Romania Liga I 06.11 - 09.11

[Gawdlike]

Pandurii Tg Jiu v Gloria Bistrita 1.83 3.40 4.33

Curtea de Arges v Universitatea Craiova 3.10 3.20 2.30

Gaz Metan Medias v Politehnica Iasi 1.83 3.30 3.80

FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt v FC Vaslui 4.00 3.25 1.80

FC Brasov v Unirea Urziceni 2.37 3.20 2.70

Otelul Galati v Poli Timisoara 3.00 3.20 2.20

CFR Cluj v Astra Ploiesti 1.25 5.00 10.00

Dinamo Bucuresti v Rapid Bucuresti 2.25 3.20 2.90

Steaua Bucuresti v Unirea Alba Iulia 1.22 5.50 10.00


Odds from bet365.com

[Gawdlike]

For me x2 Gloria Bistrita today is a good bet,odds @1.90

[sirac]

Made a mistake on mp,put 10Bet instead of Expekt!
International - U Craiova

Looking at the standings this might look as a mug battle,but Craiova is under achieving thus far,and International opposite situation,over achieving big time.

Locals,playing on Mioveni,a city very close to Curtea de Arges,and showing some poor home performances in first rounds,but lately they did managed to put together 2 home winsne over fellow strugglers Astra,after 2 superb goals,but overall it was a typical mug battle,without too much quality footie and the other one,against Rapid in Romanian Cup,but they played with reserves over there,and didnt show nothing special,only big mistakes of crappy Rapid defense allowed them to score twice.This team,lacks quality,but with brave displays outside from home,some luck,they did manage to take those points,but often they did struggled big time when playing against superior quality teams,like it was the case with Timisoara,0-3 defeat,with Rapid away 0-4 defeat,or 0-1 last round at Vaslui,where Vaslui scored a fast goal and missed also a penalty,but overall International had only some pussy shots from long range and didnt create nothing worth mentioning.In that game,besides those 3 points they lost also important midfielder Radut.For this one also E.Kone and Stoianof are doubtful

Craiova started to improve lately,but their defense is still shaky,and i doubt they will find solutions to solve those big issues in defense,but in this game i see them using a more offensive line-up,which will guarantee a better ball posesion so defense shouldnt be expose too much,like it was the case at Urziceni,in the second half,as when they have atacked and put pressure on Unirea's defense,they really succeed,create good number of chances and their defense was vulnerable when opponents had the ball.They played way too defensively oriented in first half at Urziceni,and suffered,received one as a consequence,but in second half they went all-in offensively,with reserves Trica and Wobay stepping in and taking control of midfield battle,and creating decent number of chances,they even had a post when score was 2-2.I'm expecting same offensive approach as in second half and this should guarantee a good game from Craiova.Barboianu is suspended,not a big loss since none element from actual defense is to be miss,might be a good thing actually.

Hard to trust teams without defense like this Craiova,but visitors started to improve,their situation is dangerous and quality gap between this two is still big.Also coach of International,Stoica trained Craiova in the past,and he knows this team very well,but this shouldnt be a key factor here.Medium-low stakes recommended.

Pick: A, Odds: 2.45, Stake: 3, Bookmaker: Expekt

[neophyte]

Originally Posted by Gawdlike

For me x2 Gloria Bistrita today is a good bet,odds @1.90

I have to disagree . Bistrita have not turned into world beaters suddendly, they are still poor. Pandurii looked decent at Brasov and they are better at home. This game isn't great bet material, but Under 2.5, Bistrita not to score and HW are good options for medium stakes IMO.

[don Didi]

agree with u sirac.. craiova should recover someday..

maybe Craiova to win to nil, small stakes though.

[Gawdlike]

Craiova's boss has financial problems,the club has a lot of bills not payed..duno know how this will affect their moral.

[KurtFurtmustahl]

Originally Posted by Gawdlike

Craiova's boss has financial problems,the club has a lot of bills not payed..duno know how this will affect their moral.

i think financial problems are part of reality for majority of football clubs due to financial crissis.

[sirac]

Gaz Metan - Poli Iasi

This is the story with two teams going into different directions,with locals in-form,with 6 games unbeaten run in championship,and visitors trailing a 4 losing sequence and with all sort of problems.

Gaz Metan was knew from last season like a beautiful team,that plays nice n enjoyable footie but loses points undeservedly.This season things have changed,as coach Pustai,learned his lesson and now Gazu plays very secure in defense and also in some game he used a very defensive formation,with only one atacker up-front,like it was the case in the game with champions Unirea.So that's the story with this sequence of unders:but you have to take into consideration that Gazu played with good teams(Vaslui,Dinamo,Brasov,Pandurii)and it was normal to not risk so much.But for today situation might be different,as also visitors likes to play offensive;also Iasi is direct rival for the battle of survival and in such circumstances you need to search the win,playing at home,so probably Gazu will play very offensive today,and another good game is to be expected,like it was the case with Craiova,where Gazu created tones of chances.For this one,important creative midfielder Eric and defender Nohai are suspended,also Kubala doubtful.Eric's absence certainly a blow,but Gazu has all sort of offensive weapons,especially on the flanks,with pacey and technique gifted players.

