POLI IASI VS FC VIITORUL PREVIEW & PREDICTION
On Friday, starting at 16:00, Poli Iasi – Viitorul will be played in the 4th round of the League 1 play-off.
Looking at the history of direct disputes in Moldova, we can see a very important aspect. The Constanta squad scored only once in the previous 4 games in Iasi, Viitorul having extremely high problems when he met Poli Iasi on the move. Thus, we can consider that a slightly complex in the guests’ camp was possible.
Despite the fact that the debut of the play-off was not exactly “pink” in terms of the number of points won, the band prepared by Flavius Stoican provided extremely solid football. Politehnica Iasi was defeated in the previous round by FCSB vice-champion at the end of a game in which the Iasi were surprised by the way of football expression. Also, the defense of the team was extremely high, and the Iasi were “perforated” defensively with a great difficulty. In addition, we recall that in front of their supporters, the “white-blue” have managed to overcome the unimaginable right in recent months, having 5 wins in the previous 6 games played on their own ground.
On the other hand, I note first of all that a week ago FC Viitorul lost one of the best players of the team, Aurelian Chitu. At the age of 27, the player who contributed decisively to the champion trophy won by Viitorul was definitively transferred to South Korea at Daejeon. Thus, we emphasize that with regard to the offensive phase, Viitorul may suffer, Chitu being an excellent creative player.
In other news, a real “pillar” remained in the Dobrogea team, the young Alexandru Cicaldau (who also debuted on the “national” team in Cosmin Contra’s mandate) is put in a least inconvenient situation, Gigi Becali declaring public a few days ago that he insisted on it. That is why we believe that he will have additional pressure in the Iasi movement and, at the same time, we think that Viitorul will have an extremely difficult mission, “Emil Alexandrescu” being a land where he gains extremely hard.
PREDICTION: Over 1.5 goals @ 1.49
