Iaşi and Viitorul meet at Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, in a match for the 11 th round of the Liga I. At this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 5 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 06-04-2018, for League I, which ended with Viitorul’s victory by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by M. Voduţ (59 ‘) and I. Hagi (86′) for Viitorul. Despite being a match between 8th and 6th of the table, it is actually a match between the 4th classified in home matches and the 9th as a visitor.
Iaşi:
After 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 8 th position, with 14 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Gaz Metan Mediaş by (1-0), after in the previous match they have won (1-0) at home, against Dinamo Bucureşti. This is a team that usually plays better at home, where they have won 10 points, against only 4 points in away matches. In the last 4 home matches for the championship the Iaşi won 3 and tied 1, for which they won 10 points out of 12 possible.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 4 home matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 10 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
The CSM Iaşi, also known as Politehnica Iasi, is a club that never won an important title in Romanian football. In this season the team participates in the League I (1st Division of the Romanian Championship), in which it is in the eighth position at the end of ten days. After starting badly, with two draws and two defeats, the team reacted in the last six games, in which they achieved four victories and two defeats. When analyzing the matches that he played in his stadium in the 2018/19 season of the League I, we see that the team is undefeated for four games, with a draw and three wins, in this same order. If we analyze the adversaries that the CSM won at home, we see that they are all in the second half of the table.
Viitorul:
The away team is currently in the 6 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Craiova University (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Astra, by (1-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 4 points in away matches and 5 at their stadium, with 3 goals scored and 5 conceded at home, against 7 goals scored and 5 conceded at home. In the last 4 away matches Viitorul has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 4 points out of 12 possible. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 10 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only won 1 result. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 8 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 9 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘); He suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
The Viitorul is a club that was champion of the League I recently, in the season of 2016/17. In the season of 2017/18, the club finished in sixth place in the regular phase, qualifying for the final phase of the championship, which finished in fourth place. Now, in this season of 2018/19, we see that at the end of ten days the team is in the sixth position. When analyzing the matches he played so far in this 2018/19 season of League I, we see that the team had an irregular start, oscillating a lot between defeats, victories and draws, but in the last four days managed to improve, won three matches and now we can expect a good display of the Viitorul in the terrain of the CSM lasi.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.66
