Oţelul Galaţi vs FCSB Prediction: A side expected to keep a clean sheet

Oţelul Galaţi will host FCSB at the Stadionul Oţelul on Monday in round 18 of the Romania Liga I. The hosts returned to winning ways in their last game after 10 winless games. Can they build on this win? Below are previews, H2H, expert betting tips, and odds.

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Oţelul Galaţi returned to winning ways with a 1-0 win over Farul Constanta in their last game. Teles scored the only goal of the game in the 90+5th minute when everything was pointing to a draw. The win was their first after they had remain winless in 10 straight games. They sit 9th on the table with 23 points in 17 games, scoring 13 and conceding 12.

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FCSB secured a goalless draw in their last match at the Europa League, despite playing with 10 men for the last 20 minutes of the game. They now return to the league where they defeated Unirea Slobozia 3-0 in their last game. They remain unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 league games and 3 of their last 4 on the road. They sit 5th on the table with 27 points in 17 games, scoring 23 goals and conceding 18.

Both sides have met 14 times since 2012. Oţelul Galaţi won 3, FCSB won 6, and 5 ended in draws. Oţelul won the last 2 games between the two sides and remain unbeaten in the last 3.

Despite winning their last game and the last two games against FCSB, Oţelul are still not a side to trust at this moment. They endured a 10-game winless run before managing a win against Farul Constanta. However, FCSB are unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 games. With this, I am siding with the visitors to get a win in this game and also keep a clean sheet because a side has kept a clean sheet in each of the last 3 games played by Otelul, and the same result has been seen in 8 of FCSB’s last 10 games. Moreover, 5 of the last 6 games between these two sides have followed that trend. So I strongly believe this game will also follow suit.

• BTTS-NO for 1.67 odds
• W2 for 2.05 odds
• Under 2.5 for 1.60 odds