📏 Form Guide

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-2 Liga 1 Play Offs success versus Rapid Bucharest.

In that match, Universitatea Cluj managed 52% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Universitatea Cluj was Issouf Macalou (77'). For their opponents, Rapid Bucureşti had 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

In their past 6 games, Ioan Sabău's Universitatea Cluj have hit the target a combined total of 6 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

Universitatea Craiova

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Universitatea Craiova will come into the meeting after a 0-2 Liga 1 Play Offs win with the defeat of Dinamo Bucharest in their last outing.

In that game, Universitatea Craiova had 55% possession and 11 shots on goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Universitatea Craiova was Alexandru Mitriță (63'). On the other side, Dinamo Bucureşti got 12 shots on goal with 2 on target.

A series of hard-working showings from the Universitatea Craiova defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their last 6 clashes overall. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 7.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 23/09/2023 tells us that Universitatea Cluj have won 0 of them & Universitatea Craiova 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 4.

A total of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for șepcile roșii and 9 created by Studenţii. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league contest between the two was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 1 on 14/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Universitatea Craiova 3-0 Universitatea Cluj.

That time, Universitatea Craiova managed 46% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Goals were scored by Anzor Mekvabishvili (38') and Carlos Mora (61').

Universitatea Cluj got 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Cluj

We think that șepcile roșii look set to kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation, handing starts to Edvinas Gertmonas, Radu Boboc, Andrei Artean, Lucas Masoero, Alexandru Chipciu, Gabriel Simion, Dorin Codrea, Issouf Macalou, Andrej Fabry, Mamadou Khady Thiam and Vladislav Blanuta.

📰 Team News: Universitatea Craiova

Universitatea Craiova boss Constantin Gâlcă has not got a full squad to pick from. Luis Paradela (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Alexandru Cicâldău (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that Studenţii appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Laurentiu Popescu, Carlos Mora, Gjoko Zajkov, Juraj Badelj, Nicusor Bancu, Takuto Oshima, Vladimir Screciu, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Stefan Baiaram, Alisson Safira and Alexandru Mitrita.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Universitatea Cluj could find themselves up against it to put one past this Universitatea Craiova team who we think will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We therefore fancy a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning score for Universitatea Craiova when the referee blows for full-time.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Peter Guest, 16:02 26/04/2025