Steaua vs Chelsea betting tips 1 October 2013 Champions League Isaiah

Steaua vs Chelsea betting tips 1 October 2013 Champions League: "Steaua continued their good run in the domestic championship with a 3:0 victory last weekend at home over Poli Timisoara. It was another one sided game as the home side entered the match pretty strongly and sealed the victory already in the first half-time. In-form striker Piovaccari brought them into a 1:0 lead in 27th minute while the things got much easier as the visitors stood with a man less from 40th minute."

Excluded player and penalty awarded for Steaua got the home side into a 2:0 lead as Stanciu hit the goal, while Popa added the third one fourteen minutes before the full time whistle. With this victory behind their back, they have now 6-1-0 record in the Romanian league and are sharing the first position together with Astra and Petrolul. However, the only defeat they suffered into the new season was in the first round of Champions League as they visited Schalke and suffered a 3:0 loss. Despite the fact that they were competitive and equal opponent for the most of the game, they conceded three goals in last twenty five minutes and left the pitch empty handed. Now, will try to recover their chances in this group, as they remember the match against Chelsea few months ago when they won over them in the first leg of Europa League knock-out game.

Striker Nikolic and midfielder Chipciu are still sidelined with injuries and didn’t perform from the start of the season, while the Romanians actually have little to worry. Defensive midfielder Pintilii suffered injury during training session and is questionable for this game.


Chelsea didn’t make the best step into the new season and will surely be looking to improve that in Buchuresti tonight. They are coming from a 1:1 draw away from home against Tottenham in a local derby, as the team didn’t look very fluent once again and had to chase the lead of hosts from 19th minute.

With this draw, they have now 3-2-1 record in Premier League and are four points below Liverpool and Tottenham, while the primary target remains winning all the competitions possible. Having in mind their shocking start in Champions League, where they lost at home to Basel 1:2, despite the fact they were winning at halftime with a goal from Oscar in 45th, there is no doubt that Chelsea will give everything tonight to get back onto the winning path and secure three points. Every other result would bring them much closer of being out of the competition after first six rounds and therefore we should expect fully motivated English side. Attacking midfielder Hazard (6/0) didn’t travel to Romania after picking an injury in game against Spurs, while van Ginkel and Essien remain injured from weeks ago. Torres is expected to start at the top of attack since he is suspended in the Premier League.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Chelsea’s last seven games in the Champions League.
No doubt that Steaua can be competitive in this game, but odds of around 1.80 on Chelsea’s victory when the English side is in a must win situation is so big competition as Champions League is, can not be missed this time.

Bet: Chelsea Wins