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NK Celje and Dinamo Bucharest will square off in a club friendly in Slovenia, which makes Celje the home side, even though they are not playing at their stadium or in their city.
Celje is a mid table team in Slovenia, they finished 5th last season, right in the middle of the pack. The team already played a fair number of friendlies this summer, but was dirt poor in most of them, failing to win in 6 games and allowing 1 or more goals in all of them. The Slovenian league is set to begin next week, so Celje is in good physical shape and will probably treat this friendly seriously, fielding a strong lineup to prepare for the first round in the league next Saturday.
Dinamo Bucharest finished 4th last season in Romania and lost the Cup final at penalties. They had a good season and even challenged for the title at one point, but this year might be worse. Dinamo changed managers, bringing in former coach Ioan Andone who is not expected to repeat the success of Mircea Rednic – a great manager who performed better than expected considering Dinamo’s mediocre team. New manager Andone has not done much coaching in the last years and he is well known for being unable to organize a defense, playing an all out attacking brand of football.
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Dinamo played 4 friendlies so far, losing 1-5 to Samtredia, beating an amateur team 11-0, winning 5-0 over a weakened Dinamo Moscow side and finally drawing 0-0 with Zorya Lugansk (Ukraine).
Knowing Ioan Andone, Dinamo’s new manager, he will be disappointed that his team failed to score in the last match. I`m sure he will look for goals this time around, as he always puts offense first. The last time he coached Dinamo, a few years ago, the team was always involved in scores like 3-2, 4-4 or 5-4, so that`s what Andone is all about.
I expect Dinamo to focus on offense and leave spaces at the back, they are definitely expected to score here, especially against this modest Slovenian side. Celje had allowed goals in all friendly matches played so far, but also found the net very often. They should be in better physical shape than Dinamo, so I can see them scoring as well.
I believe a friendly match between these two sides will produce goals. My tip is over 2,5 goals (much better odds than both to score), but I am keeping the stakes at a medium level due to the meaningless nature of this friendly. Even my 6 units seems a bit high, but I will take the risk as I can really see this bet winning. Prediction: NK Celje – Dinamo Bucuresti 2-2.
Pick: over 2,5 goals
Odds: 2.00 @ Bet365
Stake: 6
Possible profit: 4.8
Event date: 9 July
