Poli Iași – Academica Clinceni will take place on Wednesday at 13:00, the confrontation counting for the 14th round of League 1.
Originally scheduled for Tuesday, December 15, the match was moved by LPF on Wednesday, December 16, after the match of Ilfov in the 13th round, with FC Argeș, was played on Sunday, being postponed by one day due to the impassable ground in Clinceni.
The two teams approach the game with totally different moods. Daniel Pancu’s team suffered a new humiliation the previous round in League 1, giving way to the score, 4-1, the duel with Dinamo and is on a modest 15th place, with 10 points. It was the eighth consecutive match in the championship without a victory for the Moldovans, the last success in League 1 being recorded on September 27 at home, that hallucinatory 5-2 with FCSB, a result obtained in special conditions, the “red-blues” aligning at at that time an experimental formation after being hit by the coronavirus.
Poli Iași received 35 goals in this championship, the Moldovans having the weakest defense in League 1;
Academica received 9 goals in this championship, better in this respect being Universitatea and CFR Cluj;
9 defeats gathered Poli Iasi in the 13 matches played in the championship, most of all League teams 1;
Academica comes to Copou from the playoffs, being by far the revelation of this championship. Ilfov defeated FC Argeș in the 13th round, score 1-0, thus reaching four consecutive victories in League 1, a series that propelled them to 5th place with 23 points, as well as Sepsi OSK Sf. Gheorghe , which is in 4th place due to the higher goal average.
The stakes of the three points at stake are huge for both Moldovans and Ilfovians. With a victory in this duel, Poli Iași takes a breath of fresh air and restores his morale before the last game of the tour he will play in Mediaș with FC Hermannstadt. On the other hand, Academica has the chance to consolidate its place in League 1 and to take a serious option to finish the year on a play-off place, Poenaru’s boys will receive in the last stage of the tour on their own field his visit Dinamo.
Last season, Academica won three of the four “live” matches with Moldovans. In the regular championship, each team capitalized on the advantage of their own field, Poli prevailing with 2-0, and Academica with 1-0, the Ilfovians cutting in their favor the “double” from the play-out, 1-0 in Copou and 3 -0 at Clinceni.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,90
