Vitória SC vs União de Leiria betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Portuguese Cup match on November 23rd, 2024

Vitória SC and União de Leiria are scheduled to play against each other on November 23rd, 2024, Saturday, in a Portuguese Cup match to be held in Portugal, check the Vitória SC vs União de Leiria betting tip and prediction to win with your bets.

We are now at the tournament stage where the teams from the lower divisions that managed to win the past matches try to stay alive, having to face theoretically stronger teams from the Segunda Liga or even from the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

It's at this stage that the bettors can start paying attention to the surprise teams, which aren't usually favorites in their matches, studying their last games in the competition, in comparison with the current form of the teams from the upper echelons, which start their way in the Portuguese Cup at this time.

The game will be played in the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques stadium, in the city of Guimarães, with a capacity for 30008 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Vitória SC vs União de Leiria betting tip 2024/2025

In the matches for this competition, there are always different match facts. And, if wins are always needed to get to this stage (including overtime and/or penalties), we have to look at other criteria that makes them get here. Vitória SC performance to this stage is 3 goals scored and still 1 against.

On the other hand, União de Leiria come this far with 4 goals scored and 1 conceded.

The last time these teams met was for a Liga Portugal match, on 21-04-2012, referring to the 2011/2012 season, which ended with a victory of the Vitória SC team by 3-2.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it should be noted that Vitória SC has in its curriculum 1 win of the Portuguese Cup while União de Leiria have never won the competition.

Regarding the current form of the teams, based on statistical data, we can assume that regarding the last 5 matches played, both are very identical in terms of regularity of results and points won, accumulating both a total of 2 wins.

Vitória SC

Vitória SC come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Santa Clara, valid for the Liga Portugal, ended with a 1-0. The team coached by R. Gomes Borges lined up in the last match with a 4-3-3 formation.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of Vitória SC faced and beat the team of Paços de Ferreira, with a score of 3-1, in a game counting for the 3rd Round putting them in the game against União de Leiria.

União de Leiria

Currently, in the Segunda Liga, the União de Leiria formation has 3 wins, 5 defeats and 3 draws, giving them a total of 12 points after 11 rounds, ranking them in 12th place. Adding to this data, the União de Leiria team goes with a total of 11 goals scored and 13 goals conceded.

The visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League 2 Portugal, União de Leiria, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Torreense team with a final score of 2-1.

On the last matchday of the premier competition of Portuguese football, the team of União de Leiria faced and beat the team of Nacional, with a score of 2-1, in a game counting for the 3rd Round putting them in the game against Vitória SC.

Let's focus on the aspect that concerns every team's ultimate aim, which is to score goals. União de Leiria, in both their major domestic competitions (Segunda Liga and Portuguese Cup), has scored a total of 15 goals in this 2024/2025 season so far.

Nonetheless, the União de Leiria team's defense and goalkeeping now adds up to a total of 14 goals conceded this season in their two main domestic competitions.

Top scorers from União de Leiria in the Portuguese Cup

Concerning personal accomplishments, Daniel has been at the top of his game on the offensive side. This player of the União de Leiria team already has a total of 2 goals in the competition, showing himself to be an essential player in deciding his team's results. His teammate Marco Baixinho is nipping at his heels as the second-highest scorer for the team in the Cup, who comes with 1 goal scored.

For punters some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Score market betting suggestions

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

In order to generate a good prediction on the goal market for this match, we must first analyze the average number of goals in each team's games this season. Thus, we were able to obtain that in their matches, the Vitória SC team scores a total of 3 goals on average and accumulates a total of 1 goals conceded.

On the other hand, in the matches of União de Leiria, they score an average of 2 goals per match and conceed a total of 0.5 goals. As both teams have an average of over 2.5 goals in their matches this season, we are convinced that good bets can result from this market. Therefore, our choice for this match in the goal market is Over 2.5. Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Over 2.5 market are quoted at 1.95.

Corners market betting suggestions

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4 corners per game.

Individual Analysis of Corner Kicks

In order to generate a good prediction in the corner kicks market for this match, we must first analyze this average individually in each team's games in this season. Thus, we have that Vitória SC can obtain, on average, a total of 1 corners in its favor in each match.

On the other hand, in games where União de Leiria is present, this team obtains an average of 7 corners. As the sum of the individual average of corner kicks per match for both teams is lower than 9.5 corners in their matches this season, we are convinced that good bets can result in this selection, as a low number of corner kicks are expected.