Djurgarden vs Vitoria Guimaraes Prediction & Betting Tips (24 October)

1/8th finalist in this Conference League last season, Djurgaarden would no doubt have dreamed of getting off to a better start in this competition at the start of the month. This Swedish team had to settle for a draw on the lawn of the Austrians of LASK 2-2 while they were trailing by 2 goals. On the national scene, the Stockholm players occupy the 3rd step of the podium, quite far behind the leader Malmö but in contact with the 2nd, Hammarby. Undefeated in the league for 3 days, the Djurgaarden players are challenging Hammarby next weekend for a decisive duel for 2nd place in the standings since there are only 4 days left to play in Sweden. Deprived of Europe last season , Guimaraes on the other hand ideally launched its journey in this Conference League this season by very logically winning against Celje on the first day at the start of the month 3-1.

A result which allowed Vitoria to move directly into the top 8 of the tournament. Engaged at the same time in their own championship, the Portuguese had started well before suffering the blow in recent weeks by going 3 matches without a victory including 2 last draws against Casa Pia 1-1 and Boavista 2-2. Next weekend they will travel to Estrela.

Currently, this Djurgaarden team is deprived of its replacement goalkeeper Säfqvist, the relatively important defender Johansson and the potential starting midfielders Ekdal and Aslund (2 goals in 6 league games). This team should, however, be able to count on its top scorer, the Turkish Hümmet who scored 11 goals in Allsvenskan. Also watch out for the Norwegians Gullisken and Nguen who have 5 goals each to their credit this season. The first city also scored on the first day. On the side of Vitoria Guimaraes, defender Jorge Fernandes could be the only element to miss this trip to Scandinavia.

Otherwise, everyone should be on deck for this match like former Rennais Nelson Oliveira (1 goal). The most decisive player in this formation is the Brazilian Gustavo Silva with 2 goals to his credit. He also found the fault during the first day in the same way as midfielders Samu and Tiago Silva.