Rapid Bucharest vs Universitatea Craiova Live Stream, Predictions

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Rapid Bucharest

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Rapid Bucharest will be wanting a better result here following the 3-1 Liga 1 Play Offs losing effort in their last game against Farul Constanța.

In that game, Rapid Bucharest had 41% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Rapid Bucharest was Albion Rrahmani (45'). Farul Constanța had 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Louis Munteanu (40') and Amine Benchaib (69') scored for Farul Constanța.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Rapid Bucharest have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Rapid Bucharest have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 14 goals during that time.

Universitatea Craiova

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Since a losing effort in their last game against CFR Cluj in Liga 1 Play Offs action, Universitatea Craiova and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova had 54% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. CFR Cluj got 18 shots at goal with 5 on target. Daniel Bîrligea (71') was the scorer for CFR Cluj.

The stats don’t lie, and Universitatea Craiova have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals in total. In defence, Universitatea Craiova have been far from perfect. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 12/11/2022 shows us that Rapid Bucharest have won 1 of these games and Universitatea Craiova 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Giuleștenii and 11 created by Studenţii. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league match between these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 2 on 30/03/2024 which ended up with the score at Universitatea Craiova 2-1 Rapid Bucharest.

On that day, Universitatea Craiova had 40% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Alexandru Mitriţă (66').

Rapid Bucharest had 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Funsho Bamgboye (48') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Rapid Bucharest

Mattias Käit (surgery) and Jakub Hromada (Shoulder injury) won’t be available for Rapid Bucharest manager Cristiano Bergodi.

ℹ️ Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Owing to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Universitatea Craiova boss Ivaylo Petev has zero fitness worries at all before this clash.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Universitatea Craiova could find themselves up against it to breach the defence of this Rapid Bucharest team who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We therefore see a 1-0 winning margin for Rapid Bucharest at the end of the match.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 08:01 26/04/2024