FCSB vs Vitoria Guimaraes football club will meet on Thursday, August 22, 2019, in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, at the “Marin Anastasovici” stadium in Giurgiu.
FCSB have scored 10 goals in 6 Europa League matches
FCSB Football Club qualified in the Europa League play-offs with great emotions, after eliminating FK Mladá Boleslav in the third preliminary round. In the tour to Giurgiu the score was equal, 0-0, but the former Steaua managed to win back to Mladá Boleslav, due to the goal scored in the prolongations by Ionuţ Panţâru (90 + 1). In the preliminary round, FCSB eliminated FC Milsami Orhei, 2-0 at home and 2-1 away, and in the second round passed FC Alashkert, 3-0 away and 2-3 at home . There will now be a double leg in the Europa League play-off with Vitória Guimarães, the stake being the qualification in groups. A year ago, the team coached by Nicolae Dică was eliminated in the Europa League play-off by SK Rapid Vienna. The Romanian vice-champion scored 10 goals in 6 matches in the Europa League, through Florin Tănase 4, Florinel Coman 2, Cristian Dumitru 1, Răzvan Oaidă 1, Iulian Cristea 1 and Ionuţ Panţâru 1.
Vitória Guimarães scored 14 goals in the preliminaries
Vitória Guimarães ranked in the previous season in 5th place in the Primera Liga, having 52p, after Benfica Lisbon 87p, FC Porto 85p, Sporting Lisbon 74p and Sporting Braga 67. “Os Vimaranenses” played last time in the 2017-2018 season in Europe groups League, where they were directly qualified, but failed to qualify in the sixteenth, with opponents being FC Red Bull Salzburg, Olympique Marseille and Konyaspor. This season, the Portuguese played and eliminated in the preliminary round II Jeunesse d’Esch, 1-0 away and 4-0 at home, and in the preliminary third round they beat FK Ventspils with 3 -0 away and 6-0 at home. So the “Os Conquistadores” balance in the Europa League preliminaries was 4 matches, 4 victories and a 14-0 goalscoring. Vitória Sport Clube postponed its first leg of the first leg of the Premier League away with FC Rio Ave, but debuted on Sunday night at “Estádio D. Afonso Henriques”, 1-1 with FC Boavista Porto.
FCSB matches in European Cups against teams in Portugal
- 1987-1988: Steaua Bucharest vs Benfica Lisbon 0-0 and 0-2 (European Champions Cup, semifinals)
- 1994-1995: Benfica Lisbon vs Steaua Bucharest 2-1 and 1-1 (Champions League, Group C)
- 2014-2015: Steaua Bucharest vs FC Rio Ave 2-1 and 2-2 (Europa League, Group J)
- 2017-2018: Sporting Lisbon vs FCSB Football Club 0-0 and 5-1 (Champions League, play-off)
- 2019-2020: FCSB Football Club vs Vitória Guimarães? -? (Europa League, play-off)
FCSB vs Vitória Guimarães Picks
The “red-blue” still have many injured players, but Mihai Roman I, Mihai Pintilii and Harlem-Eddy Gnohéré returned, but the last one was with many extra kilos. FCSB has sacrificed League 1 matches, betting everything on qualifying in the Europa League groups. If they miss the qualification again in groups, a disaster will follow in the club that has no name, stadium, emblem, fans and coach. The Romanians have the disadvantage to the Portuguese that they played three preliminary rounds, not one and that they will not play at the National Arena, but at Giurgiu. Vitória Guimarães is not a force like Benfica, FC Porto or Sporting, but he does not have problems as his opponent, and on the technical bench is Ivo Vieira, an obsessed tactical coach, well over Vergil Andronache, of whom nobody has heard until his resignation. to Bogdan Andone. FCSB players will be very motivated, because I know that it will not be good for sports and financially to miss the qualification again in groups, but it remains to be seen if they will be able to eliminate the Portuguese.
Our prediction: 1
Odds: 2.20
