Vitoria Guimaraes vs Eintracht Frankfurt Predictions

Vitoria Guimaraes claimed a narrow 1-0 win at home against newly-promoted Pacos de Ferreira on Sunday to make it three games unbeaten, while Eintracht Frankfurt beat Union Berlin away 2-1 last Friday and have had more time to prepare for Thursday’s clash.

All of the stats point towards both teams scoring in Thursday’s Europa League group game between Vitoria Guimaraes and Eintracht Frankfurt and we’ve backed the visitors to claim a narrow 2-1 win.

These two teams have never met before and, on paper, Eintracht Frankfurt have the better of the two squads and play against higher quality opposition on a regular basis so should be considered the favourites to win on Thursday.

The performances of both clubs during the last month or so add weight to our prediction for there to be goals at both ends of the pitch this Thursday, as both teams scored in three of Vitoria Guimaraes’ and five of Eintracht Frankfurt’s last six matches. The hosts have only failed to score in two of their last six matches and their guests have only failed to find the back of the net in one of their last six games.

Neither side head into this game with the best of defensive records, as Vitoria Guimaraes have only kept two clean sheets in their last six attempts and Eintracht Frankfurt have failed to keep a single clean sheet during that period, which is why we’re backing BTTS on Thursday.

Eintracht Frankfurt have won three of their last six matches, including their last away games against Union Berlin, and over 2.5 goals have been produced in all of the visitor’s last six matches. Eintracht Frankfurt have scored two or more team goals in four of their last six matches, so you can see why we’ve backed a 2-1 win for the Germans this Thursday.

We’re confident that both teams will score on Thursday and have predicted a final scoreline of 2-1 in favour of the Bundesliga side. Frankfurt possess the stronger of the two squads but have struggled defensively of late and we don’t see the visitors keeping a clean sheet on Thursday. Vitoria Guimaraes have only lost one of their last six matches but that was in their last Europa League game against Standard Liege and Eintracht Frankfurt are a better team than the Belgians and should have the beating of their hosts this Thursday.