Romanian League
2010-05-15 - CFR Cluj vs International Arges
A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt
Football : Romania : Liga 1
“Dr. Constantin Radulescu” stadium, Cluj-Napoca
Saturday 15 May, 2010 Kickoff time: 19:00 GMT+2
CFR Cluj (1st) W-18 D9 L-5 40:20
With two stages left, a victory of CFR Cluj Saturday would seal the fate of the championship regarding the title. It will be CFR’s second title in three years, a remarkable performance for a team that promoted only 6 years ago.
The previous stage however, CFR Cluj was very close to lose the championship when in Craiova, after 45 minutes they were down to 10 men and lead 2-0. They managed a spectacular comeback in the second half and won 3-2.
CFR has an excellent home record of 11-5-0 with a positive goal difference of 38.
Cristian Bud, the striker transferred this winter proved to be very useful, scoring 6 times in the second part of the championship including a triple against Alba-Iulia and the equalizer last stage in Craiova.
The tickets will probably sell out, the medals and the trophy will be at the stadium so the victory is the only thing that is left to do for the fiesta to begin.
The thing that worries me is that CFR will have three important absences, and all three are central-defenders (Cadu, Alcantara and Picollo). In these conditions defensive CM Muresan will be brought back in defense he’ll make a couple with Cabrera.
CFR Cluj last 5 home results :
06.05.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 31 CFR Cluj 0-0 FC Vaslui
24.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 29 CFR Cluj 3-2 Apulum Alba Iulia
11.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 27 CFR Cluj 1-0 Rapid
03.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 25 CFR Cluj 1-0 Gloria Bistrita
20.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 23 CFR Cluj 1-0 Pandurii Tg. Jiu
International Arges (12th) W-10 D-6 L-16 31:45
International made a good impression in their debut in the Romanian first league. They are a positive team, playing a good counter-attack football but the mistakes in defense didn’t allowed them to be higher on the table.
Arges are not mathematically safe, they need one more point in these two games to escape relegation but it is improbable that Poli Iasi will make 6 points in the remaining games. So we can say that even if they’ll lose both games, 90% won’t relegate.
Ionut Badea, International’s coach declared that they will try to delay CFR’s fiesta but the only team from top 5 who couldn’t beat International at home is FC Timisoara (0-0). International lost to Urziceni (1-0), Vaslui (1-0) and Steaua (3-2).
The first match between CFR and International in the first part of the championship ended up with CFR’s 1-0 victory.
Two players from International are on loan from CFR Cluj, Emmanual Kone (Ivorian international, he’ll probably be in the squad for the Word Cup) and central defender Viera, also Ivorian.
International Arges last 5 away results :
06.05.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 31 Unirea Urziceni 1-0 International Arges
01.05.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 30 U Craiova 1-3 International Arges
16.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 28 Astra Ploiesti 1-1 International Arges
07.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 26 FC Timisoara 0-0 International Arges
27.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 24 Poli Iasi 0-0 International Arges
The Betting Verdict :
CFR Cluj is fully motivated to win this match which would mathematically bring them the title and I don’t think International is able to make an upset.
The home team will have a great fan support so the players shouldn’t let them down. CFR however is not Chelsea, so no one is expecting a 8-0 victory but they should do enough to win without major difficulties.
The Pick :
CFR Cluj 2-0 International Arges
FIXED ODDS BETTING TIP :
Main bet: Take CFR Cluj to win
