📊 Form Guide

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs loss in their previous game against CFR Cluj.

In that match, Universitatea Cluj managed 65% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. CFR Cluj had 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Meriton Korenica (35') scored for CFR Cluj.

Over their preceding 6 games, Ioan Sabău's Universitatea Cluj have celebrated scoring 7 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest come into this encounter following a 3-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win versus Dinamo Bucharest in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Steaua Bucharest managed 48% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Steaua Bucharest, the scorers were Daniel Bîrligea (23') and Octavian Popescu (26', 36'). At the other end, Dinamo Bucureşti got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

During their six previous matches, Elias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have slotted home a total of 11 times thus yielding them a goals per game average of 1.83.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 31/10/2022 shows us that Universitatea Cluj have won 1 of these & Steaua Bucharest 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 of them for șepcile roșii and 7 for Steliștii. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league clash between these clubs was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 3 on 05/04/2025 and the score finished Steaua Bucharest 1-0 Universitatea Cluj.

On that occasion, Steaua Bucharest had 53% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was David Miculescu (59').

Universitatea Cluj had 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

🗞️ Team News: Universitatea Cluj

In all likelihood, șepcile roșii will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation, beginning the first half with Edvinas Gertmonas, Gabriel Simion, Lucas Masoero, Iulian Cristea, Alexandru Chipciu, Andrei Artean, Dorin Codrea, Mamadou Khady Thiam, Dan Nistor, Ovidiu Bic and Vladislav Blanuta.

ℹ️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest

We are inclined to think that Steliștii could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Mihai Popescu, Risto Radunovic, Vlad Chiriches, Adrian Sut, Juri Cisotti, Florin Tanase, Octavian Popescu and Daniel Birligea.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Universitatea Cluj could find themselves up against it to find the net against this Steaua Bucharest side who we think will just have the edge.

Therefore, we predict a very even contest with a 0-1 victory for Steaua Bucharest at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 17:01 11/05/2025