📏 Form Guide

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-1 Liga 1 Play Offs victory over CFR Cluj.

In that match, Steaua Bucharest managed 47% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Steaua Bucharest was Florinel Coman (16'). CFR Cluj had 22 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

An interesting feature of recent Steaua Bucharest games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

Taking their previous six clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost. Even so, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern shall be sustained in this next match.

Rapid Bucharest

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After a loss in their previous game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe in Liga 1 Play Offs action, Rapid Bucharest will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Rapid Bucharest had 41% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Sepsi OSK had 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Gabriel Debeljuh (90') scored for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

The numbers tell their own story, and Rapid Bucharest have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. At the back, Rapid Bucharest certainly have room for improvement.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 24/07/2022 tells us that Steaua Bucharest have won 1 of these games & Rapid Bucharest 5, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Steliștii and 15 created by Giuleștenii. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 30 on 09/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Rapid Bucharest 4-0 Steaua Bucharest.

On that day, Rapid Bucharest managed 38% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Albion Rrahmani (54', 82') and Ermal Krasniqi (74').

On the other side, Steaua Bucharest got 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

🗞️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest

The Steaua Bucharest manager Ilias Charalambous has a full complement, with no fitness worries at all ahead of this game owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

It looks as if Steliștii look set to kick off with a 4-3-3 formation for this game and select Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Vlad Chiriches, Risto Radunovic, Mihai Lixandru, Adrian Sut, Darius Olaru, Octavian Popescu, David Miculescu and Florinel Coman.

📰 Team News: Rapid Bucharest

From a largely available squad, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Rapid Bucharest boss Cristiano Bergodi to be concerned with. Mattias Käit (surgery) won’t be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Giuleștenii seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 lineup, choosing Mihai Aioani, Christopher Braun, Cristian Sapunaru, Paul Iacob, Andrei Borza, Jakub Hromada, Razvan Oaida, Florent Hasani, Ermal Krasniqi, Albion Rrahmani and Claudiu Petrila.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Rapid Bucharest could find themselves up against it to register a score against this Steaua Bucharest lineup who we reckon should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore expecting a narrow 1-0 win for Steaua Bucharest when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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Victor Martins, 17:04 20/04/2024