Académico de Viseu traveled to Barcelos to face Gil Vicente in a Portuguese league match. The Viseu team was looking to achieve their first victory of the season.
Bruno Pinheiro, coach of Académico de Viseu, publicly stated that the team's objective was clear and simply to win this match. The coach acknowledged the importance of achieving the first triumph in the championship.
The challenge took place on Gil Vicente's ground, which meant playing away from home against an opponent who also wanted to earn points in the standings. Académico de Viseu arrives at this game with the urgent need to break the sequence of negative results they had until then.
