Vitoria Guimaraes vs FK Ventspils Predictions

Vitoria Guimaraes will already be thinking about who their next possible opponents will be after sealing a convincing 1st leg victory in Latvia. Ventspils have it all to do after that 3-0 defeat in their own backyard and the odds are certainly against them turning Wednesday’s tie around.

The form and the statistics all fall in Vitoria Guimaraes’ favour and suggest that the Portuguese side will claim another win and another clean sheet against Ventspils on Wednesday night. Vitoria Guimaraes won 3-0 against Ventspils in Latvia thanks to goals from Davidson, Rodrigues, and Amoah, not to mention another strong defensive display.

Vitoria Guimaraes have won all of their last six matches against Ventspils, Feirense, Jeunesse d’Esch twice, Rio Ave and Famalicao, scoring a total of fifteen goals and only conceding two. During that same period of matches, Ventspils have lost twice and on each occasion have failed to score, all of which points to another win and another clean sheet for Vitoria Guimaraes on Wednesday.

Speaking of clean sheets, Vitoria Guimaraes haven’t conceded a single goal in any of their last five matches and have scored over 2.5 team goals in their last two home games. Those matches were against Jeunesse d’Esch in the Europa League which ended 4-0 and a friendly against newly-promoted Famalicao which produced seven goals and resulted in a 5-2 win for Vitoria Guimaraes.

We’re confident that Vitoria Guimaraes will win to nil on Wednesday and have predicted a final scoreline of 3-0. The Portuguese side are in great form right now and their defence has been impenetrable in its last five matches and we fully expect Ventspils to struggle to create chances once again and for the hosts to keep another clean sheet. Ventspils just aren’t in the same league as Wednesday’s hosts and that showed during the 1st leg, so we’re backing another 3-0 win for Vitoria Guimaraes but in truth, it could end up being four or five-nil and the only reason we’re sticking to just the three goals is that we expect the home side to either rotate some of their key players or to sub them in the second half ahead of this weekends’ league game against Boavista.