The match Chindia Târgoviște vs Dinamo Bucharest is scheduled for Monday, August 31, on the Ilie Oană stadium in Ploiești, being the last match of the 2nd stage of the championship.

Chindia between procrastination and relentless

Coach Emil Săndoi will not sit on the bench at the match with Dinamo, he being in self-isolation at home, because he was infected with the coronavirus. Along with him, the physical trainer and some players, whose names were not made public due to the legislation for the protection of personal data. However, it seems that all of them got the virus from two players who have already contracted the disease, Aioani, and Corbu. The people of Târgoviște would like to postpone the match, as happened last season with both games in the play-out when Dinamo had problems, but in the meantime, the Federation has changed the protocol and the games will be postponed much harder or not at all. Thus, Chindia will have to deal with what she has, and in order to cope with the match with Dinamo, she borrowed three players from Viitorul: Marco Dulca, Tiberiu Căpușă, and Paul Iacob. In fact, the three return to Chindia, where they were also on loan last season.

• Probable team Chindia (4-4-2): Moldovan – Martac, Dinu, Pițian, Dumitrașcu – Neguț, Rață, Yameogo, Ioniță – Șerban, Florea.

Dinamo is entering the New Dinamo era again

Since the match in the first stage, that 1-1 at home with Hermannstadt last Monday, a lot of events happened at Dinamo: Cosmin Contra was brought back, who had left Dinamo in 2017 to take over the Romanian national team, Adam was presented Nemec, and Janusz Gol, Deian Sorescu extended their contract for another two years, part of the financial arrears were paid, and the new owners presented the strategy for the near future. In the last decade, Chindia and Dinamo have met only twice in League 1, last season, when each won their home match: 3-2 for Dâmboviţa, 4-1 for “dogs”. The two should have played twice in the playoffs, but Dinamo had problems with mass coronavirus infection, and eventually, the season was frozen. The arrival of Contra changes the strategy a little in the white-red game. The team will defend more carefully, there will be no more improvisations on positions, and an attack, there will be only one player capable of special effort. That is why Nemec was brought in, but he will probably start in a while.

• Probable Dinamo team (4-2-3-1): Straton – Cretu, Ehmann, Puljic, R. Grigore – Gol, Achim – Sorescu, Neicuțescu, Fabbrini – Popa.

Chindia Targoviste vs Dinamo Bucharest Picks

Dinamo has a good chance to get a positive result on the neutral ground in Ploiești, the team having fantastic morale after the new events that took place at the club. In addition, the people of Târgoviște are facing serious team problems, some players and coach Emil Săndoi being infected with COVID. However, we will not risk everything on the victory of the guests, knowing that the Contra coach is a prudent guy, for whom a draw away or a victory at the limit is also a positive result.

Our Prediction: Double chance (2) & under 3.5 goals

Odds: 1.50