 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Desportivo Aves, by (3-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Vitória Guimarães, by (2-1). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 20 points, against only 10 in their away matches. For the championship, Portimonense won 10 points out of 30 possible, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 12 of the last 13 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 26 matches in this competition, he only managed 2 comebacks in the 14 matches in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 away matches for this competition: they have scored 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).

Portimonense continues in great form in this championship and in the last game beat Vitória de Guimarães, 2-1, returning to the triumphs after two consecutive losses in the competition. Of note that visitors occupy the intermediate zone of the qualifying table. In this game against Vitória de Setúbal, coach Vítor Oliveira must not flee much from his game model, benefiting his block organization and successive rapid transitions: Shoya Nakajima owns great technical quality and speed. We highlight the quality in the completion of Fabrício, player who scored 12 goals in this competition, however, is in doubt, due to injury. In addition to this player, the visitors also have in doubt Jadson and Possignolo.