Pandurii meet Gloria Buzau in a Romanian Cup clash, the match will be played at Mogosoaia, no home advantage thus. If you would look at the standings (Divizia A) you might be tempted to rate this handicap as fair, even wonder why it's level ball as Gloria are higher rated, BUT, there are other several factors that change completely the situation, and make Pandurri favourites in my view. So here we go:

To tell you the truth, Pandurri have impressed more in this second half of the season. Despite losing 1-3 to Poli, they've shown some nice football, especially offensively, but it was great Timisoara who were simply too brilliant to be stopped from taking all the three points. On the contrary, Gloria have got a point on their trip to Constanta, but the way they played was far from being impressive. And the reason why they haven't lost the game stands only in Farul who have put on a modest play, and haven't threatened Gloria at the back as they should have.

Having said that, there's also the motivational factor that favours Pandurii too. Their coach -Joaquim Teixeira- has been given a ultimatum, he might be leaving the club very well should he lose this Cup game. On the other hand, the Buzau based club don't seem to care much as far as Romanian Cup goes, their main goal is to avoid relegation this season, thus i don't expect them to fight for their lives when they play Pandurii today. To be also mentioned, that the players won't be given any bonus should they go through, as they've been promissed an unique bonus if win the Cup, which looks quite impossible in my view, and they know that too.



Pick : HOME
Odds : 2.00
Stake : 8 / 10
Bookmaker : Gamebookers
Date : 2008-02-28
Match Result : 0-0
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