Romanian League
2010-05-02 - Rapid Bucuresti vs Dinamo Bucuresti
A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt
Football: Romania: Liga1
“Giulesti” stadium, Bucharest
Sunday 2 May, 2010 Kickoff time: 20:30 GMT+2
Rapid Bucuresti (7th) W-12 D-7 L-10 47:34
After a disappointing season, Rapid is playing their last chance to qualify for next season’s Europa League. In the eventuality of a victory, they will reduce the distance between them and Dinamo to just 2 points.
Despite 4 losses at home in this championship, Rapid is still a powerful home side and they proved that with an enthusiastic victory over Steaua Bucuresti (5-1) on their last match played in Giulesti. They have a home record of 8-2-4 with 30 goals scored and 17 conceded.
Their coach Ioan Andone (who joined the team a month ago) has two Romanian titles in his CV, one of them when he was coaching today’s opponents, Dinamo. Andone is still very close to his ex-club, he declared that he knows the majority of players from Dinamo’s squad because he trained them at a given time and there is nothing they could surprise him with.
Squad news: Central defender Marius Constantin suffered an injury at training, beside him there will not be another important absence.
Rapid Bucuresti last 5 home results :
18.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 28 Rapid Bucuresti 5-1 Steaua Bucuresti
08.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 26 Rapid Bucuresti 1-1 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt
27.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 24 Rapid Bucuresti 0-1 U Craiova
18.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 22 Rapid Bucuresti 0-1 Astra Ploiesti
05.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 20 Rapid Bucuresti 0-3 FC Timisoara
Dinamo Bucuresti (6th) W-12 D-12 L-5 40:27
Dinamo hasn’t any of their previous 4 games, and “succeeded” once again to miss all their objectives for this season. An Europa League spot is a small consolation for a team that was one of the favorites for winning the title.
Dinamo are having major squad problems for the ending of the championship, they have 4 injured players (Grigore, Goian, Dolha, Diabate) and maybe their best player this season, N’Doye is suspended. Beside that, there were some tensions between the players in the last couple of weeks which reflected their miserable performances lately.
The club management decided that they want to rebuild the team in the summer transfer period, so many players are expected to leave at the end of the season.
Dinamo has an away record of 6-5-3 with a positive goal difference of 7.
Last 5 Dinamo Bucuresti away results :
17.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 28 Gloria Bistrita 3-2 Dinamo Bucuresti
08.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 26 Pandurii Tg. Jiu 0-0 Dinamo Bucuresti
28.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 24 Unirea Urziceni 4-4 Dinamo Bucuresti
21.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 23 Otelul Galati 2-3 Dinamo Bucuresti
13.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 21 CFR Cluj 2-2 Dinamo Bucuresti
The Betting Verdict :
I give Dinamo no chance for a win in “Giulesti”, their players showed a total lack of interest in the last couple of games and Rapid does have an important advantage playing at home, their fans can be really helpful when they are actually supporting the team.
There will probably be many goals, both coaches will align offensive teams, and the statistics says that the previous 11 meetings between these two teams in “Giulesti” ended up with more than two goals scored.
The Pick :
Rapid Bucuresti 3-1 Dinamo Bucuresti
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Rapid Bucuresti to win at 2.29 PinnacleOr take Over 2.5 Goals at 2.20 at Victor Chandler (my main bet)
