Belenenses SAD will be looking to move off the bottom of the Primeira Liga standings when they visit Vizela on Sunday night.
Belenenses SAD are rooted to the foot of the table after winning just one of their 14 league matches this season.
Meanwhile, Vizela find themselves thirteenth – five places and five points ahead of Belenenses SAD – having lost three of their past four games.
In truth, Vizela are not doing much better than Belenenses SAD. They have only managed to win two of their 15 league games this term – recording seven draws and six losses in the process.
It is also worth pointing out that only three teams in the Portuguese top flight have conceded more goals than Vizela this season.
Vizela have won just one of their previous 13 Primeira Liga outings, emphasizing their struggles this season.
Across their past two league matches, Vizela have conceded six goals whil failing to score a single goal in reply.
As for Belenenses SAD, five draws and eight losses mean they have only managed to win one of their 14 league outings this term.
They head into Sunday’s clash on a four-game losing streak, having fallen to Portimonense, Benfica, Estoril Praia and Braga.
They have conceded a combined total of 11 goals across their previous four league games without finding the back of the net themselves.
Taking that into account, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that Belenenses SAD are the lowest scorers in Portugal’s top tier.
Head-to-head: The only two previous meetings between these two sides came back in the 2011/12 season.
Belenenses SAD claimed back-to-back victories over Vizela that season, winning 2-0 before sealing a 4-0 victory on home soil.
Team news: Vizela currently have no injury concerns, although Bruno Wilson, Marcus Paulo and Samu are all one yellow card away from receiving a suspension.
As for Belenenses, they will be without injured attacking midfielder Chico Teixeira on Sunday. There are also question marks over the fitness of left-back Chima Akas.
With both sides struggling at the bottom end of the table, Sunday’s clash is likely to be a relatively uneventful encounter.
For that reason, Forebet predicts that Vizela and Belenenses SAD will play out a low-scoring draw. We could even see a goalless stalemate, given that Belenenses are the lowest scorers in the league.