CS U.CRAIOVA VS DINAMO BUCHAREST PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Thursday, from 15:00, CS “U” Craiova will receive the visit of Dinamo Bucharest, in a match for the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup. The match will take place at the stadium “Ion Oblemenco, Craiova.
Coming this season in the negative history of the club, failing to qualify in the play-off, we are sure Dinamo players feel the “shock” of the defeat in the last stage of the regular season, when the “white-red” to call in front of a band without pressure, Astra Giurgiu, score 0-2. Evolving, therefore, for the first time in the play-out and having the best chance to finish the championship only on the 7th position, the “dogs” moved quickly. Vasile Miriuta was replaced by the junior coach and former Dinamo player Florin Bratu, who will debut on the “white-red” bench in a “Ion Oblemenco” fire race in front of the rival CS “U” Craiova. Although Oltenians have the first chance before the “white-red” game and could take advantage of the low morale in the camp of Bucharest, we can not ignore the fact that this match is a decisive one for Dinamo and a possible qualification further in semifinals could lead to a rescue of the season for Dynamoists. So the stake is huge on both sides.
Direct meetings:
-In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, Craiova was imposed three times, Dinamo in the other two rows, while five other disputes were ended undecided;
-The previous three direct duels took place in League One and ended each time with the same score: 2-2;
-Dinamo has never managed to impose on the field of the University in the recent history of the latter;
Given the circumstances of this game, we expect a balanced deployment of hostilities. Although “white-blue” have the first chance especially in terms of the advantage of their own terrain, as we have mentioned above, Dinamo is desperate to win in what it means no more than the last gate opened to Europe this season . So as long as the two combatants will take into account the huge stakes behind this match, we do not think we will see goals on the console and much less the gaps on both sides, despite the scenes in the last direct meetings .
PREDICTION: CS U. Craiova to win @ 1.90
