Sociedad and Rayo meet with very different recovery loads, while Santa Clara and Gil Vicente meet around a contest for the next wide delivery. In each match the first goal should lead to another active passage rather than immediate control. The pressure point is whether the leading side can make a second clean box contact before the reply arrives.
Rayo can press Sociedad's short first pass and then find Camello or De Frutos through Ciss and Rațiu. Sociedad still have wide delivery to Óskarsson, but Sarr left the Lyon match after the first half and is ruled out, while Oyarzabal played through illness. Rayo are without Álvaro García and Valentín, so their central and right-side outlet matters most. I'm siding with Rayo to keep the margin close as the game moves through those exchanges.
Santa Clara can feed Ribeiro and Lopes from the flank, yet Gil's present low block held Vitória to little clean shooting. Romão is doubtful after a shorter latest appearance, and Ferreira did not play that match; Gil's Esgaio and Buatu completed the Vitória game, with Espigares available as another option. Gil's Murilo-led reply at Braga shows how the side can restart an attack after conceding. I'm siding with Gil Vicente to remain in the contest.
