Shalke 04 vs. Steaua Bucharest
I'll take again today on another encounter in Europa League in which a Romanian team is involved. This time it's about Steaua.
A team with lot of tradition and history in Romania, probably the only thing which keeps it alive at the moment. I didn't see Steaua in such a bad form since lot of time and if things won't change at their team, at the club during this winter break I don't see any treat coming from them for the other teams in Romania in second part of the season.
Steaua is coming after two horrible games played, one in which they were beaten away to Ceahlaul by a mediocre team which promoted to first league this year, and the last one when they won against Brasov from an imaginary penalty. In the Romanian league, in last five away games Steaua scored only once, the 3:0 win at Petrolul being a game won at the green table cuz of some conflicts with Petrolul's supporters which entered on the field during the game. They have only one win in seven games away from home in the league, and these kind of results do not reflect an old Steaua with tradition which won Champions League long time ago. Same as last season, Steaua is struggling up-front, not finding a clinical striker which can be called a real threat in front of the goal when has the ball. Also for the game against Shalke, Steaua will miss forward Tatu ( injury ) and Florin Costea ( suspension ) + other non-forward injuries and will have to make it in attack with Mihai Costea and Rusescu. From my point of view Rusescu is a shity player and doesn't deserve all the praise he gets and Costea has no manners, he has a psychic problem and gets angered very easily. Last game these two forwards were arguing for who to shoot the penalty, and eventually after Rusescu did, Costea did a big fuss about it and was substituted at half time. These two won't behave with each other and I hardly see the coping tonight. Steaua's owner Becali mentioned about selling Costea brothers so that might be as well a reason for them not to care about their games at Steaua anymore.
For Steaua is coming a very tough schedule, having to play against top two teams in Romania, a fierce derby against Dinamo Bucharest and a tough game against the strong CFR Cluj. I think their chances are rather slim to qualify from the group and they will have to hope for a positive result for the other game also where AEK meets Maccabi.
I have not much info about Shalke, seems they will miss their captain Hoewedes and forward Farfan but otherwise they should be fine to win this game. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar declared they are aware of Steaua's eventual potential and that they will take this game seriously and in the end offer supporters a great win which will send them to next phase of Europa League not having to worry about another decisive game at Maccabi.
History is same side with me tonight, Steaua never ever winning a single game on German soil and I don't see that changing with probably worse Steaua we have for years.
Odds on Shalke to win are 1,35 but they seem small unless played on some sort of accumulator, but I like the odds for Steaua not to score which is priced at 1,90. With quality lacking up-front and with a bad form when playing away from home I hardly imagine Steaua to create problems for the German defense. Steaua not to score @ 1,90 single looks good value plus it can be covered by correct score 2:1/3:1 just in case.
Selection: Shalke Cleansheet @ 1,90
Maybe for those interested, the card market might be another good option with Steaua having four players sent off so far in Europe and I might see them cracking under pressure and get booked again.
Other game am interested in tonight is PSG as I don't see them slipping off for the fourth time consecutively after two loses and 1 draw in the Ligue 1 and I will maybe take them on some sort of smaller stake double with Shalke to win to nil. Anyway, main bet is Shalke to hold a clean sheet with maybe covering the correct score just in case.
Good luck all!...see more
I'll take again today on another encounter in Europa League in which a Romanian team is involved. This time it's about Steaua.
A team with lot of tradition and history in Romania, probably the only thing which keeps it alive at the moment. I didn't see Steaua in such a bad form since lot of time and if things won't change at their team, at the club during this winter break I don't see any treat coming from them for the other teams in Romania in second part of the season.
Steaua is coming after two horrible games played, one in which they were beaten away to Ceahlaul by a mediocre team which promoted to first league this year, and the last one when they won against Brasov from an imaginary penalty. In the Romanian league, in last five away games Steaua scored only once, the 3:0 win at Petrolul being a game won at the green table cuz of some conflicts with Petrolul's supporters which entered on the field during the game. They have only one win in seven games away from home in the league, and these kind of results do not reflect an old Steaua with tradition which won Champions League long time ago. Same as last season, Steaua is struggling up-front, not finding a clinical striker which can be called a real threat in front of the goal when has the ball. Also for the game against Shalke, Steaua will miss forward Tatu ( injury ) and Florin Costea ( suspension ) + other non-forward injuries and will have to make it in attack with Mihai Costea and Rusescu. From my point of view Rusescu is a shity player and doesn't deserve all the praise he gets and Costea has no manners, he has a psychic problem and gets angered very easily. Last game these two forwards were arguing for who to shoot the penalty, and eventually after Rusescu did, Costea did a big fuss about it and was substituted at half time. These two won't behave with each other and I hardly see the coping tonight. Steaua's owner Becali mentioned about selling Costea brothers so that might be as well a reason for them not to care about their games at Steaua anymore.
For Steaua is coming a very tough schedule, having to play against top two teams in Romania, a fierce derby against Dinamo Bucharest and a tough game against the strong CFR Cluj. I think their chances are rather slim to qualify from the group and they will have to hope for a positive result for the other game also where AEK meets Maccabi.
I have not much info about Shalke, seems they will miss their captain Hoewedes and forward Farfan but otherwise they should be fine to win this game. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar declared they are aware of Steaua's eventual potential and that they will take this game seriously and in the end offer supporters a great win which will send them to next phase of Europa League not having to worry about another decisive game at Maccabi.
History is same side with me tonight, Steaua never ever winning a single game on German soil and I don't see that changing with probably worse Steaua we have for years.
Odds on Shalke to win are 1,35 but they seem small unless played on some sort of accumulator, but I like the odds for Steaua not to score which is priced at 1,90. With quality lacking up-front and with a bad form when playing away from home I hardly imagine Steaua to create problems for the German defense. Steaua not to score @ 1,90 single looks good value plus it can be covered by correct score 2:1/3:1 just in case.
Selection: Shalke Cleansheet @ 1,90
Maybe for those interested, the card market might be another good option with Steaua having four players sent off so far in Europe and I might see them cracking under pressure and get booked again.
Other game am interested in tonight is PSG as I don't see them slipping off for the fourth time consecutively after two loses and 1 draw in the Ligue 1 and I will maybe take them on some sort of smaller stake double with Shalke to win to nil. Anyway, main bet is Shalke to hold a clean sheet with maybe covering the correct score just in case.
Good luck all!...see more
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