Romanian League
2010-05-10 - Uni Craiova vs CFR Cluj
A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt
Football : Romania : Liga 1
“Municipal” stadium, Drobeta Turnu Severin
Monday 10 May, 2010 Kickoff time: 16:00 GMT+2
Universitatea Craiova (13th) W-10 D-3 L-18 39:47
Considered at the beginning of the season one of the teams that could fight for a Europa League spot, Craiova are now facing a difficult situation, threatened with relegation the owner just sacked dutch coach Mark Wotte.
The change didn’t seemed to had any effect on them, because they lost against bottom placed Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt and instead of eliminating them from the battle they gave them some hopes in this ending. Craiova is just 3 points above the relegation zone with 3 stages left when they’ll face CFR Cluj, Steaua and Otelul.
Craiova is the teams with the less draws from the league, only 3 and the only team that has more defeats than them is Unirea Alba Iulia. They conceded 47 goals which makes them the second worst defense from the league. Their home record this season is 7-1-7.
In the previous meeting between them, match played in November, CFR Cluj won with 2-0.
Their best player Florin Costea is still unavailable after a serious injury while right-back Dananae played his first match in the league last stage after an absence of 9 month due to an injury.
Craiova last 5 home results :
01.05.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 30 Uni Craiova 1-3 International Arges
25.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 29 Uni Craiova 1-4 Unirea Urziceni
10.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 27 Uni Craiova 1-0 Astra Ploiesti
03.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 25 Uni Craiova 1-2 FC Timisoara
21.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 23 Uni Craiova 2-1 Poli Iasi
CFR Cluj (1st) W-17 D-9 L-5 37:18
With the draw against FC Vaslui last stage, CFR ran out of error margin and are now condemned to win all three games they have left in order to win the championship for the second time in three years.
If we take a look at the table, their mission is quite easy with games against 13th, 14th and 17th placed teams but these teams are all in the battle for avoiding relegation and that makes it difficult. The other thing is that the pressure is now on CFR Cluj because they were in the lead for so many months and losing the championship in the final stages would be a disaster for them.
The statistics are worrying for CFR Cluj, there are two examples of teams that lost the championship in the final stages, after not being able to win in Craiova. In 1998 Rapid lost the title in the last stage and FC National in 2002.
CFR doesn’t have a great away record, only 6-4-5 with a positive goal difference of 4. There are no important missing players in CFR’s squad.
CFR Cluj last 5 away results :
30.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 30 Astra Ploiesti 1-0 CFR Cluj
19.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 28 FC Timisoara 1-1 CFR Cluj
08.04.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 26 Poli Iasi 0-2 CFR Cluj
29.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 24 FC Brasov 0-1 CFR Cluj
17.03.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 22 Gaz Metan Medias 0-0 CFR Cluj
The Betting Verdict :
CFR Cluj has the advantage of not depending on any other results, if they win their remaining games than they are champions.
There is a difference of value and experience between the teams in favor of CFR and I expecting them not to fail at this important exam.
Craiova are under a tremendous pressure themselves and the change of coach couldn’t come in a worst period than this.
The Pick :
Universitatea Craiova 0-2 CFR Cluj
BEST BETTING TIP :
Main Bet: CFR Cluj to win at 1.80 Bet365
