Concordia Chiajna v Gaz Metan Medias
Football: Romanian Liga 1
Venue: "Concordia", Chiajna
Sunday 4th November - Kickoff time: 16:00 GMT+2

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Concordia (17th W-2 D-3 L-10)

Concordia is coming after suffering three consecutive defeats, a “performance” that they are repeating for the third time this season.

Newly promoted Mioveni and Concordia are both on their way to brake some negative records this season, Concordia already lost 10 games from 15 so far and has the least productive attack from the league with only 8 goals scored.

It looks like Laurentiu Dinita will not succeed at his debut as a coach, but with this squad I am not sure who would. Concordia is a team with limited financial power, so they won’t be able to strengthen the squad significantly in the transfer period, which means that they are condemned to relegate at the end of the season if nothing spectacular happens.

Concordia’s home record:

21.11.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 14 Concordia Chiajna 0 - 1 Astra Ploiesti
31.10.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 12 Concordia Chiajna 3 - 1 Dacia Mioveni
15.10.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 10 Concordia Chiajna 0 - 4 CFR Cluj
23.09.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 8 Concordia Chiajna 2 - 1 FC Brasov
29.08.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 5 Concordia Chiajna 0 - 2 Petrolul Ploiesti

Gaz Metan (13th W-5 D-1 L-9)

Gaz Metan is one of the disappointments of this season Liga 1, despite being one of the most spectacular teams from the league. In 15 games in which they were involved, 51 goals were scored.

After finishing 7th last season only one point behind Dinamo (current leaders), Gaz Metan started their new campaign by playing for the first time in their history in Europa League and pulled of some positive results early on.

However, the team from Medias lost 5 of their previous 7 matches and slipped to the 13th position, only 2 points above the red zone. It’s interesting that they only registered one draw in 15 games.

Gaz Metan could have put an end to their disappointing form on their previous travel, when facing Rapid they took the lead early on, but they couldn’t preserve a two goal advantage and eventually lost the match.

Gaz Metan’s away form:

21.11.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 14 Rapid 5 - 3 Gaz Metan Medias
28.10.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 12 Otelul Galati 1 - 0 Gaz Metan Medias
17.10.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 10 Pandurii Tg. Jiu 1 - 0 Gaz Metan Medias
17.09.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 7 Astra Ploiesti 2 - 0 Gaz Metan Medias
29.08.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 5 Dacia Mioveni 4 - 2 Gaz Metan Medias

The betting verdict

I will continue to bet against Concordia every time I consider there is a fair price, I still think that they and Mioveni are not Liga 1 material and should/will relegate at the end of the season.

Their strategy of transferring players with lots of experience, but at the end of their careers has turned out to be a disastrous one.

Gaz Metan on the other hand is a team that can play some aggressive football with some quality players on their squad, but I think their main problem is the lack of confidence. They beat CFR Cluj (2-0) and Steaua (3-0) this season and lost against all kind of teams, so this is not a question of potential.

The Pick :

Concordia Chiajna 1-2 Gaz Metan Medias

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take Gaz Metan to win at 2.05 Ladbrokes
Confidence: 7/10