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FK Ventspils vs Vitoria Guimaraes Predictions

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FK Ventspils vs Vitoria Guimaraes Predictions

Ventspils are twenty-ones games into their Virsliga campaign and will be hoping that their opponents lack of competitive match practice in recent weeks will go in the Latvian clubs’ favour. Vitoria Guimaraes are due to start the new Primeira Liga this weekend and in the last qualifying round for the Europa League, they defeated Jeunesse d’Esch 5-0 on aggregate.

Vitoria Guimaraes head into Thursday’s 1st leg as the form favourites with five wins from their last six matches, while their guests have been more inconsistent with two wins, two draws, and two defeats during that same six-game period but that does include the 6-2 aggregate victory over Gzira United in the last qualifying round.

The stats suggest that we won’t see both teams score on Thursday and that the most likely result is an away win for Vitoria Guimaraes. Obviously, the Portuguese side play week in week out in a tougher league than their hosts and have the stronger squad on paper but these qualifiers often prove tricky than they first look.

Three of Ventspils’ last five matches have failed to see both teams score, while four of Vitoria Guimaraes’ last five matches also failed to see both teams score. Vitoria Guimaraes have won their last five matches in all competitions and four of those five victories saw the Portuguese side keep a clean sheet.

We’re confident that we won’t see both teams score in Thursday’s 1st leg and have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 to Vitoria Guimaraes. The visitors might not have as much competitive game time under their belts this season but they should be fresher and their previous results heading into this match suggest they are good for the win and a clean sheet.

Ventspils haven’t been in the worst of form of late but they haven’t been tested by a side of Vitoria Guimaraes’ quality either, sand with that in mind we’re backing a narrow win for the visitors which should set them up nicely to progress through to the next round of the competition.

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