📊 Form Guide

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest go into this game following a 0-0 Liga 1 Play Offs stalemate against Universitatea Craiova.

In that game, Steaua Bucharest managed 53% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Universitatea Craiova got 13 shots on goal with 8 of them on target.

In their preceding 6 fixtures, Elias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have hit the back of the net a total of 7 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.

CFR Cluj

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In their last fixture, Cluj drew 1-1 in the Liga 1 Play Offs tie with Rapid Bucharest.

In that game, CFR Cluj had 45% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for CFR Cluj was Leo Bolgado (7'). For their opponents, Rapid Bucureşti got 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Mattias Käit (52') was the scorer for Rapid Bucharest.

A series of resolute displays from the CFR Cluj defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 outings combined. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 13. We will see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/08/2023 shows us that Steaua Bucharest have won 2 of these & Cluj 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A combined total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 of them from Steliștii and 5 for Ceferiștii. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 24 on 02/02/2025 when it ended Steaua Bucharest 1-1 CFR Cluj.

On that day, Steaua Bucharest managed 58% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was David Miculescu (57').

On the other side, CFR Cluj had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Louis Munteanu (53') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest

In our view, Steliștii will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time with Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Mihai Popescu, Risto Radunovic, Vlad Chiriches, Juri Cisotti, David Miculescu, Florin Tanase, Octavian Popescu and Daniel Birligea.

ℹ️ Team News: Cluj

From our viewpoint, Ceferiștii might utilise a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Otto Hindrich, Simao Rocha, Leonardo Bolgado, Matei Cristian Ilie, Camora, Lindon Emerllahu, Damjan Djokovic, Alin Razvan Fica, Meriton Korenica, Louis Munteanu and Mohammed Kamara.

🔮 Prediction

For this match, we think that CFR Cluj have it in them to score against this Steaua Bucharest team, although it realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Steaua Bucharest when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 16:00 20/04/2025