- Head-to-head: Vizela have won two of the last three head-to-head meetings and won 1-0 at home in the last season.
- Away record: União de Leiria have failed to win on their last two trips to this venue.
- Recent form: Vizela have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten games.
Vizela in for a tough test
Vizela come into Sunday's game as slight favorites at 2.43 with União de Leiria available at 2.76 and the Draw at 3.28. That suggests the match might be close and that is our prediction for this Segunda Liga encounter, with the draw coming in at a decent odds.
The market also seems to be leaning towards a cagey game with Under 2.5 goals coming in at 1.83 and Both Teams to Score: Yes at 1.7, which looks just a touch short for a Segunda Liga match. They will need to be on top of their game to secure a victory and there is plenty to suggest this could be a low-scoring game.
Vizela are the more reliable side
Form and results
Vizela have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five matches, with a 0-0 away draw at Académico Viseu preceding a 1-0 home win over União de Leiria and a 4-0 defeat away at Torreense. That is a decent run of results, but not exactly a blistering one.
They have three wins and two defeats from five home matches in all competitions, so they have done well at home but have also been shown to be beatable by certain sides.
Tactics
Ronald Molina gets his team to control the ball and dictate the tempo with a compact structure that presses only when it suits them, while the visitors have to be the instigators and that could make this a chess match between the two midfields.
Leiria are more erratic
Fábio Pereira's team will play a higher tempo game and press more aggressively, looking to pounce on turnovers and hit their opponents on the fast break.
Leiria's form has seen them win just one of their last five, with one draw and three defeats, which is a little concerning for a side that will want to push for promotion. Juan Munoz is the danger man for Leira with four goals in his last five games, while he has four of the team's seven goals during that spell.
Vizela are probably the better side with better structure and they have an advantage in the head-to-head record, but Leiria can be a problem on their day and the odds are all wrong for this matchup.
- That has produced a more mixed bag of results, with União de Leiria's last three games consisting of a 3-0 home defeat to Farense, a 1-0 away loss to Vizela and a 2-2 draw at home with Feirense.
