AVS draw in Vizela to maintain top-flight status | OneFootball

Vizela 2-2 AVS (aggregate: 2-5)

AVS have bucked the trend! For the first time since the promotion/relegation playoff was re-introduced in Portugal four years ago, the team in the top flight got the better of the second-division team.

AVS began the game huge favourites after winning the first leg 3-0 in Vila das Aves last week. But a big crowd in Vizela turned up hoping for an epic comeback, and they were given hope when Yannick Semedo fired in from what looked like an impossibly tight angle in the 14th minute.

Vizela had over 75 minutes to find two goals to level the tie.

The key moment came in the 38th minute when Babatude Akinsola – who had scored two goals in the first leg – took advantage of a crass mistake by Ntolla to equalise and restore the visitors’ three-goal buffer.

Gustavo Assunção removed the last remaining crumb of hope for Vizela by scoring in the 64th minute, and although the home side equalised on the night through an own goal by Heinz Mörschel, it was too little too late.

AVS will remain in the Primeira Liga in 2025/26, while Vizela miss out on bouncing straight back up after last season’s relegation.