Dinamo Buc – Clinceni

Dinamo Bucharest Academica Clinceni betting preview

Dinamo Bucharest and Academica Clinceni will both look for their first points of the season when they square off on Friday night in the Romanian Liga 1 fourth round.

This has been by far the worst start ever in a season by Dinamo Bucharest. The Romanian giants are in deep crisis, having lost the first three matches with a 0-8 goal difference and playing horrific football as well. They opened the campaign with a 0-5 loss against Viitorul, lost 0-2 at home against Craiova and then lost 0-1 away against a CFR Cluj side which fielded almost a “B” team due to involvement in the Champions League qualifiers. What`s worse, the head coach suffered a heart attack during the match against Craiova and is currently in recovery. The atmosphere in the club could not be worse, and the fans are absolutely livid.

Academica Clinceni were runners up last season in the second division, thus gaining direct promotion to the Liga 1. Unfortunately for Clinceni, it doesn`t look like they were able to improve the squad during the off season, and the team was not good in the first three rounds. Clinceni was solid in Round One in a 2-3 loss against Craiova, but played very poorly in the next two outings, 1-4 against CFR Cluj and 0-2 against Poli Iasi.

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Team news & lineups:

Dinamo will continue to miss arguably its best player, captain Dan Nistor, alongside fringe players Brito and Corbu. Clinceni will be without Cebotaru.

Dinamo Bucharest: Straton – Moura, Bejan, Grigore, Sin – Rauta, Mrzljak, Bru – Sorescu, Montini, Mihaiu

Academica Clinceni: Valceanu – Matei, Rauta, Patriche, Dobrescu – Chatziterzoglou, Paturca – Vojtus, Ion, Dumitru – Buziuc

Dinamo really is in a bad spot. The roster is very weak for a club of this stature, the coach is in recovery, the results and the level of play are horrible, and the atmosphere around the club is toxic. But all these things are reflected in the odds, and then some.

There`s no doubt the hosts have played really bad football and they were barely able to create any goal scoring chances in the first three matches. They managed three shots on goal in three matches (and one of them can barely count as a shot).

That being said, Dinamo did have a nightmare draw, facing three of the best teams in the league in the opening three rounds – probably the three best teams in the country at the moment. Also, Dinamo showed some improvement in the last round against CFR and lost due to a late bogus penalty, although CFR fielded a second string lineup and it was quite embarrassing for Dinamo to not take advantage.

While Dinamo has been shockingly poor based on their high expectations, Clinceni also managed to somehow be underwhelming even if their expectations were much lower. Clinceni is playing poorly, their squad is probably the worst in the league, and in fact the team as a whole is quite likely the worst in the league.

There will be a lot of pressure on Dinamo to win this match, but there will also be the desperation to get a win, which is always nice to have on your side as a bettor. The Red Dogs are definitely much better than the standings suggest, their squad has at least mid table quality, and Dinamo should be able to get the points against arguably the weakest side in Liga 1.

And if the match doesn`t go Dinamo`s way, a void bet due to pitch invasion wouldn`t be a surprise given the state of fan morale. It wouldn`t be the first time. Of course, this is a lighthearted joke and not a real argument. But I would not shy away from betting a pitch invasion at odds over 10.00 if available :).

My tip is Dinamo to win an ugly game. Prediction: Dinamo Bucharest – Academica Clinceni 2-1.

Pick: Dinamo
Odds: 1.69 @ 1xBet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 5.52
Event date: 2 August

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