Steel, the “dogs” will retaliate for the match in the round » The starting teams

In the last stage, the “dogs” drew in Botoșani, score 1-1, after an excellent performance, Zeljko Kopic's students wasting several huge scoring chances. After the difficult trip from the north of Moldova, the opponent who will step on the National Arena is not an easy one either: Oțelul Galați handed the red-whites one of the two defeats suffered in the current season.

The band from the bank of the Danube has only one success in the last four stages of the championship and is right on the edge of the play-off places.

UPDATE at 19:20: Busy moments at the National Arena

Busy moments at the Arena! As the coaches of the two teams arrived at the stadium almost simultaneously, the players of Dinamo and those of Oțel went “arm in arm” to the changing rooms, not separately, as usually happens. Cîrjan and Ciobanu hugged each other warmly, in antithesis with the acid counters that the two clubs had yesterday, on the topic of tickets for the visiting gallery

From Steel, Kazu, unrecovered, did not make the trip. As well as Ștefan Bană, completely out of the team's calculations until the end of the year. Laszlo Balint is not happy with the attitude shown after returning to training.

Live, from 20:45 » Dinamo – Oțelul Galati

Dinamo – Oțelul Galati, the starting teams

Dinamo (4-3-3): Epassy – Ikoko, Boateng, Stoinov, Opruț – Gnahore, Mărginean, Cîrjan (capt.) – Soro, Karamoko, Caragea
reserves: Roșca, Din-Licaciu, Tabuncic, Milanov, Perica, Mazilu, Bordușanu, Soare, Kyriakou, Toader, Al. Pop, Barbulescu
Coach: Zeljko Kopic

Galati Steel (4-2-3-1): Dur-Bozoancă – Conrado, Iacob, Zivulic, Zhelev – Pedro Nuno, Joao Paulo – Lameira (capt.), Andrezinho, Paulinho – Sandu
reserves: Popescu, Ursu, E. Neicu, Rus, Ne Lopes, Chira, Ciobanu, Postelnicu, Frunză, Bordun, Fernandes, C. Neicu
Coach: Laszlo Balint

Referee: Iulian Călin (Ştefăneşti – Argeş)
ASSISTANT: A1: George Florin Neacșu (Câmpulung Muscel – Argeş) / A2: Nicușor Marin (Suseni – Argeş)
VAR referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitesti – Argeş)
Assistant VAR: Lucian Rusandu (Sfântu Gheorghe – Covasna)

Dinamo – Oțelul Galați, the most important details, provided by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache:

• October 19, 2025, Dinamo-Rapid 0-2 was the only defeat suffered at home by the red-whites in the current championshipotherwise four wins and three draws.

• Two successes (4-0 UTA Arad, 3-1 FC Hermannstadt), three draw results and three lost games is the record recorded by the Galatasaray team in the current season as visitors.

• With an average of 13,932 spectators / match at the end of the 17th round, Dinamo occupies 2nd place in the list of assists on home soil from the 2025/2026 season.

• The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 60 times, Bucharest won 36 times, Galaţi won 16 times, and eight other games ended in a draw.

• Records with Dinamo as host: 29 matches – 24 Dinamo successes – 1 draw – 4 wins Oțelul.

• The first game in the championship was played on November 20, 1986, Dinamo-Oţelul 2-0 (Cămătaru, Orac).

• The Super League match with the most goals: December 11, 1988, Dinamo-Otelul 6-3.

• The first victory of the Galatians was barely achieved in the 11th matchon September 1, 1993, Oţelul-Dinamo 2-0 (coaches Aurel Ţicleanu, respectively Florin Halagian).

• Biggest goal difference: five goals, on October 7, 2007, Dinamo-Oțelul 6-1.

• Only two white draws were recorded over time on the first stage, both in Galaţi (last goalless game, September 13, 2003).

• Most recent head-to-head Superliga: 27 September 2025, Steel-Dinamo 2-1 (Paulinho, Kazu / Sivis).

How the Superliga standings look like in real time: