ROMANIAN LEAGUE BETTING PICK - DINAMO BUCURESTI V UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOV

Romanian League

2010-11-14 - Dinamo Bucuresti vs Universitatea Craiov

A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt

Dinamo Bucuresti v Universitatea Craiova
Football: Romania: Liga 1
Venue: Stadion Stefan cel Mare, Bucuresti, Romania
Sunday 14th November – Kickoff time: 19:45 GMT+2

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Dinamo Bucuresti (5th W-7 D-2 L-5)

Dinamo is hosting Craiova for the second time this week, they also met in the quarter finals of the Romanian cup on Wednesday. The “Red Dogs” qualified for the semis after a match that was decided by penalties.

Coach Ioan Andone has some problems with his squad, midfielder Margaritescu, right-back Scarlatache and striker Ionel Danciulescu are all injured. However, Danciulescu trained with the rest of the team yesterday so he may show up in the second half and if he does than Craiova should take some extra measures as he holds an impressive record of scoring 14 goals in his career against today’s guests.

Striker Liviu Ganea is suspended but Andone has enough solutions in front, the attack wasn’t a problem this season, the reason they are only 5th, 10 points behind the leader is the fragility of their defense, which is one of the weakest from the league, conceding 25 goals in 15 games.

Dinamo’s last 5 home results:

29.10.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 13 Dinamo 3 - 2 Gaz Metan Medias
17.10.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 11 Dinamo 2 - 1 Steaua
01.10.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 10 Dinamo 1 - 2 Otelul Galati
19.09.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 8 Dinamo 1 - 2 FC Vaslui
27.08.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 6 Dinamo 3 - 4 U Cluj

Universitatea Craiova (8th W-5 D-4 L-5)

Dinamo is not one of Craiova’s favorite opponents, in 45 games played in Bucharest between them, Craiova only won 3, drew 9 times, losing the remaining 33 games.

Craiova’s biggest defeat in their history also came after a game in Bucharesti against today’s hosts, Dinamo humiliating them in the summer of 1966 with 8-0.

The situation is different now, Craiova has probably the best coach from the league in the person of Victor Piturca and a talented team hungry for performance, so they have the ability to win on any stadium from Liga 1. They are coming after 3 consecutive away wins, so that’s a good recommendation for a positive result.

Bulgarian international Iliev is injured while striker Dilevski is suspended for this game. Florin Costea who is one of the greatest talents Craiova gave over the last few years could make his appearance in the second half for the first time after a 6 month injury.

Craiova’s last 5 away results:

01.11.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 13 Unirea Urziceni 1 - 2 U Craiova
18.10.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 11 FC Brasov 0 - 3 U Craiova
27.09.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 9 FCM Târgu-Mureş 1 - 4 U Craiova
13.09.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 7 Pandurii Tg. Jiu 3 - 1 U Craiova
21.08.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 5 Astra Ploiesti 2 - 2 U Craiova

The betting verdict

This match should provide some goals, if we take a look at both teams recent performances we can notice that they have all had more than 2 goals. Odds around 2 for another over 2.5 is worth a shot in these conditions even if they only draw 1-1 a few days ago in the cup.

I don’t like Dinamo at home, I only took them in one game, against Steaua Bucuresti just because it was a special fixture in which stats have a lower importance. The price of 1.7 for a home win is too short in my opinion, let’s not forget that Dinamo already lost 3 games at home this season.

The Pick :

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Over 2.5 goals at 2.01 Pinnacle (main bet)
Confidence: 6/10

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