Cluj vs Universitatea Craiova Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

CFR Cluj

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Cluj will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat last time out to Universitatea Cluj.

In that game, CFR Cluj managed 62% possession and 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. Universitatea Cluj got 4 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Vladislav Blănuță (43') scored for Universitatea Cluj.

Their latest results show that much solidity has been shown by the CFR Cluj rearguard. CFR Cluj have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past 6 outings standing at 4. However, we must now wait to see whether such a trend might be replicated in this upcoming match.

Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova come into this clash following a 1-2 Liga 1 Play Offs win as they beat Rapid Bucharest in their previous game.

In that game, Universitatea Craiova managed 53% possession and 13 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Universitatea Craiova, the goalscorers were Anzor Mekvabishvili (18'), Gjoko Zajkov (55' Own goal) and Alexandru Mitriță (90'). At the other end, Rapid Bucureşti had 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Constantin Gâlcă's Universitatea Craiova have fired home a total of 10 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.67.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 30/07/2023 tells us that Cluj have won 2 of them & Universitatea Craiova 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 for Ceferiștii and 6 coming from Studenţii. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 18 on 01/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Universitatea Craiova 0-2 CFR Cluj.

On that occasion, Universitatea Craiova managed 66% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

At the other end, CFR Cluj got 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Matei Ilie (5') and Meriton Korenica (87') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Universitatea Craiova boss Constantin Gâlcă has multiple availability issues to deal with. Luis Paradela (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Alexandru Cicâldău (unknown injury) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Universitatea Craiova might have a difficult job to break down this CFR Cluj side who we think will likely gain the upper hand.

Therefore, we predict a 1-0 winning score for CFR Cluj when all is said and done.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Peter Guest, 05:00 04/04/2025