Preview

• Universitatea Cluj host Rapid on 2025-05-24 at 16:00 GMT, as part of the Championship Round of the 2024-2025's Liga I in Cluj Arena.
• In their most recent 7 matchups, I. Sabău has 4 victories, while M. Şumudică has no victories, and 3 draws.
• The current standings see Universitatea Cluj hold 3rd place with 38 points, while Rapid occupy 5th with 32 points.
• Both teams have no missing players.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Universitatea Cluj should be met by Rapid's expected 4-1-4-1.
• The previous match saw D. Nistor lead Universitatea Cluj with a 8.2 TheyScored rating, and A. Dobre top-rating for Rapid at 7.6.
• Conflicting outcomes: Universitatea Cluj triumphed 3-1 over Dinamo Bucureşti, while Rapid went down 1-4 to CFR Cluj.
• Form edge goes to Universitatea Cluj (3-0-2) against a faltering Rapid (1-1-3) from their past 5 matches.
• Very even book: across 11 encounters, it stands at 4-4 wins with 3 draws between Universitatea Cluj and Rapid.
• A tight contest is expected: our model tips a 1-1 draw, reflecting Universitatea Cluj's 11-3-5 home form and Rapid's 4-10-5 away record.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

24/05/2025 15:00

Cluj Arena

G. Găman

Liga I

Team Kits

Events

35'		Penalty confirmed	Alexandru Dobre - VAR
36'		0 - 1	B. Burmaz (PEN)
39'	A. Fabry L. Masoero	1 - 1
42'			R. Pop
45+2'	C. Braun (OG)	2 - 1
HT 2 - 1
54'			C. Petrila R. Pop
71'	D. Codrea
72'	R. Silaghi D. Oancea
72'	B. Mitrea A. Fabry
74'		2 - 2	C. Petrila C. Grameni
80'	R. Oaida D. Codrea
80'	O. Popescu L. Cristea
81'			S. Banu C. Grameni
81'			R. Onea C. Braun
88'			F. Stolz
90+3'			T. Christensen
90+5'			A. Sucu A. Dobre
90+5'			A. Niculcea B. Burmaz

Stats

Lineups

Universitatea ClujRapid Bucureşti

Universitatea Cluj 4-2-3-1 I. Sabău

6.9

Stefan Lefter

6.3

Robert Silaghi

7.2

Lucas Masoero

6.6

Ovidiu Popescu

6.3

Andrei Artean

6.7

Răzvan Oaidă

7

Dan Nistor

6.9

Issouf Macalou

6.7

Bogdan Mitrea

7.2

Mamadou Thiam

7.2

Vladislav Blănuță

Substitute Players

26

Dorinel Oancea

6

Iulian Cristea

8

Dorin Codrea

13

Andrej Fábry

22

Vadim Rață

99

Tudor Cosa

20

Alexandru Bota

11

Artur Miranyan

12

Denis Moldovan

Rapid Bucureşti 4-3-3 O. Chihaia

7.2

Franz Stolz

7.9

Borisav Burmaz

6.9

Cristian Manea

6.6

Denis Ciobotariu

6.7

Robert Bădescu

6.6

Răzvan Onea

7.3

Tobias Christensen

6.7

Cătălin Vulturar

6.3

Sebastian Banu

7.5

Claudiu Petrila

?

Andrei Sucu

Substitute Players

47

Christopher Braun

8

Constantin Grameni

55

Rareș Pop

29

Alexandru Dobre

16

Marian Aioani

53

Patrick Popa

28

Luka Gojković

7

Claudiu Micovschi

69

Peter Ademo

51

Andrei Niculcea

95

Elvir Koljić

31

Adrian Briciu

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Regular Season

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	FCSB	30	15	11	4	43	24	19	56	W D W W W
2	CFR Cluj	30	14	12	4	56	32	24	54	W D W D W
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	14	10	6	45	28	17	52	L W D W W
4	Universitatea Cluj	30	14	10	6	43	27	16	52	D L W W D
5	Dinamo Bucuresti	30	13	12	5	41	26	15	51	W W L L D
6	Rapid Bucuresti	30	11	13	6	35	26	9	46	L D W W D
7	Sepsi	30	11	8	11	38	35	3	41	L D W L L
8	Hermannstadt	30	11	8	11	34	40	-6	41	W L W W D
9	Petrolul 52	30	9	13	8	29	29	0	40	W L L L D
10	FCV Farul Constanta	30	8	11	11	29	38	-9	35	D L L W W
11	UTA Arad	30	8	10	12	28	35	-7	34	L D L W L
12	Otelul	30	7	11	12	24	32	-8	32	L W L L D
13	Politehnica Iași	30	8	7	15	29	46	-17	31	W W D D D
14	Botoșani	30	7	10	13	26	37	-11	31	W W D L D
15	Unirea Slobozia	30	7	5	18	28	47	-19	26	L L D L L
16	AS FC Buzau	30	5	5	20	25	51	-26	20	L D L L L

Championship Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	FCSB	10	7	3	0	18	9	9	52	D W W W W
2	CFR Cluj	10	4	4	2	17	11	6	43	D W D W D
3	Universitatea Craiova	10	4	2	4	13	11	2	40	W L D L L
4	Universitatea Cluj	10	4	1	5	12	15	-3	39	D W L L W
5	Rapid Bucuresti	10	2	4	4	12	17	-5	33	D L D W L
6	Dinamo Bucuresti	10	1	2	7	10	19	-9	31	L L D L D

Relegation Round

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Hermannstadt	9	4	3	2	12	8	4	36	L W W W D
2	Otelul	9	6	1	2	13	5	8	35	D W L W W
3	Petrolul 52	9	3	2	4	10	10	0	31	W L L L W
4	UTA Arad	9	4	2	3	9	11	-2	31	D W W L D
5	FCV Farul Constanta	9	3	4	2	12	9	3	31	D L W W D
6	Botoșani	9	4	1	4	11	12	-1	29	W L D W L
7	Politehnica Iași	9	3	3	3	9	5	4	28	L L D D W
8	Unirea Slobozia	9	3	5	1	11	8	3	27	W W D D L
9	Sepsi	9	1	2	6	7	16	-9	26	L W D L D
10	AS FC Buzau	9	2	1	6	4	14	-10	17	D L L L L

Championship Round

Relegation Round