📊 Form Guide

Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-0 Liga 1 Play Offs losing effort in their last game against CFR Cluj.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova managed 64% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, CFR Cluj had 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Mohamed Kamara (22') and Meriton Korenica (44') scored for CFR Cluj.

In their prior 6 fixtures, Constantin Gâlcă's Universitatea Craiova have found the net a combined total of 8 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.33.

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest will go into this meeting following on from a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs win to defeat Universitatea Cluj in their last game.

In that match, Steaua Bucharest had 53% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Steaua Bucharest was David Miculescu (59'). On the other side, Universitatea Cluj got 3 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

Elias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have managed to stick the ball in the net 8 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that same period comes to 11.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 02/09/2023 shows us that Universitatea Craiova have won 1 of these and Steaua Bucharest 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 3 from Studenţii and 10 created by Steliștii. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 30 on 09/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Steaua Bucharest 1-0 Universitatea Craiova.

On that occasion, Steaua Bucharest managed 42% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Adrian Șut (30').

At the other end, Universitatea Craiova got 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Luis Paradela (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Alexandru Cicâldău (unknown injury) won’t be available for Universitatea Craiova gaffer Constantin Gâlcă.

In all likelihood, Studenţii look set to opt for a 4-3-3 formation in the match and select Laurentiu Popescu, Vasile Mogos, Denil Maldonado, Juraj Badelj, Nicusor Bancu, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Vladimir Screciu, Lyes Houri, Stefan Baiaram, Jovo Lukic and Alexandru Mitrita.

📋 Team News: Steaua Bucharest

We reckon that Steliștii will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Mihai Popescu, Risto Radunovic, Vlad Chiriches, Baba Alhassan, David Miculescu, Juri Cisotti, Mihai Toma and Daniel Birligea.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Steaua Bucharest and Universitatea Craiova could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We therefore see a very close game with a 1-1 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 17:01 13/04/2025