Sepsi – FC Juventus Bucharest Prediction & Picks (18.05.2018)

Sepsi and Juventus Bucureşti meet at Stadionul Municipal, in a match for the 11 th round of the Liga I. The Sepsi won by (0-2) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 09-04- 2018 The history of recent direct matches between these two teams indicates total balance, since there was 1 draw and 2 wins for each team in the last 5 matches.

Sepsi:

The home team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 29 points won, after 10 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Voluntari, by (1-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against ACS Poli Timişoara, by (3-0). For the championship, the Sepsi won 18 points out of 30 possible, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 matches played in their stadium. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 36 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 22 times and only managed 2 comebacks. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 18 home matches for this competition: they have scored 8 of their 18 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The Sepsi won an important victory in the last day, managed to open a good lead over the relegation zone and now goes in search of another 3 points in its stadium to practically eliminate any possibility of descent. The local team has improved a lot, both offensively and defensively, since they have scored 5 goals in the last 2 games and have suffered only 1. Now they want to maintain good performance in the 2 sectors. Playing at home, the Sepsi lost only 1 of their last 8 matches, won 3 of their last 4 matches and it should be noted that they scored at least 2 goals in 4 of the last 5 matches in their stadium, being a team that likes to Acting quite offensive in this type of situation, but without neglecting much in the defense, so he did not suffer goals in 2 of the last 3 games in this type of situation. For the game against Juventus Bucuresti, coach Eugen Neagoe can not count on striker Kuku, on account of a suspension.

Juventus Bucharest:

The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 4 wins, 9 draws and 23 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against ACS Poli Timişoara, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Dinamo Bucureşti, by (0-2). For the league, Juventus Bucureşti won 9 points out of 30 possible points, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (7 out of 18 matches). Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 7 of its last 36 games for League I, of these 7 reached the break in advantage in 4 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 3. In 36 games in this competition, he only got 1 comeback in the 24 matches in which he suffered the first goal.

Juventus Bucuresti further complicated their situation in the relegation group of the Romanian Championship, accumulating 6 defeats in the last 7 games and needs an urgent recovery to continue dreaming of remaining in the elite division of the country. The visiting team presents serious problems, both in the offensive and in the defensive sector, since they scored only 5 goals in 9 games, being the worst attack of the group, and suffered 15 goals, having the worst defense. These numbers help explain the campaign far below expectations. Juventus Bucuresti tend to play very close and bet on counterattacks, so much that they managed to win 2 of their last four matches in this type of situation, but now they need victory in any way, so they can not stay behind, waiting for opportunities , and must adopt a more offensive stance, since even a draw is tragic for the team. For the match against Sepsi, coach Marius Baciu has no problems in the starting team and goes to the field with what he has better.