Universitatea Craiova — Ocelul: forecast for the Romanian Championship match
The Friday matchday in the Romanian Championship on February 14 will be the University of Craiova — Ocelul match. The hosts are a huge favorite in the upcoming match. Will it be possible to confirm this assumption? You will find the answer and the trending bets for the match in our forecast.

Command Analysis

Universitatea Craiova

Current form
The University of Craiova is fighting for leadership in the standings. With 45 points scored, the team is in third place in the national championship, just one point behind the leading FCSB and CFR Cluj. At the end of January, the team was led by 43-year-old specialist Mirel Radoi. Under his leadership, the club played three matches and won all of them, and did not even miss the last two. The upcoming opponent is not in the top 10, so in theory there should be no problems with getting the next three points.
Disqualifications and injuries
Paradela is injured and will not play on the field.
Interesting betting trends
- The University of Craiova has won its last three matches
- In only one of the last ten matches, the hosts failed to score
Approximate composition: Popescu - Banu, Maldonado, Skretsu, Mora, Mekvabishvili - Oshima, Tsikaldau - Mitria, Bayram, Svfira.

Otelul Galati

Current form
Ocelul is outside the top 10 (12th place). The main problem of the guests is away matches. The visitors have lost in four of the last five meetings. Such indicators do not inspire optimism for the upcoming match with an opponent who is fighting for leadership in the standings, although in January of this year the guests already beat the upcoming opponent in a friendly meeting, but now a new coach has taken the helm of the opposing team, in which the players demonstrate perfect football, beating everyone in their path. Let's see if we can play the same quality in the upcoming match and compete for points.
Disqualifications and injuries
Zhelek, Nova and Chira are injured.
Interesting betting trends
- Ocelul has lost the last two away matches
- In the last two away games, the visitors couldn't even score
Approximate composition: Dur Bozanka - Silva, Stevanovic, Cisse, Mattei - Lamera - Tanasa, Teles, Rosu, Bani - Maciel.
Trends
The exact score is 1:0
The hosts have won the last two matches with such a score
4.60The Ocelul bet won't score
The hosts have defended the last two matches to zero
1.80The University of Craiova'sbetwill score in the second half
The bet was successful in three of the last five meetings.
1.50Tip and bets
Under the new coach, the University's players are playing careful football. The players place great emphasis on defensive actions, and it pays off — only one missed goal in the last three meetings.
Ocelul usually plays second on the road, and the fact that they failed to score in the last two games, which the team lost, is excellent evidence of this. We believe that the guests will not be able to score either, having scored a good move for the University.
Our forecast is that at least one will not score with a coefficient of 1.55
Betting on the outcome
Most of the matches between the teams are inconclusive. This is especially true for meetings at the Ion Oblemenko Stadium. Bookmakers expose guests as a huge underdog. We do not dispute that Ocelula's playing form is not so cool, but still, the team very rarely loses with a difference of more than one goal. And with an upcoming opponent, it was only once in the entire history. Based on this, we do not expect a major victory performed by the hosts.
Our forecast is an Asian handicap (+1.5) for Ocelul with a coefficient of 1.61
Betting on corners
Judging by the way the teams have been playing matches lately, we won't see many riding totals in this meeting. We will place another bet on the fact that a small number of corners will be served.
Our forecast is a total of less than 8.5 corners in 1.75