Vitoria Guimaraes vs Sporting CP Lisbon Match Preview
Vitoria Guimaraes were given a huge fillip last weekend as they made it to the Portuguese Cup final for the first time in 23 years. Although inconsistent in the league, the hosts, who are know guaranteed European football next season, will be looking to finish as high as possible and to maintain their form ahead of the showpiece final that brings down the curtain on the domestic season in Portugal.
As for Sporting, “we no longer have the excuse of instability,” says Joao Pereira, after the Lisbon club’s presidential election last weekend voted in the new backroom team, led by Godinho Lopes. With wholesale changes already announced by the new regime, many of the squad now they have between now and the end of the season to impress enough to remain at the Alvalade.
Furthermore, with Braga breathing down their necks, Sporting will be striving to avoid dropped points which will jeopardize their third-placed standing in the table.