Poli Iasi is losing it.After a good start of the season,now they are win less for 5 games and from those 4 consecutive loses all of them were with at least 2 goals difference.Also if you look in the table you will see that Iasi hasnt got too many draws,and the reason for this is that they have an offensively oriented coach,that likes to go all-in,and usually plays very risky when his teams are one goal down or are drawing.This will be the case also for today,where you could expect him to play more careful after that 4 big defeats,but he wont give up to his offensive rules,so 2 atackers up-front,Bujor and Balba,are announced for today.
As a consequence of this bad series,president of the club resigned and also 2 slovenian players were sent to the second team,due to indisciplinary reasons.Also alongside financial problems,it seems that some sort of virus hit few players in last days(some say might be swine flu)and Negru,Buta and Balde are most probably out for this game.

I'm expecting an open game,with both teams playing offensively and also locals to continue their good run and to win this in the end,as Iasi defense looked funny most of the times,so probably they will receive 2-3 in this one,but also due to Iasi offensive approach visitors might score here,as especially at dead balls they can create danger.Should be an easy overazzo!

Pick: >2.2, Odds: 2.15, Stake: 6, Bookmaker: 10bet
Pick: H, Odds: 1.90, Stake: 3, Bookmaker: William Hill

[sirac]

Ceahlaul - FC Vaslui

Beauty and the Beast gave an appointment over here in this local derby(with no rivalry as owners of this two teams are friends and there are good relations between this two clubs),as Vaslui has a 5 winning streak,and Ceahlaul havent won for 6 games,including an draw against lowly Gaz Metan Craiova in the cup.

Locals changed the coach after the draw with Unirea Alba Iulia,and now Multescu is their new trainer.He managed to change the confidence of the players and also he plays more offensively than the previous one,when they were simply defending with ten mens,but this coach likes to have posesion of the ball more,likes to create offensive footie.Some changes were noticed at the last game,where they did pass the ball more accurately but didnt create too much,and also their attitude was more positive,but overall they still lack quality,and remain one of the youngest but poorest teams from this championship.But i'm expecting them to improve;also at home they will have their chances and with this positive approach and they might score here.

Vaslui is flying high since new coach took over:5 consecutive wins and a top position in the standings as a consequence.They won their last 2 games with only 1-0 against Gaz Metan in the cup,where they suffered some pressure on that muddy pitch,but overall they looked like the more mature team,and last round a scrappy win over poor International 1-0,but they missed also a penalty in the second half but they were never in danger as visitors struggled to create.5 wins might be a lot to handle for this team,which isnt used to so many victories;they hit the top of Gauss curve and soon a bad period should come imo;might be some childish thoughts,if we consider the big quality gap between this two,but if Vaslui lost at poor Unirea Alba Iulia,and lost also at poor Buzau last year,than i wouldnt exclude a surprise here.

Odds are quite poor for away win,which would be the logical bet here,but i'm gonna try the over as i feel that Ceahlaul might gave some hard times to Vaslui.

Pick: >2.0, Odds: 1.80, Stake: 4, Bookmaker: 10bet

[Gawdlike]

Ceahlaul - Vaslui

I see here a clear AW,Vaslui doesn't have missing players only long-therm injured.Hosts need realy some points but they can't beat Vaslui today.Besides,Vaslui are very motivated since they are in the top 3 in the table.
Pick AW @1.7 bet365.com

[Poltergeist]

hey, guys, you all predicted Vaslui, but I want to see the teams also and the injuries, for me it is important if they will play full team or not...

[PreQ]

Vaslui is my call. Grabbed at 1,84 and it's enough for me. The quality difference between these teams it's not reflected by the odds.

[jompy]

what about todays game ?
hosts still has big misses ?
are they enough motivated to take important 3 points ?

[adnane]

Is it possible that Unirea Alba Lulia can win here ???

Some info please

[neophyte]

Unirea Alba Iulia have the quality to cause problems but I fear they may be struck by the "small team at Steaua" syndrome and totally give in. Steaua have their issues, but they always seem stubborn or lucky enough to win. I wouldn't stake my house on HW, because Steaua are the masters of useless possesion and pressure, so they could be upset by an attacking team like Alba. Still, the AW is for the risking types. Under 2.5 is, I think, a better choice. X-1 also a probable scenario.
Hope this helps, but it's not a very good game betwise IMO.

[sirac]

I dont think a Unirea win it's possible here,maximum that they can get is a draw.
The war between fans and owner of steaua aint over yet and we can expect again a bad climate with a lot of swearing.Despite the win from Timisoara where btw,steaua was rather lucky as Timi missed some good chances,and despite the return of some first team players like Plesan,Ov Petre,B.Stancu,this steaua still lacks quality,but they should win here as Unirea is a very poor traveler,with a chicken coach.He will play 100% defense and with Bonacin back in the centre of defense,we can expect some mistakes,as he's poor.
For steaua cpt Ghionea will be missed in the defense,but considering that Unirea will play only bunker,this becomes not an important miss.
Should be a home win,but i wont touch it;i cant trust this steaua,as usually they have problems when facing bunker defenses,as creativity is missing.