Romanian League
2012-09-16 - CSMS Iasi vs Steaua Bucuresti
A Sports Betting Pick by ROzsolt
Football : Romania : Liga 1
Venue: "Emil Alexandrescu", Iasi
Sunday 16th September – Kickoff time: 21:30 GMT+2
CSMS Iasi (18th W0 D2 L5)
Bottom placed CSMS Iasi will host Steaua in a match that has a clear favorite, with the newly promoted considered sure victim especially after coach Ionut Popa resigned.
Liviu Ciobotariu has been appointed Iasi’s new coach, he is Dinamo Bucuresti’s former coach which means that this move is quite a setback for him. He has been used to play for the top positions and now his task is to avoid relegation.
His debut as Iasi’s coach ended with an away loss to fellow newly promoted Gloria Bistrita in a match that was decided by a late goal from what turned out to be an offside position.
With only two points collected so far, Iasi is one of the two teams from Liga 1 that are without a victory after seven games.
Steaua Bucuresti (2nd W5 D1 L1)
After six years without a title, Steaua is now one of the main favorites to win the championship this season. According to them the Europa League campaign will be a secondary objective from now on, so all their focus will be on winning the title.
It seems that this is Steaua’s best squad from the last 5-6 years, they are the main provider for the Romanian national team with 7 players capped for the games against Estonia and Andorra.
However, despite a perfect home record (4 wins in 4 games) Steaua is still struggling a bit when playing on the road, but it’s well known that winning away in Liga 1 is never that easy. They’ve been beaten by another title contender, Vaslui, that one being their only defeat this season.
The Betting Verdict
I can’t like the odds for the away win even though this is Steaua against a newly promoted. In their last 20 away games Steaua only came out victorious in 8 of them, which is not that great.
In these 20 games Steaua only won by more than one goal on three occasions, only once in their last 12 away games. So, starting from the premise that Steaua will win this game against this modest Iasi side, I think that it’s more than likely to see a victory by one goal which is priced at 3.5.
In addition to Steaua’s away results, we have a CSMS Iasi side that lost twice and drew once this season at home and both their defeats came by one goal margin. In fact, four of their five defeats this season were by a one goal margin.
The Pick :
CSMS Iasi 0-1 Steaua Bucuresti
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Steaua to win by one goal at 3.50 at Bet365Confidence: 5/10
