Their upcoming Liga 1 Play Offs fixture will see Steaua Bucharest readying themselves for opponents Farul Constanța on Saturday.
View all of the Steaua Bucharest v Farul Constanța predictions, poll and stats below - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Steaua Bucharest
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Steaua Bucharest enter this fixture after a 2-2 Liga 1 Play Offs tied result vs Rapid Bucharest.
In that game, Steaua Bucharest had 69% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Steaua Bucharest, the scorers were Darius Olaru (10') and Alexandru Băluță (57'). Rapid Bucureşti got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ermal Krasniqi (12') and Albion Rrahmani (16') scored for Rapid Bucharest.
Ilias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have managed to score a sum total of 8 times in their past 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same games is 7.
Farul Constanța
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Farul Constanța go into this match after a 5-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win in the defeat of CFR Cluj in their previous game.
In that game, Farul Constanța had 50% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Farul Constanța, the goals were scored by Louis Munteanu (22'), Constantin Grameni (67') and Cristian Ganea (83'). At the other end, CFR Cluj had 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.
The stats don’t lie, and Farul Constanța have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 5 goals in all. In defence, Farul Constanța could really do with shoring things up. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 29/01/2023 shows us that Steaua Bucharest have won 3 of them & Farul Constanța 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from Steliștii and 8 for Farul. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 2 on 31/03/2024 when it finished Farul Constanța 0-1 Steaua Bucharest.
That day, Farul Constanța managed 53% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target.
At the other end, Steaua Bucharest got 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Adrian Șut (82') was the scorer.
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Team News: Steaua Bucharest
The Steaua Bucharest boss Ilias Charalambous will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.
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Team News: Farul Constanța
Thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from, the Farul Constanța boss Gheorghe Hagi has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.
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Prediction
In our opinion, Farul Constanța may not find it easy to score goals against this Steaua Bucharest outfit who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore anticipating a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for Steaua Bucharest after 90 minutes.
It should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
16:01 24/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Steaua Bucharest
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Arena Națională (55,634)
Captain: Darius Olaru
Chairman: Valeriu Argăseală
Manager: Ilias Charalambous
Competitions: Liga I position 1