📏 Form Guide

Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat in their last game at the hands of Universitatea Cluj.

In that game, Universitatea Craiova managed 47% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Universitatea Craiova, the goals were scored by Alexandru Mitriță (20') and Gjoko Zajkov (76' Own goal). At the other end, Universitatea Cluj had 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Mamadou Thiam (59') was the scorer for Universitatea Cluj.

In their last six games, Constantin Gâlcă's Universitatea Craiova have found the net 8 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.

Rapid Bucharest

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Steaua Bucharest in Liga 1 Play Offs competition, Rapid Bucharest will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Rapid Bucharest managed 57% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rapid Bucharest was Tobias Christensen (48'). FCSB got 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Juri Cisotti (6') and Daniel Bîrligea (42') scored for Steaua Bucharest.

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 overall. Defensively, Rapid Bucharest certainly have room for improvement. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 04/03/2024 shows us that Universitatea Craiova have won 3 of these and Rapid Bucharest 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A combined total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 from Studenţii and 6 being from Giuleștenii. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league game between these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 2 on 29/03/2025 when the final score was Rapid Bucharest 1-2 Universitatea Craiova.

On that occasion, Rapid Bucharest had 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

Universitatea Craiova got 13 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Anzor Mekvabishvili (18'), Gjoko Zajkov (55' Own goal) and Alexandru Mitriță (90') scored.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Luis Paradela (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Alexandru Cicâldău (unknown injury) won’t be available for Universitatea Craiova manager Constantin Gâlcă.

It’s our opinion that Studenţii could make use of the 4-3-3 formation for this game featuring Laurentiu Popescu, Carlos Mora, Gjoko Zajkov, Juraj Badelj, Nicusor Bancu, Takuto Oshima, Vladimir Screciu, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Stefan Baiaram, Alisson Safira and Alexandru Mitrita.

📰 Team News: Rapid Bucharest

We believe Giuleștenii could decide to elect for a 3-4-3 formation, choosing Mihai Aioani, Denis Ciobotariu, Cristian Ignat, Alexandru Pascanu, Christopher Braun, Tobias Christensen, Kader Keita, Andrei Borza, Alex Dobre, Borisav Burmaz and Claudiu Petrila.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Rapid Bucharest should be able to breach the defence of this Universitatea Craiova team, however that probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We can see a close game with a 2-1 win for Universitatea Craiova at the end of the match. It really should be an interesting one.

Lucas Pereira, 17:01 02/05/2025