📏 Form Guide

Rapid Bucharest

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Rapid Bucharest will play in this fixture after a 0-0 Liga 1 Play Offs draw versus Dinamo Bucharest.

In that game, Rapid Bucharest had 39% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Dinamo Bucureşti got 25 shots on goal with 5 on target.

Marius Şumudică's Rapid Bucharest have hit the target 5 times over their last 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time amounts to 6.

CFR Cluj

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In their last fixture, Cluj drew 2-2 in the Liga 1 Play Offs tie with Universitatea Craiova.

In that game, CFR Cluj managed 38% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For CFR Cluj, the scorers were Lindon Emërllahu (53') and Béni Nkololo (58'). Universitatea Craiova got 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Alexandru Mitriță (50', 67') was the scorer for Universitatea Craiova.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, CFR Cluj have bagged a tally of 9 goals. CFR Cluj have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they’ve seen 7 goals go into their own net. That aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern might be maintained in this upcoming game or not.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 10/02/2024 shows that Rapid Bucharest have won 1 of them and Cluj 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A combined sum of 19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Giuleștenii and 11 coming from Ceferiștii. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league fixture between the two was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 4 on 14/04/2025 when it finished CFR Cluj 1-1 Rapid Bucharest.

That time, CFR Cluj managed 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Leo Bolgado (7').

On the other side, Rapid Bucharest got 5 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Mattias Käit (52') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: Rapid Bucharest

It’s our opinion that Giuleștenii look set to use a 4-3-3 system in the match featuring Mihai Aioani, Cristian Manea, Denis Ciobotariu, Cristian Ignat, Andrei Borza, Tobias Christensen, Cristian Sapunaru, Catalin Vulturar, Alex Dobre, Borisav Burmaz and Claudiu Petrila.

📰 Team News: Cluj

Cluj manager Dan Petrescu has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Adel Bettaieb (unknown injury), Gabriel Simion (unknown injury), Iulian Cristea (unknown injury), Jasper van der Werff (unknown injury) and Ovidiu Bic (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances.

There’s a good chance that Ceferiștii will likely play in a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Mihai Popa, Aly Abeid, Leonardo Bolgado, Matei Cristian Ilie, Camora, Alin Razvan Fica, Lindon Emerllahu, Adrian Paun, Ciprian Ioan Deac, Virgiliu Postolachi and Andres Sfait.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, CFR Cluj and Rapid Bucharest should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90.

Peter Guest, 17:03 19/05/2025