Sporting Lisbon vs Vitoria Guimaraes Predictions

Guimaraes have scored in four games in a row, including when they put five past Tondela in a 5-0 win last month, and the best bet may well be that both teams score when they visit Sporting at Estadio Jose Alvalade on Monday.

Sporting have scored an average of 1.93 goals a game in their 14 Primeira Liga games against other top-half teams this season, while Guimaraes have conceded an average of 2.57 goals a game in their seven games against teams in the top four. They have shipped three goals a game in their three away games against these sides.

Sporting are third in the Primeira Liga, four places and 31 points above Guimaraes, with 22 wins from their 31 games this season, while the visitors have won 12.

Guimaraes have won three of their last four games in the Primeira Liga and were 1-0 winners over Gil Vicente in their last away game two weeks ago. However, Sporting have won the last two head-to-heads between these sides in the league.

Sporting’s supporters have been treated to plenty of open games this term, with six of the home side’s last seven Primeira Liga games ending with both sides scoring. Sporting have scored in all 31 of their league games this season.

Goals have proven easy to come by for the hosts this season. No other side has scored in more of their Primeira Liga games than Sporting’s total of 31 of 31 matches, and they have scored three or more goals in 13 of those games.

Both teams have shown signs of vulnerability at the back. Sporting have failed to keep a clean sheet in six of their last seven Primeira Liga games, while Guimaraes have gone 18 of their last 19 games against Sporting without keeping the visitors from scoring.

It could be hard to separate these two sides, with the 1-1 draw looking a decent correct-score bet. Both teams to score has been a winner in Sporting’s last three Primeira Liga games, while Guimaraes have played three games in a row with fewer than three goals.

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