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Steaua Bucharest vs FC U Craiova Live Stream, Predictions
Steaua Bucharest face off with away team FC U Craiova at Arena Națională in the Liga I clash on Monday.
All Steaua Bucharest v FC U Craiova game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Steaua Bucharest
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Steaua Bucharest prepare for this match after a 1-1 Liga I drawn result versus FC U Craiova.
In that match, Steaua Bucharest managed 39% possession and 16 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The only player to score for Steaua Bucharest was Joonas Tamm (48'). On the other side, FC U Craiova got 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.
It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Steaua Bucharest have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Steaua Bucharest have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals in the process. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
FC U Craiova
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In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving FC U Craiova, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per match during that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for FC U Craiova coming out as 1.5.
Coming into this fixture, FC U Craiova have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 05/12/2009 tells us that these encounters have been pretty painful for FC U Craiova. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Steaua Bucharest have simply been better than them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those games played.
A combined sum of 12 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from Steliștii and 4 belonging to Studenții. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.
The last league match featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 3 on 01/08/2022 when it ended Steaua Bucharest 1-1 FC U Craiova.
That day, Steaua Bucharest had 39% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The scorer was Joonas Tamm (48').
At the other end, FC U Craiova got 8 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.
ℹ️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest
The Steaua Bucharest boss Bogdan Vintilă will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match with a completely healthy squad to pick from.
ℹ️ Team News: FC U Craiova
Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the FC U Craiova manager Adrian Mutu does not have any fitness concerns at all before this game. Terell Ondaan is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that FC U Craiova are capable enough to find the net against this Steaua Bucharest lineup, however that realistically won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 winning score for Steaua Bucharest when all is said and done. Should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 00:18 28/07/2022

🏟️ Team Focus:
Steaua Bucharest
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Arena Națională (55,634)
Captain: Mihai Pintilii
Chairman: Valeriu Argăseală
Manager: Bogdan Vintilă
Competitions: Liga I position 14
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | WLWWD |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | DLLWW |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | LLWLW |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | LWLWW |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | WWWLW |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | WWWLW |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | WWDWD |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | WD |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | WLLWD |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 | LWLWL |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 | WWLDD |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 | WWDDL |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 | DDL |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 | LWDLD |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 | LLD |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | LLLLL |
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