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CS U. Craiova vs FC Viitorul Prediction & Betting tips
May 7, 2017, Piteşti, Stadium: “Nicolae Dobrin”, hour: 19:15 (League 1 – Stage 9 – play-off)
CS U. Craiova :
CS Universitatea Craiova had an exceptional evening in Gruia, defeating it with 3-0 (Andrei Ivan 30, 76, Hristo Zlatinski 44) on CFR Cluj, who came out of the fight for winning the championship. The formation coached by Gheorghe Multescu made the best match in the play-off, managed to take revenge for the defeat in the tour of Pitesti (1-4).
The “White-Blues” woke up too late, being 8 rounds played, 5th in the play-off, 7 points in FC Viitorul and Steaua. There are only two stages to be played in this championship edition and, mathematically, the Oltenians have no chance at the title or second place, which was the Champions League. They will have to settle for the European League and, in particular, to “turn” that 0-1 home with FC Voluntari in the first leg of the Romanian Cup semifinals and to force the qualification into the final.
In the last two stages of the play-off, the Craioveni will “arbitrate” the fight for the title, as they will play with the top two, FC Viitorul (in Pitesti) and Steaua Bucharest (on the National Arena). For the opponents, the matches with Craiova are decisive for the championship win, while for CSUC they no longer have a special stake. Now it remains to be seen how Gigi Multescu will tackle the two games and whether he will succeed in hindering the Future or Steaua. Ideally it would be that the Oltenians try to win both of them to finish the season in the 3-4 place in the standings and could not be accused of favoring anybody.
The hosts have batch problems for the game against Viitorul, injuring Apostol Popov, Barthe, Jovan Marković and Alexandru Băluţă, while Alexandru Mateiu is suspended and will return to the last round with Steaua. It is possible that the technician Multescu, who is more concerned with the Voluntari returns from the Cup, will spare some players, because the game with Viitorul is without a stake.
-CS Universitatea Craiova has only one draw in the last 6 stages
-Gheorghe Multescu’s team did not win on the ground on March 5, 2017
-The last three “white-blue” matches were over 2.5 goals
FC Viitorul :
FC Viitorul managed a very important victory, home to Ovidiu, with Astra Giurgiu champion, although he was led by 1-0 in the 12th minute. The team coached by Gheorghe Hagi had a “first mad” final, Returns in three minutes from 0-1 to 2-1. In the second half all the Constantians were better and managed to get to the final with the score of 3-2 (Vlad Morar 40p, Cristian Săpunaru 43 autogol, George Ţucudean 77 – Daniel Niculae 12, Geraldo Alves 89).
In Derby of Romania, Dinamo defeated Steaua, as volunteers hoped, and in Cluj, CS Craiova University beat the CFR 3-0 and pulled it out of the title fight. So the 8th round was perfect for Viitorul, which equaled points on Steaua in the play-off standings, two stages before the end of the season. Moreover, FCV now only depends on her to win the championship title for the first time. In the last two stages the “King” team will play in Pitesti with CS Universitatea Craiova and Ovidiu with CFR Cluj. If he succeeds in gaining 6 points, Viitorul will be a champion, regardless of the results of the Star or Dinamo. If Viitorul and Steaua will finish the season with 44 points, then Hagi & co. They will be champions, because they have the advantage of “red-blue” direct matches, 3-1 and 1-1.
So everything is clear for Viitorul, who is forced to win with both Craiova and CFR. Gică Hagi’s young players are in front of a huge performance, being 180 minutes away from the title! They all want to become champions and go to Pitesti to make a big match and get the 3 points. It is possible for Astra to bind Steaua or Dinamo to hinder Cluj, but the players of the Future should not expect the mistakes of their opponents, but to concentrate on their matches, especially because they depend only on them.
The guests left home Robert Hodorogea and closure Dragoş Nedelcu, who are injured and will not play this season. An unfortunate situation is also played by left midfielder Ionuţ Vâna and striker Vlad Morar who have muscle problems, while striker Florinel Coman has been cold and has not participated in training in the last two days.
-FC Viitorul won only 2 points in the last 3 games played “out”
-Gheorghe Hagi’s team has scored at least one goal per game in the last 3 play-off stages
-Constants have received at least one goal per game in the last 3 play-off stages
CS U. Craiova vs FC Viitorul head to head
06.04.17 L1 FC Viitorul CS U. Craiova 0 : 1
03.12.16 L1 FC Viitorul CS U. Craiova 2 : 0
28.08.16 L1 CS U. Craiova FC Viitorul 2 : 1
28.11.15 L1 FC Viitorul CS U. Craiova 4 : 0
10.09.15 CUP FC Viitorul CS U. Craiova 1 : 0
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| Prediction: | FC Viitorul to win |
| Selection odds: | 1,57 |
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