U Cluj – Oțelul, play-off match for Transylvania » Probable teams + best odds

With just one loss in the last six rounds, the Red Caps can mathematically secure their play-off spot with a win over the Steelers. On the other hand, the Galatasarays remained without a goal in the regular season.

Bergodi's team is six points ahead of their opponent from the Danube bank.

U Cluj – Oțelul, live from 20:00

U Cluj – Oțelul, probable teams

U Cluj (4-2-3-1): Gertmonas – Mikanovic, Cisse, Coubiș, Chipciu – Codrea, Drammeh – Macalou, Nistor, El Sawy – Lukic
reserves: Lefter, Coșa – Chinteș, Capradossi, Murgia, Simion, Stanojev, Mendy, Gheorghiță, Fabry, Postolachi, Bic
Absent: Artean, M. Silva (injured), Mikanovic (suspended)
Coach: Eugeniu Cebotaru

Steel (4-2-3-1): Dur-Bozoancă – Zhelev, Zivulic, Iacob, Conrado – B. Paz, Lameira – Bană, Ciobanu, Andrezinho – Debeljuh
reserves: I. Popescu, Ursu – A. Rus, Lopes, D. Neicu, Kazu, Chira, Postelnicu, Sandu, Patrick, D.-C. None
Absent: N. Pedro (injured), Bordun (suspended)
Coach: Laszlo Balint

Stadium: Cluj Arena (Cluj-Napoca)
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
ASSISTANT: Radu Ghinguleac (Bucharest) and Ionuț Neacșu (Bucharest)
VAR referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)
Assistant VAR: Florin Mazilu (Satu Mare)

A very, very important match awaits us, with a special charge. Our goal before this match was to calm the waters, because the motivation is very high. The pressure is also there, but we need to arrive at game time very balanced. We must transform this pressure into positive energy, determination, concentration, to play a good game throughout the match. We need to get the three points tomorrow! I think we have a pretty mature dressing room, aware of the stakes of the match and we have to be balanced, calculated, make the best decisions in this match and win it. Oțelul is a very good team, a team that I analyzed, we also played with them in the Cup, not long ago, but obviously, the approach to the match will be different now, in the championship.
– Eugeniu Cebotaru, second coach U Cluj

11goals from fixed phases were scored by Cluj, seven of which were scored in the games played in 2026.

We are moving to the field of a team that we know quite well. We recently played there in the Cup. I believe that we have learned our lessons, I can say that we have done our homework very well, but we have to take into account the ability of the opponent. U” Cluj does not have a random path, these good results of theirs come with solid arguments behind them. It has a valuable team, it is a team with size, which plays very well this tactical module proposed by their coach. I have a lot of faith in our boys, in the reaction of the team, because in the Cup we had opportunities in the first half. It is a reality that “U” Cluj is a stronger club than Oțelul. It is not an alibi for us, we are going to fight until the end.
– Laszlo Balint, Oțelul coach

22of the 39 goals scored by the Moldovans were scored in the first half.

U Cluj – Oțelul, statistics before the match

• Transylvania won 10 of the 13 games played in the second leg of the current regular season, during which they lost only two games.

• Four wins, four draws and six defeats is the record recorded by the Galatasaray team in the current edition as visitors.

• If he is used, Gabriel Debeljuh will mark his 150th match in the Super League, a milestone reached over time by only three other Croatian players (Aganovic, Djokovic, Crepulja).

• The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 38 times, 16 times Cluj won, 14 times Galați prevailed, and eight other games ended in a draw.

• Records with U Cluj as host: 18 games – 12 victories U Cluj – 4 draws – 2 successes Oțelul.

• The first game took place on December 7, 1986, Oţelul – U Cluj 1-3, coaches Constantin Rădulescu, respectively Remus Vlad.

• Two white draws were recorded over time, one of which was with Transylvania as hosts (November 29, 2014).

• The biggest score difference: September 12, 1998, Oţelul-U Cluj 5-0 (Viorel Tănase – triple, Viorel Ion – double).

• The most recent direct match in the Romanian Superliga: October 25, 2025, Oțelul-U Cluj 1-2 (Paulinho / J. Lukic – double).

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