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Steaua Bucharest vs Universitatea Craiova Live Stream, Predictions
This looming Liga 1 Play Offs match will see Steaua Bucharest up against Universitatea Craiova on Saturday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Steaua Bucharest v Universitatea Craiova match are shown here - plus the latest betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Steaua Bucharest
WDWWLW
Steaua Bucharest will be looking for another win after the 1-0 Liga I success versus Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.
The only name on the scoresheet from Steaua Bucharest was Octavian Popescu (21').
It’s been all too rare in recent times that Steaua Bucharest have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Steaua Bucharest have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals in the process. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Universitatea Craiova
WDLWWW 📈
Universitatea Craiova will come into the match following on from a 2-1 Liga I win vs UTA Arad in their last outing.
In that game, Universitatea Craiova had 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Universitatea Craiova, goals were scored by Jovan Marković (52') and Elvir Koljić (65'). UTA Arad had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target.
For 5 of the prior 6 clashes involving Universitatea Craiova, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell comes to a meagre 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by Studenţii standing at 1.17.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 25/07/2021 tells us that Steaua Bucharest have won 3 of these games and Universitatea Craiova 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 of them from Steliștii and 8 for Studenţii. That is an average goals per game value of 3.
The previous league meeting between these clubs was Liga I match day 26 on 19/02/2023 when the final score was Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Universitatea Craiova.
ℹ️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest
The Steaua Bucharest manager Mihai Pintilii will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash with a fully healthy squad available to select from.
We are thinking that Steliștii could line up in a 4-3-3 formation in the match with Stefan Tarnovanu, Deian Sorescu, J. Dawa Tchakonte, Iulian Cristea, Risto Radunovic, Darius Olaru, Adrian Sut, Malcom Edjouma, Florinel Coman, Andrea Compagno and Octavian Popescu.
📰 Team News: Universitatea Craiova
Universitatea Craiova boss Victor Piţurcă has to choose a team with limited availability. Aurelian Chitu (Shoulder Injury), William Baeten (Metatarsal Fracture) and Alexandru Voda (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are those who can’t be considered.
We’re of the thinking that Studenţii could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Laurentju Popescu, Stefan Vladoiu, Gjoko Zajkov, Valerica Gaman, Basilio Ndong, Alexandru Cretu, Vladimir Screciu, Alexandru Isfan, Stefan Baiaram, Andrei Ivan and Elvir Koljic.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that in this game, Universitatea Craiova are dangerous enough to get a goal against this Steaua Bucharest outfit, although that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Steaua Bucharest after 90 minutes. It should be a decent one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 12:10 15/03/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Steaua Bucharest
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Arena Națională (55,634)
Captain: Florinel Coman
Chairman: Valeriu Argăseală
Manager: Mihai Pintilii
Competitions: Liga I position 3, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
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30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 64 | WWWLW |
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30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 63 | WWWDW |
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30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 57 | DWWLW |
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30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 54 | DLWWW |
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30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 52 | DWWLL |
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30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 42 | WLDLW |
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30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 40 | WDWLL |
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30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | -16 | 36 | LLLLW |
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30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -12 | 34 | DWWWL |
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30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 34 | LWWDD |
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30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -15 | 32 | DLLLD |
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30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 32 | DLDLD |
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30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 32 | DLLWW |
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30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -20 | 27 | LLLDL |
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30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 27 | DLLWL |
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30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -22 | 22 | DLLWD |
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