📊 Form Guide

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Liga 1 Play Offs victory over Farul Constanța.

In that match, Steaua Bucharest had 47% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Steaua Bucharest was Adrian Șut (82'). Farul Constanța got 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

Over their prior 6 games, Ilias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have scored a total of 9 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova will come into the meeting after a 2-1 Liga 1 Play Offs win with the defeat of Rapid Bucharest in their last match.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova had 40% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Universitatea Craiova was Alexandru Mitriţă (66'). At the other end, Rapid Bucureşti had 18 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Funsho Bamgboye (48') was the scorer for Rapid Bucharest.

Universitatea Craiova have had no problems opening up opposition defences in their most recent fixtures, having scored 12 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Universitatea Craiova can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same outings. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/09/2022 shows us that Steaua Bucharest have won 3 of them & Universitatea Craiova 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

In all, 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 11 for Steliștii and 5 belonging to Studenţii. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league game featuring these sides was Liga I match day 23 on 28/01/2024 when it finished Universitatea Craiova 0-3 Steaua Bucharest.

In that match, Universitatea Craiova had 53% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Steaua Bucharest had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Darius Olaru (45'), Florinel Coman (50') and David Miculescu (83') scored.

📰 Team News: Steaua Bucharest

The Steaua Bucharest boss Ilias Charalambous does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match owing to a fully healthy group to pick from.

In our view, Steliștii should kick off with a 4-3-3 system in the match, handing starts to Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Siyabonga Ngezana, Vlad Chiriches, Risto Radunovic, Mihai Lixandru, Adrian Sut, Darius Olaru, Octavian Popescu, David Miculescu and Florinel Coman.

ℹ️ Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Owing to a fully healthy squad to choose from, the Universitatea Craiova boss Ivaylo Petev does not have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.

We reckon that Studenţii could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system with a starting lineup of Laurentju Popescu, Stefan Vladoiu, Denil Maldonado, Juraj Badelj, Mihai Capatina, Alexandru Cretu, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Lyes Houri, Stefan Baiaram, Jalen Blesa and Andrei Ivan.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Universitatea Craiova will have to perform well to find the net against this Steaua Bucharest outfit who we think will likely score at least once to gain the upper hand.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Steaua Bucharest at the end of this game.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 07/04/2024