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Two teams that arrive at this match with different spirits, it is true, and contrary to the celebration of the Christian religious calendar, Famalicão was resurrected on Good Friday and Vizela died on Easter.
Famalicão and Vizela open the second day of games counting for the 28th round – which is ending – of the League and these two teams will enter the field looking for something, besides, obviously, points. After the good performance and the three points he brought from Barcelos, Armando Evangelista seeks to assert himself in the bet that the Famalicão management made in him, after the dismissal of João Pedro Sousa. The former Arouca coach wants to demonstrate that the victory (2-1) at Gil Vicente’s home was not due to luck, but rather to skill. On the other side of the field there is a very injured Vizela after the defeat (0-4) imposed by Casa Pia at their own home. There were high spirits in Vizela among the fans, sporting director Toni Dovale has already responded, but the person responsible for redemption is Rúben de la Barrera, who has seven games to take the club out of the relegation places. There are two teams that arrive at this match with different spirits, it is true, and contrary to the celebration of the Christian religious calendar, Famalicão was resurrected on Good Friday and Vizela died on Easter.
Five matches were played between the two teams in championship games, with Famalicão winning one and four draws. In Famalicão, the home team has an advantage in clashes against Vizela, with 18 wins in 26 matches. The Vizelense team only has one victory (1-0 in the 2012-13 season, in League 2).
In total, they have already faced each other 54 times, with the Famalicense team recording 25 victories, against 10 triumphs for the Vizelenses. Furthermore, Famalicão is unbeaten against Vizela for six games.
Vizela have not won in their last five trips to Famalicão. The last two games played between the two teams, both held in Vizela, ended 0-0.
Famalicão
Famalicão is in 8th place in the table, accumulating 31 points so far and with one game in hand. Throughout the season, the team won seven wins, drew 10 games and suffered nine defeats, with a balance of 26 goals scored, the second worst attack in the League, and 31 goals conceded – the sixth best defense.
Armando Evangelista arrived, changed (the tactical system) and won. Famalicão’s new coach put an end to a run of four games without winning by beating Gil Vicente at home 2-1
In the last five matches, they recorded a victory against Gil Vicente, two draws with Boavista and Estrela da Amadora, and two defeats against Arouca and Vitória de Guimarães. During this period, he scored in three of those encounters and conceded on four occasions.
At home, Famalicão won 17 points out of 36 possible, with four wins, five draws and three defeats. The Minho team has a balance of 13 goals scored and 14 conceded. In the last five away matches, they won once (Rio Ave), drew three and lost once (SC Braga), scoring and conceding goals in four of those games.
Probable eleven (3x2x4x1): Luiz Junior; Riccieli, Enea Mihaj, Francisco Moura; Mirko Topic, Zaydou Youssouf; Nathan Santos, Chiquinho, Gustavo Sá, Sorriso; Jhonder Cadiz.
Injured: Alex Doble and Henrique Araújo.
Punished: Justin de Haas (yellow series).
A Figure: Jhonder Cádiz
With the goal scored in Barcelos, at the start of the 27th round, Jhonder Cádiz equaled his best goal record ever, achieved last season, in his second year in Famalicão. There are still eight games to go (one is due against Sporting) and if Armando Evangelista continues to bet on the Venezuelan striker it is likely that he will surpass that mark, being the best ever for the 28-year-old striker.
What Armando Evangelista said in the preview: «Knowing that it will be a difficult game, I believe that, even more so playing at home, that our fans, after an away victory, will show up in strength and that will help us achieve the second victory in a row, something that would be unprecedented at this time. That’s what we want to focus on, not looking at the opponent’s weaknesses, but at their strengths».
The Famalicenses coach believes that the team can continue the triumph achieved in their debut game and, in this way, complete the unprecedented feat this season; praise for Vizela and alert for the quality of the opponent; satisfaction with the way it was received by the group and with the response from the players
Vizela
Vizela enters this round again in 17th place, having 21 points so far. Throughout the season, the team led by Rubén de la Barrera recorded four wins, nine draws and 14 defeats, with a balance of 26 goals scored and 56 conceded.
In the last matches, the Vizelenses won only once (Farense), drew twice (Estoril and Portimonense) and suffered two defeats (FC Porto and Casa Pia). During this period, they scored in three of those matches and conceded goals on four occasions.
Away from home, Vizela is currently the 12th best team in the championship, having won 11 points out of 39 possible, with two wins, five draws and six defeats. He scored 11 goals and conceded 26.
Probable eleven (4x4x2): Fabijan Buntic; Orest Lebedenko, Rodrigo Escoval, Jota Gonçalves, Tomás Silva; Pedro Ortiz, Diogo Nascimento, Samu Silva, Matheus Pereira; Essende, Jason Lokilo.
Injured: Bruno Costa
Punished: nothing to report
Figure: Samu Silva
Vizela’s captain had a lot of attitude in the last match, but missed many passes and his shots went wide. The Portuguese midfielder has good intentions and seems to transmit confidence to the group, values that, at this point in the championship, are important, however, they do not give points.
What Rubén de la Barrera said in the preview: «We have an opportunity to score three points, forget what happened the other day, at home, and continue to dream of maintenance. We still depend on ourselves. The sensations were better before the game with Casa Pia. That result was not expected. The team’s performance was not as expected».