Romanian League
2010-03-28 - Unirea Urziceni vs Dinamo Bucuresti
A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt
Football : Romania : Liga 1
“Tineretului” stadium, Urziceni
Sunday 28 March, 2010 - Kickoff time: 20:00 GMT+2
Unirea Urziceni (5th) W-11 D-8 L-4 30-18
Unirea is coming after their first win in 2010, against bottom placed Unirea Alba-Iulia. This victory gave them some air because they seemed to be slipping away from the podium, even with this success they are still in 5th position but only 2 points behind the leader.
Defending their title will be a difficult mission, nobody considers them favorites and their results have not been satisfactory with the new coach, having a record of 1-4-1 in the first 6 games this year.
It’s a team known for a good organization in defense (8 goals conceded in 11 home games) and it’s more like a workers team, they don’t have players that stand out. Dinamo will probably have the initiative but Unirea is capable to absorb the possession so if they won’t make big mistakes in defense then they could make a good result here because the counter-attack is their best weapon.
Goalkeeper Arlauskis has just recovered after an injury and his presence is doubtful while central-midfielder Sorin Paraschiv will miss 5 weeks due to a muscle injury.
Last 5 Unirea home results :
18.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 22 Unirea Urziceni 0-0 Otelul Galati
07.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 20 Unirea Urziceni 2-2 Steaua
22.02.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 18 Unirea Urziceni 0-1 CFR Cluj
14.12.2009 Liga 1 Etapa 17 Unirea Urziceni 2-0 Poli Iasi
30.11.2009 Liga 1 Etapa 15 Unirea Urziceni 2-0 Gloria Bistrita
Dinamo Bucuresti (4th) W-11 D-8 L-4 32-19
Dinamo had less time to prepare this game because they are still involved in Romanian Cup and this Wednesday they played against CFR at home, game ended in a 1-1 draw. CFR seems favorite in the second leg but nothing is decided yet.
In the championship however, Dinamo is the team with the best form, they had a great 2010 so far with 4 victories and 2 draws which took them just 2 points behind leader CFR Cluj and if they win this game they have the opportunity to surpass their big rivals, Steaua Bucuresti (who drew 0-0 this stage against Pandurii). At the end of the first part of the championship Dinamo was 7 points behind Steaua, CFR Cluj and Unirea Urziceni.
Dinamo has a good away record this season, 21 points collected in 11 games and showed an excellent scoring appetite with 8 goals scored in the last 3 away games.
There is not just good news for them, Dinamo has many missing players for this match, their both central-defenders suffered serious injuries and will be out until the end of the season so coach Cornel Talnar must improvise with the righ-back Diabate or the newcomer Zivny, who doesn’t have any minutes played in Dinamo’s jersey. Defender Scarlatache and midfielder Kone are both suspended.
Last 5 Dinamo away results :
21.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 23 Otelul Galati 2-3 Dinamo
13.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 21 CFR Cluj 2-2 Dinamo
27.02.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 19 International Arges 1-3 Dinamo
08.12.2009 Liga 1 Etapa 16 Astra Ploiesti 1-1 Dinamo
23.11.2009 Liga 1 Etapa 14 FC Timisoara 2-0 Dinamo
Head to head :
Last year it was this match that decided the championship, Dinamo had the opportunity to win the title if they had beaten Unirea, but the visitors lost 1-0, a loss that has left many wounds, so Dinamo have a revenge to take here.
This is only Unirea’s 4th season in the first league and they never lost against Dinamo at home.
24.05.2009 Liga 1 Etapa 32 Unirea Urziceni 1-0 Dinamo
31.10.2007 Liga I Etapa 13 Unirea Urziceni 0-0 Dinamo
18.11.2006 Liga I Etapa 16 Unirea Urziceni 1-1 Dinamo
The Betting Verdict :
At this point any wrong step would mean an impediment to reach their objective, which in both sides case is winning the title, and they cannot afford to risk in this match so a draw would be the most convenient result (and in the same time the most likely).
It is very difficult to beat Unirea on their own stadium and Dinamo in 7 games against them only won once (last year in Bucharest 2-1).
The Pick :
Unirea Urziceni 1-1 Dinamo Bucuresti
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take the Draw match at 3.25 with betssonConsider Under 2.5 goals
