Oţelul Galaţi vs Universitatea Cluj Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Oţelul Galaţi

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Oţelul Galaţi are hoping to win again following a 2-0 Liga 1 Play Offs victory against Botoșani.

In that game, Oţelul Galaţi managed 53% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Oţelul Galaţi, the goalscorers were Pablo Gaitán (12') and Anes Rušević (45'). Botoșani had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Oţelul Galaţi have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 7 during that time and have conceded a total of 6. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this game, however.

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj will go into this clash after a 0-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win vs Voluntari in their most recent outing.

In that game, Universitatea Cluj had 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Universitatea Cluj was Dan Nistor (18'). Voluntari got 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Ioan Sabău's Universitatea Cluj have fired home a total of 8 times in the course of their latest sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 9.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 19/12/2013 shows that Oţelul Galaţi have won 3 of these & Universitatea Cluj 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 8 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 of them from Oţelarii and 3 being from șepcile roșii. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 5 on 21/04/2024 and the score finished Oţelul Galaţi 1-0 Universitatea Cluj.

On that day, Oţelul Galaţi managed 42% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, Universitatea Cluj got 11 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

ℹ️ Team News: Oţelul Galaţi

The Oţelul Galaţi manager Dorinel Munteanu will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash thanks to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Cluj

Owing to a fully healthy group available for selection, the Universitatea Cluj boss Ioan Sabău does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Universitatea Cluj and Oţelul Galaţi should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:00 17/05/2024