CFR Cluj hosts FC Steaua Bucuresti in round 1o of the Romanian Liga 1 championship group. The match will be played on Tuesday, May 25th at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (Cluj-Napoca)
CFR Cluj continues to dominate in Romanian football. The Railwaymen are going through the second "golden" period. They have been the strongest since the 2017/2018 season. Yes, not everything is good in European competitions, and CFR Cluj failed to qualify for the Champions League in the fall. Moreover, if the Railwaymen managed to progress from the group in the previous Europa League draw and adequately competed with the future winner, Sevilla (1-1 and 0-0, and elimination by the away goal rule), this time they couldn’t take 2nd place in a quartet with Young Boys, Roma, and CSKA Sofia. But after that, in December, Edward Iordanescu (the son of a more famous mentor, Angel) returned to the coaching post. And the team won gold medals in the championship. It was second in the regular season but gained good shape in the championship group and deservedly won.
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FC Steaua Bucuresti still has a record — the Red and Blues have become champions of Romania 26 times. But the last time they managed to win gold medals in 2015. Last season brought only 5th place! But now the ambitious project of George Becali feels much better. After 30 rounds of the regular season, Anton Petrea's charges were 1st, overtaking CFR Cluj by one point. However, they lacked the strength for the playoffs. Yes, they started with a victory over Academica Clinceni. But the subsequent defeats to Sepsi and CMU seem to have knocked down the favorite, and it never had time to recover properly. Steaua won only one match out of the following five. And the fight for the title was over in the last round, when the Red and Blues lost to Universitatea Craiova (0-1).
In the regular season, the teams exchanged confident home victories. In 2021, CFR won the Super Cup on penalties and then snatched a draw in Bucharest thanks to a goal in the 93rd minute. In fact, there is no intrigue now. In such conditions, the higher class and the good form of CFR Cluj will help it - we bet on the victory of the hosts with a -1 handicap.
Prediction for the match: CFR Cluj to win with -1.0 handicap
