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Vitória SC vs Boavista Prediction & Preview

Preview

This Saturday, the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques sets the stage for an intriguing Liga Portugal clash as Vitória SC welcomes Boavista for their 31st-round fixture. With kickoff at 19:30, both teams will be eager to assert dominance in this penultimate phase of the season.

Vitória SC, under the guidance of coach Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco, currently sits comfortably at 5th place with 57 points. Their recent form has been quite solid with three wins in their last five matches, although they faced a setback in their previous game against Sporting CP, losing 3-0 away from home. Despite this loss, they have shown resilience throughout the season and have a decent scoring average of 1.1 goals per game while conceding an average of 1.3.

On the other side, Boavista managed by António Jorge Rocha Simão finds themselves struggling in the 13th position with just 30 points and a worrying form of no wins in their last five games; drawing two and losing three. Their latest match ended in a draw (1-1) against Estrela Amadora at home which reflects their ongoing struggle to clinch victories this season.

Historically speaking between these two sides when facing off head-to-head has been evenly contested over recent meetings - out of their last five encounters there’s only been one win each side alongside three draws including a stalemate (1-1) when they last met on December last year at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI.

Goals-wise both teams show potential for scoring but also vulnerabilities at defense especially during away matches for Boavista where they concede an alarming average of 2.6 goals per game compared to Vitória's more moderate home defensive record conceding only about .8 goals per game.

Bet

Given Vitória SC’s reasonably strong form and position on the table compared to Boavista’s struggles particularly on road games where they leak quite a number of goals suggests leaning towards certain betting avenues could be more promising than others.

Considering all factors such as current forms, historical results between them (where draws are frequent), coupled with goal-scoring averages - choosing "Under 2.5" seems like a sensible bet here considering it aligns well with historical low-scoring affairs between them while acknowledging both sides' abilities to defend decently enough even if not spectacularly so especially given odds being set fairly equally by bookmakers (both priced currently at odds around Under/Over:, each rated as Odds: @).