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FC Viitorul Constanta takes on Dinamo Bucharest in the 9th round of the Romanian Liga 1, with both teams fighting for a playoff spot, having big chances to get it.
The hosts did not start the season very well, but after 2 wins in the last 2 rounds they climbed up to the 6th place and are looking to at least maintain that spot until the end of the regular season. The young Viitorul team, owned and coached by Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, has won 2-1 against both Botosani and Chiajna in the last two rounds.
After a short period of poor form which lasted for two matches, Dinamo got back on track with a solid 3-1 home win over Iasi last round, regaining the 2nd place in the standings. It was the 8th time in 9 matches this season (all competitions) when both teams scored in a Dinamo match. Defense continues to be a big problem for the Red Dogs, but on the bright side they are scoring almost 2 goals per game in average.
Bet on Viitorul vs. Dinamo Buc and claim your 100% (100 €) freebet at Ohmbet now!Team news: Viitorul hasn’t reported new injuries or suspensions. Dinamo has a full squad available with the exception of top scorer Gnohere, send to the 2nd team last week after a scandal. His replacement, Slovakian international Nemec, scored a few days ago against Iasi.
As I already said a lot of times this season and even prior to the season, Dinamo is very prone to playing high scoring games this year because the new manager, Ioan Andone, is very offensive minded and always has problems organizing a defense. What’s more, the current players in Dinamo’s back line are extremely poor individually. Dinamo sold its best 3 center backs in the off season, so Andone definitely can’t make this defense work.
So far this season Dinamo has 6 overs in 9 matches (average odds higher than evens) and both teams scored in 8 out of Dinamo’s 9 matches.
Dinamo just can`t stop anyone from scoring against them. They allowed 3 goals against the worst two teams in the league. Last round they played a good game, but they still allowed a goal at home against a very defensive Iasi team – a team which had just one goal scored in the previous 6 matches, was in dreadful form and was missing its top scorer.
Now the Red Dogs play against Viitorul, one of the most offensive minded and goal friendly teams in the league. With young, speedy players, Viitorul should really find the net against Dinamo, but Dinamo should also show its attacking quality against an inexperienced side which does not defend particularly great.
The two teams met 4 times last season. Results were 1-1, 1-5, 2-1, 3-3 and Dinamo was much more defensive minded back then under ex-manager Mircea Rednic.
So both teams scored in 8 out of Dinamo’s 9 matches this season and all 4 meetings last season between Dinamo and Viitorul saw both teams to score. And those who watch Romanian football know that the stats are actually not even that importanthere – it’s just common sense, watching these two teams play, that high scoring games should happen. There`s no question that all circumstances suggest a high scoring clash here so whatever the final result will be, we should not have any regret in betting on goals.
I will chose both to score instead of the over because it happened more often in Dinamo’s matches this season and, more importantly, this is an evenly matched clash in which it’s highly unlikely that one side will win 3-0 or 4-0. Odds are lower, but still clearly worth it.
My tip is both teams to score. Prediction: Viitorul Constanta – Dinamo Bucharest 2-2.
Pick: Both to score
Odds: 1.77 @ 10Bet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 6.93
Event date: 20 September
