Romanian League
2009-05-24 - FC Arges vs CFR Cluj
A Sports Betting Pick by ROZsolt
Romanian League stage 32
"Nicolae Dobrin" stadium,
Sunday 24th May 2009 - Kickoff 17:00 GMT+2
FC Arges (10th - Home Rec 8-7-0)
10th in the league, they are not in the relegation zone. It is a team with tradition in Romania, having 2 titles back in the '70s but in the last few years they've been just a middle-table team, even relegated at the end of 2006-2007 season, promoted an year later.
This season they showed an impressive form at home, not losing any match 8-7-0 but they couldn't accumulate more than 10 points in 16 away games.
The club is facing some serious difficulties, because their owner was arrested, facing some corruption accusations (paying some referees to help his team) and there are rumours that the team will be relegated.
Since that event they've only managed to win 4 points from their last 5 matches and the main players have announced their wishes to leave at the end of the season.
CFR Cluj (4th - Away Rec 5-4-6)
Last years league and cup winners disappointed this season, being only 4th in the league and 10 points from leader Dinamo.
Antonio Conceicao is the new coach of the team, the 4th one this season, everybody says that this instability caused this the unsuccessful run.
Despite that, Cluj have managed to reach the cup final against FC Timisoara and now their objective for the last 3 games is 9 points, to secure a Europa League position.
CFR has quality players and they showed it in Champions league and the last 3 games that they've played gives me confidence that they will win this match.
Head to Head
2008-11-16 CFR Cluj - FC Arges Pitesti 2 - 0
2007-04-29 FC Arges Pitesti - CFR Cluj 0 - 0
2006-10-21 CFR Cluj - FC Arges Pitesti 2 - 0
2006-04-01 FC Arges Pitesti - CFR Cluj 0 - 1
2005-08-27 CFR Cluj - FC Arges Pitesti 2 - 2
The Betting Verdict
My arguments are that Cluj have the better squad and and good motivation while FC Arges's situation means that the home team is not focused at all.
The Pick :
FC Arges 0-1 CFR Cluj
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take CFR Cluj to win at any price above 1.80Consider Under 2.5 Goals.
