Dinamo – Tg Mures

With 4 rounds to go in the Romanian Liga 1 playoffs, neither team has a chance for the title, but the Red Dogs still have more left to fight for than ASA Targu Mures.

Dinamo Bucharest is currently fighting with Pandurii Targu Jiu for the 3rd place, but a win today would give the hosts an honest chance to finish second. They are 5 points behind Steaua, who lost this round, so Dinamo can close the gap. The hosts started the playoffs very poorly but have been in good form lately.

In the last three matches Dinamo defeated Viitorul 2-1, held Steaua to a 1-1 draw (both on the road) and recorded another 1-1 draw against Chiajna in the league Cup a few days ago. The Red Dogs played well against Chiajna, leading 1-0 for most of the match and having a fair number of chances despite playing more than 60 minutes with 10 men. Chiajna equalized late, when qualification was already decided (Chiajna won the first leg with a shock 3-0).

ASA Targu Mures has been a non factor in these playoffs. They barely qualified from the 6th place and never had any chance to finish higher than 5th. The team failed to win any of the 6th matches played so far in these playoffs and is coming after a 3-3 draw against Pandurii Targu Jiu, though they were extremely lucky to get a point in that match. ASA’s record in 2016 (all competitions) is pathetic for a Top 6 team: 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses.

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Team news & lineups:

Olteanu is Dinamo’s only injury concern. Velayos and Balic are out for Targu Mures, while Muth is highly doubtful.

Dinamo Bucharest: Černiauskas – Corbu, Puljić, Mevlja, Filip – Anton, Palić – Rotariu, Bicfalvi, Kortzorg – Gnohéré

ASA Targu Mures: Stăncioiu – Matei, Constantin, González, Pârvulescu – Voiculeţ, Mureşan, Gorobsov, Brandán – Ţucudean, Costa

The hosts have a very important match coming up in a few days, playing against rivals Steaua in the second leg of the Romanian Cup. However, manager Rednic claimed that he will not rest players today and that he wants a win in order to gain a morale boost, among others.

Dinamo has much more to fight for here. They want more TV money, they want to have good morale ahead of the Cup semifinal second leg, which will be the match of the season for Dinamo. The Red Dogs also want to finish 2nd and qualify for the Champions League – even though they are not sure if they will get a license to play in Europe next season.

On top of the above, Dinamo is the better team here and I think they should have enough to claim victory against an unimpressive ASA Targu Mures side. The Red Dogs have played pretty good lately, so my tip is Dinamo Bucharest to win. Prediction: Dinamo Bucharest – ASA Targu Mures 1-0.

Pick: Dinamo Bucharest
Odds: 1.86 @ 1xBet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 7.74
Event date: 17 April