Vizela v Sporting Lisbon

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Vizela hold home advantage for this final game of the Portuguese top flight season when they play host to fourth-placed Sporting Lisbon at their Estádio Do Vizela with the hosts looking to end their campaign on a positive note after a miserable run of results in the Primeira Liga.

The hosts are without a win in six matches in the Portuguese top flight and this sequence includes four defeats as Vizela have slipped to losses against Arouca, Pacos Ferreira, Vitoria Guimaraes and Maritimo while managing to pick up just two points of the 18 on offer thanks to draws with Boavista and Famalicao.

The bigger picture shows 11th placed Vizela have registered just four wins out of their last 15 matches in the Primeira Liga and interestingly, three of these four wins have actually been recorded on their travels with wins at Estoril, Portimonense and Santa Clara.

However, Vizela have captured just one home win in their last seven attempts at the Estádio Do Vizela and they look to have their work cut out on Friday night too.

Regardless of the result in this upcoming clash away from home at Vizela, Sporting Lisbon know they will remain in fourth place in the Primeira Liga table where they will look forward to Europa League football next season although the visitors might just feel a little hard done by as they are unbeaten in their last 13 matches overall.

This solid run of results consists of 10 wins and three draws and it's tough to see what more Sporting could have done, rather, applaud the efforts of Sporting Braga who have been the dark horses of this season's Primeira Liga campaign.

Sporting Lisbon will point to a tricky patch of results away from home though at the start of the season which saw the visitors pick up just three wins out of their opening nine games on their travels which resulted in them playing catch-up on the teams above them.

An impressive eight-match unbeaten run has subsequently been put together though which includes six wins, so they can at least end this campaign on a winning note at the Estádio Do Vizela.

Vizela v Sporting Lisbon Verdict

Vizela have really struggled for positive results of late in the Portuguese top flight and this trend looks set to continue on Friday night when they welcome high-flying Sporting Lisbon, and having also won each of the previous five meetings on the trot against Vizela, it's the visitors that should grab the three points in this one.

Therefore, our main bet will be Sporting Lisbon win @ 1.50

Other side bets worth considering:

Under 2.5 goals @ 2.30

Correct score: Sporting Lisbon 1-0 @ 8.50