Vitoria de Guimaraes vs Arouca Match Analysis and Prediction

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Both Vitoria de Guimaraes and Arouca will be looking to return to winning ways when they lock horns at Dom Afonso Henriques in an important Primeira Liga on Saturday night with kickoff at 23:30.

Guimaraes have been having ups and downs of late and the inconsistency continued last time out when they fell to narrow 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Belenenses at away last Sunday extending their poor run on the road.

Indeed Guimaraes have now failed to ant of their most recent five away games while managing just one victory from their last nine. This ad the their Sunday’s defeat has seen the gap Os Vimaranenses has them retain their sixth place, but the gap between them and the European places now increased to seven points, while it has allowed the teams behind them to catch up.

They are level on 30 points with seventh-placed Estoril Praia while only three points separate them and ninth-placed Portimonense, meaning that another slip-up could level them the middle of the table with a point or three in above the bottom-half.

Therefore, Pepa’s side will be looking make amends in this match as they aim at staying close to the top –five and they will fancy their chance as they boast a fine home run that has seen them go unbeaten in their last seven matches at home picking up five wins and two draws in the run.

Arouca on the other hand have made a poor campaign this season and were left empty-handed again last time out as they succumbed to a 3-0 defeat against Maritimo at Estadio Municipal de Arouca last Monday.

The draw has seen them now fail to claim maxim points in their last three matches, picking up a draw while suffering back-to-back defeats, failing to find the back of the net in all three encounters.

With 18 points collected form 22 games, Arouca sit currently sit 17^th in the standing with three points above the rock-bottom Belenenses and are just two adrift of safety. That means that Armando Evangelista’s side still have a chance of salvaging their season and a win on Saturday could see them climb out of the drop zone.

Therefore, they head into the match desperately looking to bounce back to winning ways but they face a side they haven’t beaten in their last nine meetings but will look to change that on Saturday.

Guimaraes vs Arouca head to head

Both sides have met in 12 encounters since 2011 with Guimaraes claiming eight victories while Arouca have only claimed one win while there have been three draws.