Portimonense VS Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente challenge Portimonense in this Portuguese League Cup round 3 clash at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in Portimão early Thursday morning Beijing time. Gil Vicente have taken one more point than the hosts in League Cup so far – four to be precise and have score difference of 4:2. Portimonense had a score difference of 2:2. Both teams seem have a good chance to win Group E and qualify for the play offs.. Indeed, both clubs seem to take the League Cup pretty seriously but it is surely not neither teams' main priority this season.. It is useful to realize that there is quite often some squad rotation in the League Cup, especially with the very best teams like Porto, Benfica, Sporting CP and Braga which, in many cases, can lead to even big odds movements near the kickoff.. With today's expected lineups Portimonense have a 52% chance to take all three points here and extend the very good streak betting on this competition! Gil Vicente find themselves in a tricky position in Liga Portugal and will probably have to fight very hard to avoid relegation! Yes, taking a look at the Liga Portugal gives as a better impression the teams' class. Gil Vicente currently occupy the 16th place in this league with a total of just nine points in the pocket..

The visitors' defense has been very leaky and they have allowed 21 goals so far. Their attack has, however, been a little better but surely the 11 goals scored is a big disappointment for them and their fans. They played a quite strong last season and took part in the UEFA Conference League qualification in the summer where they beat Riga FC from Latvia but a Dutch team, AZ Alkmaar, turned out to be much better and beat Gil Vicente 6-1 on aggregate not giving them a true chance to qualify. Already at this point I was thinking that it will be a challenging season for them but I have still been surprised to see them perform this bad! They have some potential to improve but not that much unless they buy new players and the bookies should stop over-estimating them..They have lost five games in a row in Liga Porrtugal. They did, however, beat Nacional in their most recent much but the visitors, who are a having a disappointing season in Liga Portugal2 had 59% ball possession and even recorded more attacks and dangerous attacks. Overall it was a quite balanced clash and Gil Vicente, priced around 1.55 to win by the bookies did not excite me with their performance! Before this they were very clear favorites but failed to beat another pretty small team from the second tier, Covilha, away from home. The hosts did play better than an average in this clash but I was still still disappointed on Gil Vicente – the much was a balanced one. Portimoense have clearly improved from last season and currently occupy the 7th place in the standings with 19 points in the bank. They easily beat Covilha 2-0 in their most recent match and allowed the visitors just one shot in goal! There will not be a big crowd at the stadium but home teams have done well in the League Cup and the home advantage often plays a big role when neither team are super-motivated..