Tondela vs Vitoria de Guimaraes Match Analysis and Prediction

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After reaching their first-ever Taca de Portugal final, Tondela now welcome Vitoria de Guimaraes to the Estadio Joao Cardoso in round 31 of the Primeira Liga on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the visitors head into the game on a two-match winning sreak away from home and will be looking for a third consecutive away victory for the first time since last October.

Tondela secured their spot in the Taca de Portugal final for the first time in their 89-year existence when they played out a 1-1 draw with Mafra in the second leg of their semi-final tie on Wednesday.

Having claimed a 3-0 victory in the reverse leg on March 3, Juan Manul Boselli cancelled out Pedro Pacheco’s first-half opener to force a share of the spoils and hand the Gold and Greens a 4-1 aggregate victory.

While Tondela have enjoyed an outstanding cup run, they have struggled to get going in the league, where they risk dropping to the second division as they currently sit 17th in the standings with 25 points from 30 matches.

Nuno Campos’ side have lost each of their two most recent league matches and have managed just one win from their last 10 matches, picking up five points from a possible 30.

On the other hand, Vitoria de Guimaraes returned to winning ways in style when they saw off 10-man Pacos de Ferreira 4-0 at the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques last time out.

In what was a one-sided affair, goals from Tiago Silva, Ruben Lameiras and a brace from Brazilian forward Bruno Duarte condemned the visitors to their 12th league defeat of the season.

Prior to that, Vitoria de Guimaraes suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of title-chasing Porto on April 10, when Mehdi Taremi converted his 36th-minute to hand Sergio Conceicao’s side a hard-fought victory.

Tondela vs Vitoria de Guimaraes head to head

The two teams have previously met on 15 occasions across all competitions, where Vitoria Guimaraes have claimed nine victories while Tondela have won five, and they have drawn once. Tondela have scored 14 goals and conceded 24 in the process. Tondela have won once while Vitoria Guimaraes have won four.

Tondela 1-3 Vitoria Guimaraes 22/09/19

Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0 Tondela 01/03/20

Tondela 0-2 Vitoria Guimaraes 28/11/20

Vitoria Guimaraes 1-2 Tondela 04/04/21

Vitoria Guimaraes 5-2 Tondela 11/12/21

Tondela latest home form

Tondela have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just one of their seven most recent matches. In their last home game, they were defeated 3-1 by Sporting Lisbon in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded seven.

Tondela 0-1 Sporting Braga 20/02/22

Tondela 3-0 Mafra 03/03/22

Tondela 1-1 Belenenses 07/03/22

Tondela 2-2 Arouca 19/03/22

Tondela 1-3 Sporting Lisbon 09/04/22

Tondela latest away form

Tondela have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just one of their six most recent matches. In their last away game, they drew 1-1 with Mafra in the Taca de Portugal. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded 10.

Famalicao 2-1 Tondela 26/02/22

Porto 4-0 Tondela 13/03/22

Maritimo 1-3 Tondela 03/04/22

Moreirense 2-0 Tondela 16/04/22

Mafra 1-1 Tondela 20/04/22

Vitoria de Guimaraes latest home form

Vitoria Guimaraes have recently failed to keep a good run of form, having lost three of their five most recent matches. In their last home game, they managed to defeat Pacos de Ferreira 4-0 in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded eight.

Vitoria Guimaraes 1-3 Arouca 19/02/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 2-1 Famalicao 06/03/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 1-3 Sporting Lisbon 19/03/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 0-1 Porto 10/04/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 4-0 Pacos Ferreira 15/04/22

Vitoria de Guimaraes latest away form

Vitoria Guimaraes have recently been on an upturn in form on the road, having won each of their two most recent matches. Their last away defeat came on February 27 when they lost 3-0 to Benfica in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded seven.

Vizela 3-2 Vitoria Guimaraes 30/01/22

Belenenses 1-0 Vitoria Guimaraes 13/02/22

Benfica 3-0 Vitoria Guimaraes 27/02/22

Maritimo 0-1 Vitoria Guimaraes 13/03/22

Moreirense 0-2 Vitoria Guimaraes 03/04/22

Tondela news

Tondela are set to take to the pitch on Sunday without Portuguese defender Jota Goncalves, who has been sidelined since last September through a knee injury.

Simone Muratore is also out of contention for the Gold and Greens after the Atalanta loanee picked up a severe injury back in October.

Vitoria de Guiamraes news

Vitoria Guimaraes will have to do with the absence of 21-year-old midfielder Tomas Handel, who came off injured in February’s game against Belenenses.

After his brace against Pacos de Ferreira last time out, Duarte now has six goals and two assists to his name and is expected to spearhead the attack once again.

Prediction and Odds

Vitoria de Guimaraes have recently improved on the road and will fancy their chances against a Tondela side who have struggled for form at home this season.

Having won each of their last two away matches, we predict the visitors will keep this run going and come away with all three points.

Odds: 1 2.40 X 2.05 2 2.15