This Liga 1 Play Offs tie on Saturday sees Universitatea Cluj locking horns with Universitatea Craiova.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Universitatea Cluj v Universitatea Craiova game (including the best match odds).
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Universitatea Cluj
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Universitatea Cluj will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-2 Liga 1 Play Offs triumph vs Rapid Bucharest.
In that game, Universitatea Cluj managed 52% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Universitatea Cluj was Issouf Macalou (77'). Rapid Bucureşti had 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.
Over their past six games, Ioan Sabău's Universitatea Cluj have netted 6 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.
Universitatea Craiova
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Universitatea Craiova will go into this match following a 0-2 Liga 1 Play Offs win with the eclipse of Dinamo Bucharest in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Universitatea Craiova had 55% possession and 11 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Universitatea Craiova was Alexandru Mitriță (63'). Dinamo Bucureşti had 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Universitatea Craiova has been evident recently. Looking at their last six outings shows that it’s occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 4 while Universitatea Craiova have scored 7.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head meetings dating back to 23/09/2023 shows us that Universitatea Cluj have won 0 of these games & Universitatea Craiova 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 4.
A sum of 14 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 for șepcile roșii and 9 coming from Studenţii. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.
The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 1 on 14/03/2025 and the score finished Universitatea Craiova 3-0 Universitatea Cluj.
In that game, Universitatea Craiova managed 46% possession and 16 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Anzor Mekvabishvili (38') and Carlos Mora (61').
Universitatea Cluj got 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target.
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Team News: Universitatea Craiova
Universitatea Craiova manager Constantin Gâlcă has multiple availability issues to deal with. Luis Paradela (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Alexandru Cicâldău (unknown injury) are not able to play.
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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,
11:00 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Universitatea Cluj
Formed: 1919
Stadium: Cluj Arena (3,201)
Captain: Alexandru Chipciu
Chairman: Radu Costantea
Manager: Ioan Sabău
Competitions: Liga I position 4