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Dinamo Bucharest takes on CS Universitatea Craiova in the last Sunday match of the Romanian Liga 1.
Dinamo went trough a difficult run of form a couple of weeks ago, winning just 1 of 5 matches and struggling to score, despite the fact that the offense is by far the most powerful area of this team. Nevertheless, the Red Dogs seem to be back on track with 2 wins in the last 2 matches, first a hard fought 1-0 win over lowly CSMS Iasi followed by a spectacular 3-0 away win against rivals Rapid, despite the fact that Dinamo played 85 minutes with 10 men. Coach Stoican finally has all his attacking players healthy and in form, which is very good news in wake of this Craiova match.
The visitors are a pretty good team in Romania and since changing the coach after a rough start they now have three consecutive wins in the Romanian Liga 1 without conceding a single goal. Indeed Craiova might not have Dinamo`s quality, but they are surely a team capable to upset the Red Dogs, even on the road.
Team news & lineups
Both sides have some defensive missings, most notably defenders Nedelcearu and possibly Durimel for Dinamo and key CDM Brandan for Craiova.
CSU Craiova: Balgradean – Frasinescu, Achim, Acka, Vatejelu – Bancu, Ferfelea, Plesan, Rocha, Varga – Curelea
Dinamo Bucharest: Marc – Fai, Popa (Durimel), Cordos, Grecu – Elton, Barboianu – Lazar, Matei, Rotariu – Alexe
Listen, Craiova is far from a solid defensive side despite keeping a clean sheet in the last three games – they previously conceded 14 times in 6 matches. Their best players are in attack and the same can be said about Dinamo. The hosts actually have a horrible back line in terms of quality, but the attacking setup is surely Top 3 in the country, no doubt about that. Dinamo had a lot of high scoring games early on in the season and now with all the offensive players healthy again, we should see another over, especially with some defensive players being unavailable. Expect a tight game in which strikers will regularly get the best of the naive center backs involved and we should see at least 3 goals in the end. A pretty large number of fans is expected so the atmosphere should also help the game get going, Dinamo usually scores more when it has great support (the home overs this season coincide with the games in which most fans attended). My tip is over 2,5 goals to be scored and the odds are brilliant on this pick. I also expect a Dinamo win, but the odds are not worth it as CSU does have a decent chance to produce an upset. Prediction: Dinamo Bucharest – CS Universitatea Craiova 3-1.
Pick: over 2,5
Odds: 2.30 @ Ladbrokes
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 11.7
Event date: 5 October
