Universitatea Craiova vs Cluj Live Stream, Predictions

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Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Liga 1 Play Offs victory over Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova had 46% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Universitatea Craiova, goals were scored by Denil Maldonado (11'), Andrei Ivan (26') and Lyes Houri (68'). On the other side, Sepsi OSK got 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Marius Ștefănescu (40') scored for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

Universitatea Craiova have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, although they’ve also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Universitatea Craiova have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches.

CFR Cluj

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Farul Constanța in Liga 1 Play Offs competition, Cluj will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, CFR Cluj managed 50% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For their opponents, Farul Constanța had 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Louis Munteanu (22'), Constantin Grameni (67') and Cristian Ganea (83') scored for Farul Constanța.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cluj have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals in total. Defensively, CFR Cluj have not been doing too well. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings dating back to 11/02/2023 shows us that Universitatea Craiova have won 3 of them and Cluj 0, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from Studenţii and 4 being from Ceferiștii. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 1 on 16/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of CFR Cluj 1-2 Universitatea Craiova.

That day, CFR Cluj had 64% possession and 25 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Matei Ilie (66').

On the other side, Universitatea Craiova got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Alexandru Mitriţă (51') was the scorer.

📋 Team News: Universitatea Craiova

The Universitatea Craiova manager Ivaylo Petev has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

We are thinking that Studenţii may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, handing starts to Laurentju Popescu, Stefan Vladoiu, Denil Maldonado, Juraj Badelj, Nicusor Bancu, Alexandru Cretu, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Stefan Baiaram, Lyes Houri, Andrei Ivan and Jovan Markovic.

🗞️ Team News: Cluj

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Cluj manager Andrea Mandorlini does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.

There’s a good chance that Ceferiștii could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, settling for Razvan Sava, Cristian Manea, Matija Boben, Anton Kresic, Camora, Karlo Muhar, Kader Keita, Durel Avounou, Ciprian Ioan Deac, Peter Michael and Philip Otele.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. We’re therefore anticipating a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 11:00 25/04/2024