Guimaraes v Zrinjski Mostar

Vitoria Guimaraes vs Zrinjski Mostar Preview

We have also reached the play-off stage of the UEFA Conference League as well and Wednesday night features this upcoming 1st leg clash between Portuguese hosts Vitoria Guimaraes and their Bosnia and Herzegovina counterparts Zrinjski Mostar when the two teams meet at the Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques with both sides looking to gain an advantage ahead of next week's return leg.

Vitoria Guimaraes will be brimming with confidence heading into this 1st leg encounter as the hosts not only registered a 1-0 home win against Estoril in the Portuguese Primeira Liga on the weekend but that result also extended the hosts' unbeaten run in all competitions to 11 games overall.

Having picked up 10 wins within these last 11 games overall, Vitoria Guimaraes will certainly fancy their chances of securing a 1st leg lead at their Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques on Wednesday night especially as six of these previous 10 wins have been registered on home soil.

In addition, Guimaraes have given a solid account of themselves in the previous qualifying rounds of the UEFA Conference League with wins against Floriana 5-0 on aggregate and FC Zurich 5-0 on aggregate, and it is also worth mentioning that the hosts have kept a total of eight clean sheets in these previous 11 games.

Zrinjski Mostar were not involved in action over the weekend but nevertheless, the visitors will be in a confident frame of mind as they prepare for this upcoming trip to Portugal especially as they overcame the challenge of Bulgarian outfit Botev Plovdiv in the previous qualifying round with the Bosnian & Herzegovina outfit running out 3-2 winners on aggregate.

There have actually been a couple of recent slip-ups though in the UEFA Conference League as Zrinjski suffered a 1-0 loss at home to Slovenian club Bravo and a 2-1 loss away from home at Botev Plovdiv so the visitors may find this upcoming trip to face Vitoria Guimaraes a potentially tricky outing.

The bigger picture still gives Zrinjski Mostar plenty of confidence as the visitors have slipped to just these two losses in their previous 23 matches in all competitions while only one team has scored in 14 of these previous 23 games, so the goals market may appeal here especially as Vitoria Guimaraes are priced as very short favourites by the bookmakers.

Zrinjski have lost just once in their last 16 outings on the road in all competitions.

Vitoria Guimaraes v Zrinjski Mostar Verdict

Vitoria Guimaraes have kept a number of clean sheets in recent times and along with Zrinjski Mostar also being involved in a high number of games with only one team scoring, the goals market of BTTS No appeals for this 1st leg tie.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

Vitoria Guimaraes win & BTTS No @ 2.00

Correct Score: Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0 @ 6.00