CFR Cluj – Viitorul

Cadu CFR Viitorul betting tipThis can be considered an encounter between one of the top three teams in Romania and the worst team in Romania.

CFR was thought to be the main favorite for the title along with Steaua at the beginning of the season, but things did not go to well for today`s hosts in the first three rounds. CFR has had an abysmal start in the league, with only 2 points in the first three rounds, including a 0-4 defeat last round in Vaslui. Manager Rednic and captain Cadu (centre-back) had a disagreement, so the latter will not be in the first eleven today. Striker Kapetanos and reserve keeper Stancioiu have also been left out of the squad. Atmosphere in the locker room is poor. Despite all these, CFR has a fantastic squad this year and the difference in quality between them and Viitorul is just huge.

Viitorul is really, really bad this year. They lost their best players this year (Iancu, Chitu, Alibec), and besides them 6 other first team players have left. Even with those players, the visitors needed some suspect matches in the end of last season to avoid relegation. They did not bring in proper replacements and Viitorul looks destined for relegation. In the first round they were destroyed by Astra at home (0-4) and then were lucky to get 2 draws against Rapid and Dinamo, two teams that played abysmal games. The result against Rapid has been erased, as Rapid has been relegated due to a decision from the Sports arbitration court in Lausanne.

Viitorul is just horrific in offense, and CFR should be able to keep a clean sheet today. In these conditions, they will have the whole 90 minutes to mastermind at least a goal and it`s hard to think they won`t be able to do it. CFR has created a lot of chances even playing poorly in the first two rounds, so they should do it again today.Even with all the problems CFR has, their victory should be a lock today. They have to start winning sometime, and today is the perfect day for that. The difference in class is just too big and I can`t imagine how bad should the hosts play in order to lose points today. Viitorul should be happy with the draw they got against Dinamo last week and they don`t expect much from this game. Odds are rising on the hosts because of their form, and that allows us to get some value here.

The only thing that could ruin this bet is if the CFR players will try to get their coach fired after he sent captain Cadu to the second team. I doubt that though, the players will lose a lot of money if they don`t achieve a top position in the league, and without the three points here that will become extremely hard. Anyway, this is highly unlikely and it is something that we can`t control, but I will still lower the stakes just a little bit. I would have gone with 10 units otherwise.

All in all, expect CFR to win this one way or the other. Again, the difference in class is immense.

Pick: CFR Cluj
Odds: 1.55 @ Sbobet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 4.95
Event date: 10 August

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