📏 Form Guide

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 3-0 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat last time out to Universitatea Craiova.

In that match, Universitatea Cluj had 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Universitatea Craiova had 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Anzor Mekvabishvili (38') and Carlos Mora (61') scored for Universitatea Craiova.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Universitatea Cluj haven’t conceded. In fact, Universitatea Cluj have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals in the process.

CFR Cluj

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Cluj head into the meeting following a 3-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win in the defeat of Dinamo Bucharest in their previous outing.

In that game, CFR Cluj managed 40% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For CFR Cluj, the goals were scored by Louis Munteanu (15'), Alin Fică (44') and Mohamed Kamara (80'). On the other side, Dinamo Bucureşti had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Stipe Perica (68') scored for Dinamo Bucharest.

Indicating their predisposition for productive encounters, we’ve had goals 21 times in the previous six games in which CFR Cluj have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Their opponents have got 4 from this total. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that trend shall be sustained in this match.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 23/10/2022 shows us that Universitatea Cluj have won 2 of these & Cluj 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 28 overall at an average of 4.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Liga I match day 4 on 09/12/2024 when the final score was Universitatea Cluj 3-2 CFR Cluj.

On that occasion, Universitatea Cluj had 53% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Lucas Masoero (51', 58') and Vladislav Blănuță (69').

CFR Cluj got 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Louis Munteanu (45') and Virgiliu Postolachi (83') scored.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Cluj

It looks as if șepcile roșii will possibly go for a 4-3-1-2 system this time, handing starts to Stefan Lefter, Dorinel Oancea, Iulian Cristea, Lucas Masoero, Alexandru Chipciu, Ovidiu Bic, Andrei Artean, Gabriel Simion, Dan Nistor, Issouf Macalou and Mamadou Khady Thiam.

📰 Team News: Cluj

We believe Ceferiștii could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system, giving starts to Otto Hindrich, Simao Rocha, Leonardo Bolgado, Matei Cristian Ilie, Camora, Alin Razvan Fica, Damjan Djokovic, Meriton Korenica, Virgiliu Postolachi, Louis Munteanu and Mohammed Kamara.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Universitatea Cluj could find themselves up against it to hit the back of the net against this CFR Cluj outfit who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’ve gone for a 0-1 victory for CFR Cluj at the end of the 90.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Lucas Pereira, 17:00 31/03/2025