Gil Vicente take on the visitors Pacos Ferreira in the round 1 match of Liga Portugal. The match will be played on Monday, August 8th at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos (Barcelos).
Gil Vicente was founded almost 100 years ago, but they are mostly known for the scandalous "Matheus Affair". Then the team that was at its peak (the first League Cup final in history) was expelled due to the participation in matches of an unregistered player. As a result, the dispute dragged on for years, and even reached the courts of general, non-sporting, jurisdiction. And the club won the right to return to Primeira. Although at that time they were already hanging out at a semi-amateur level. And last season, they repeated their best result, finishing 5th in the championship. But the coach who achieved this breakthrough, Ricardo Soares, left in the offseason for the Middle East, where he received a good contract. Yves Vieira, who replaced him, made his debut already in the Conference League. On Thursday, in the away match with Riga, they drew 1-1.
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Pacos Ferreira periodically achieve good results. Its peak is 2013 and a sensational 3rd place. Then the "beavers" even played in the Champions League, however, in both matches they conceded 4 goals from Zenit. Yes, and in the Europa League group, they added two more 0-2 defeats by Dnipro, and did not win even once there. The championship before last was relatively good, which brought 5th place. But then the club rolled down to the 13th position. However, the Northern Irish Larn took place in the Conference League. And even defeated Tottenham in first leg, however, lost 0-3 in London. Now Pacos will start with mentor Cesar Peixoto, who came in last December and saved the club at least from the struggle for survival. But the composition has changed quite a lot. A dozen players left, among which we highlight the sale of Stephen Eushtakiou to Porto. There are also enough newcomers, but this is the signing of free agents or a loan. We note Thiago Ilori, who was borrowed from Sporting. He was once at Liverpool and was considered a great talent. The midfielder is now 29...
"Gil Vicente" in the last 3 head-to-heads in the championship took 2 wins and a draw. But in the cup match a year ago, Pacos Ferreira went further on the penalty shoot-out after 1-1. Bookmakers consider Gil Vicente to be the favorite of the pair. This team played well last season, and they are hosting the opponent at home. But there is a decisive meeting in the Conference League ahead, so we recommend taking “less than 2.5 goals”.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
