Sporting Lisbon vs Vitoria Guimaraes Predictions

• Sporting have won nine and drawn two of their last 11 meetings with Guimaraes.
• Sporting have won four of their five home league contests this season.
• The Lions have won by the same score – 1-0 – in each of the last two home clashes with Guimaraes.

Lions must bounce back from Champions League setback

Sporting Lisbon will have to put their midweek Champions League misery behind them quickly when they entertain in-form Vitoria Guimaraes in the Primeira Liga on Saturday.

The Lions suffered a blow to their morale on Tuesday when pegged back by Eintracht Frankfurt in front of their own fans, a result that dropped them from first to third in the group and left them clutching only a place in the play-off round of the Europa League.

They also lost a key player with Nuno Santos sustaining a traumatic sprain to his right ankle that could keep him out of action for 15 days. Daniel Braganca, Luís Neto and Hidemasa Morita remain out for the visit of Guimaraes, who will arrive in Lisbon above Sporting in the table after 12 rounds of league play.

Sporting should keep sequence going against Os Conquistadores

Unbeaten in six, Os Conquistadores have played with great confidence during run of four straight wins. But they have not won a league game at the Alvalade since the 2011-12 season, since when Sporting have won nine times and drawn two of the 11 contests.

Moreno’s side won at rock bottom Pacos Ferreira in their last road assignment, but their away form has been inconsistent and they are unlikely to derail the hosts here even if Ruben Amorim’s side are not in their best moment.

Sporting have won four of their five home league contests and should prevail here, albeit potentially by the minimum margin. The Lions have won by the same score – 1-0 – in each of the last two home clashes with Guimaraes and that looks a great play in correct score markets given they have not conceded in four of the last five head-to-head meetings

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