Viitorul – FCSB

FC Viitorul Constanta will take on FC FCSB in the 6th round of the Romanian Liga 1.

Viitorul isn`t having the greatest season so far, as they are sitting on the 6th place in the Liga 1 with only 7 points claimed in the first 5 rounds. The hosts are also out of Europe after putting in rather disappointing displays against Racing Union from Luxembourg (2-0 aggregate) and Vitesse (3-5 aggregate). On the bright side, the team is coming after a 2-0 victory in the last round vs Gaz Metan and overall they should be confident of reaching the Liga 1 playoffs yet again.

FCSB is second in the table with 10 points in the first 5 rounds, and the team has won its last three matches in the competition – quite comfortably as well. However, FCSB is on the back of a 1-3 loss against Rapid Vienna in the Europa League and their focus right now lies on the reverse leg of that tie, as qualifying to the group stages is the main objective of the club this season.

Team news & lineups: With a decisive match coming up against Rapid Vienna on Thursday, FCSB is expected to rotate the squad here and many regulars might be rested (reports are suggesting more than half the team will be rested). While FCSB does have a lot of depth and shouldn`t lose a ton of quality by rotating, they will still be hurt, particularly if their two most important players (Pintilii and Gnohere) will not start.

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Viitorul: Cojocaru – Lima, Taru, Luchin, De Nooijer – Achim, Baluta, Vana – Hagi, Dragus, Matan

FCSB: Balgradean – Benzar, Planic, Nedelcu, Morais – Filip, Qaka – Jakolis, Morutan, Coman – Rusescu

Matches between Viitorul and FCSB used to be a kind of joke in the past, as Viitorul had a run of 10 or 11 defeats in a row against FCSB in the Liga 1 right after FCSB had initially gifted them a win to allow them to avoid relegation back in 2013. It was pretty obvious that Viitorul was losing on purpose against FCSB for a few years, but now the debt appears to be paid, as Viitorul finally started to earn points against today`s visitors.

The hosts will have a very good chance to get something out of this match considering FCSB’s situation. The visitors are a club which bases its entire business model on qualifying for the Europa League group stages, so Thursday`s match against Rapid Vienna is without a doubt their main focus right now. Jobs will be kept or lost depending on Thursday`s result, so this game against Viitorul really doesn`t mean much for FCSB.

Viitorul is a good, solid side, one of the top 5 clubs in Romania, so you would expect them to get at least a draw against an unmotivated second string FCSB lineup. With all these fatcs in mind, my tip here will be Viitorul to cover a +0,25 asian handicap, which means the bet is won if Viitorul wins, and in case of a draw we still win half of the potential profit. Prediction: Viitorul – FCSB 1-0.

Pick: Viitorul (+0,25 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.56 @ Unibet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 4.48
Event date: 26 August