Portimonense take on the visitors Gil Vicente in the round 3 match of Portuguese League Cup. The match will be played on Wednesday, December 14th at Estádio Municipal de Portimão (Portimão).
Portimonense are not one of those teams that you expect surprises from. Since 2017, "black and white" has been more or less consistent in Primeira. Once, they were relegated, eventually finishing the season in 2020 in 17th position, but because of the coronavirus they were “spare”. After that, there were finishes in the bottom third of the table, but still above the danger zone. At the moment, the wards of Paulo Sergio occupy an unusually high 7th place, they have equal wins and losses, 6 each, after 13 matches. But in many ways, this was provided by a powerful starting spurt, after which the team was blown away in many ways. So in the League Cup there were conflicting results: they lost 0-2 to Nacional, but then we beat Covilho with the same score.
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Gil Vicente appears to be paying the price for European cup ambitions. The club have a unique history, when they were first forcibly deprived of their place in the elite, and then, years later, having won the courts of ordinary jurisdiction, they issued themselves the opportunity to abruptly return from the semi-amateur level to Primeira - this happened in 2019. But the team turned out to be combat-ready at this level. And last season they even rose to 5th place. This made it possible to start in the Conference League. There, the Portuguese passed Riga, but lost to AZ. And it looks like it's still going around. A good starting team now has only 2 wins and 9 points in 13 matches and is in 16th position. This despite the fact that Fran Navarro has already scored 8 goals! However, in the League Cup it turned out well: a draw with Covilha, 2-0 with Nacional.
Gil Vicente last season took the maximum in head-to-head matches. But in November, Portimonense achieved a rematch on the road, winning 2-1. Portimonense is now also playing at home, with the same, now weak Gil Vicente. We bet on a new victory, already at home.
Prediction for the match: Portimonense to win.
