📊 Form Guide

Farul Constanța

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Farul Constanța are hoping to win again following a 1-2 Liga 1 Play Offs victory over Universitatea Craiova.

In that game, Farul Constanța managed 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For their opponents, Universitatea Craiova had 15 shots on goal with 4 on target.

It has not been often in recent games where Farul Constanța have shown defensive steel. In fact, Farul Constanța have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 5 goals in the process. That being said, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be replicated in this next match.

CFR Cluj

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Since being beaten in their last game against Steaua Bucharest in Liga 1 Play Offs competition, Cluj and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, CFR Cluj managed 53% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, FCSB had 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Florinel Coman (16') was the scorer for Steaua Bucharest.

The stats don’t lie, and Cluj have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals overall. In defence, CFR Cluj could really do with shoring things up.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 28/08/2022 tells us that Farul Constanța have won 3 of them & Cluj 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Farul and 9 created by Ceferiștii. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Liga I match day 29 on 02/03/2024 when the final score was Farul Constanța 1-1 CFR Cluj.

In that game, Farul Constanța had 46% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ronaldo Deaconu (65').

For their opponents, CFR Cluj got 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Arlind Ajeti (82') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Farul Constanța

The Farul Constanța boss Gheorghe Hagi will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash with a fully injury-free group to choose from.

It looks as if Farul Constanța look set to use the 3-4-3 system for this one and select Alexandru Buzbuchi, Ionut Larie, Diogo Queiros, Gustavo Marins, Mihai Popescu, Ionut Vina, Constantin Grameni, Cristian Ganea, Narek Grigoryan, Louis Munteanu and Ionut Cojocaru.

📋 Team News: Cluj

Due to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Cluj manager Andrea Mandorlini has no fitness worries at all before this game.

We’re of the thinking that Ceferiștii could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 system by sending out Razvan Sava, Camora, Anton Kresic, Matija Boben, Cristian Manea, Kader Keita, Karlo Muhar, Durel Avounou, Ciprian Ioan Deac, Philip Otele and Daniel Birligea.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Farul Constanța could find themselves up against it to find the net against this CFR Cluj lineup who we reckon should score at least once to put them ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 0-1 win for CFR Cluj at the end of the match.

It should be a good one.

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Victor Martins, 17:07 19/04/2024