ROMANIAN LEAGUE BETTING PICK - SPORTUL STUDENTESC V PANDURII TG JIU

Romanian League

2011-04-22 - Sportul Studentesc vs Pandurii Tg Jiu

A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt

Sportul Studentesc v Pandurii Tg Jiu
Football: Romanian Liga 1
Venue: Stadion Regie, Bucuresti
Friday 4th April – Kickoff time: 17:00 GMT+2

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Sportul Studentesc (18th W-4 D-2 L-21)

It’s clear now that Sportul will finish on the bottom of the table this season, but I’m quite sure they’ll be back in the first league in an year or two, that’s what usually happens in their case.

Despite their situation, they could have caused a shock in the previous stage, but couldn’t keep their one goal advantage against Steaua Bucuresti and the hosts obtained a victory after scoring two late goals.

Sportul is coming after three consecutive defeats, all of them with 1 goal margin. They lost 21 games from 27 played, conceding 46 goals and only accumulated 14 points. Sportul usually don’t draw, they only did it twice this season.

Sportul’s home form:

6.04.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 27 Sportul Studentesc 1 - 2 Steaua
10.04.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 25 Sportul Studentesc 2 - 3 FC Timisoara
02.04.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 23 Sportul Studentesc 3 - 0 U Craiova
13.03.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 21 Sportul Studentesc 0 - 1 Gaz Metan Medias
26.02.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 19 Sportul Studentesc 0 - 1 Dinamo

Pandurii Tg Jiu (18th W-4 D-2 L-21)

Pandurii is in superb form, probably the best team from the league at this moment if we consider the previous 5 stages, in which Pandurii won 4 times and draw once. The draw against Timisoara can be considered unfortunate as they got equalized in the dying minutes, so it could have been 5 in a row.

With these results Pandurii climbed all the way up to the 12th position and if they keep playing the way they did lately than they can forgot about the relegation worries.

Their poor away record may scare away punters, but since Petre Grigoras took over the team in the winter break, this team is playing way better. However, they only won once on the road and have a negative goal balance, scoring 11 and conceding 25.

Pandurii’s away form:

13.04.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 26 FC Timisoara 2 - 2 Pandurii Tg. Jiu
07.04.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 24 U Craiova 0 - 2 Pandurii Tg. Jiu
18.03.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 22 Gaz Metan Medias 2 - 0 Pandurii Tg. Jiu
04.03.2011 Liga 1 Etapa 20 Dinamo 2 - 2 Pandurii Tg. Jiu
06.12.2010 Liga 1 Etapa 18 Unirea Urziceni 1 - 1 Pandurii Tg. Jiu

The Betting Verdict

Sportul won 93 percent of their few points at home, winning 4 times and drawing once, but their confidence must be on the ground knowing that they have no chance whatsoever to avoid relegation.

On the other hand, Pandurii is playing a quality football, scoring 11 goals in the previous 5 games. There should be plenty of goals in this one as well, so over 2.5 goals could be a good option.

This is not a very attractive game, but the odds on the away win could not be any better than they are, so 2.48 is not only worth a shot, it’s actually my main bet for today.

The Pick :

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Pandurii Tg Jiu at 2.48 Pinnacle
Confidence: 7/10