U Cluj – University of Craiova is tonight, from 21:30, in a direct confrontation for the 1st place, in the 4th stage of the Superliga play-off. The formations with the most points, 36, in the championship meet. The duel will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on TV on Digi Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.
U Cluj – Universitatea Craiova is the confrontation for the 1st place in the Superliga at the moment. The first title battle, at least for now. Tonight's match at Cluj Arena, from 21:30, in the 4th stage of the play-off, will be able to provide a clearer picture regarding the fight for the championship.
U Cluj comes after an exciting victory in Giulesti, 2-1 with Rapid, while the Juves beat CFR Cluj on “Ion Oblemenco”, score 2-0.
U Cluj – Craiova University, live from 21:30
U Cluj – Craiova University, the starting teams
U Cluj (4-1-2-3): Gertmonas – Mikanovic, I. Cristea, Coubiș, Chipciu – Ov. Bic – Mendy, Drammeh – Stanojev, Lukic, El Sawy
reserves: Lefter, Cosa, Cisse, Capradossi, Silva, Pall, Codrea, Macalou, Fabry, Nistor, Postolachi, Trica
Absent: Artean (injured)
Coach Cristiano Bergodi
University of Craiova (3-4-3): L. Popescu – Romanchuk, Rus, Screciu – Mora, Cicâldău, Anzor, Fl. Ștefan – D. Matei, Assad, Etim
reserves: S. Lung jr, Glodean, Badelj, Stevanovic, Teles, Al. Crețu, T. Baluță, Houri, Basceanu, Nsimba, Baiaram, D. Barbu
Absent: Bancu (suspended), Mogoș, Isenko, M. Rădulescu (injured)
Coach Filipe Coelho
Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Istvan Kovács
ASSISTANT: Ferencz Tunyogi and Ioan Corb
VAR Referee: Julian Dima / AVAR Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache
The most interesting information about the match U Cluj – Universitatea Craiova
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The fourth stage of the play-off will end at “Cluj Arena”, where the two student clubs from Cluj-Napoca and Craiova will face off in a gala confrontation, with the first position in the ranking at stake.
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The “Red Caps” prevailed in the previous round, 2-1 in Giulesti, and reached seven successes in a row in the championship, this being the longest series of victories in the history of the club in the Super League.
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On the first stage, Olteni lost only one match out of the previous 10 played away (February 1, 2026, Farul-Universitatea Craiova 4-1), otherwise five wins and four draws.
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They are the teams with the most victories during the current season, 19 each, 10 of which by at least two goals.
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They are the teams with the most goals scored in the first 33 rounds, Craiova University – 56, Cluj University – 53.
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They have conceded the fewest goals among all 16 competitors, Craiova University – 28, Cluj University – 29.
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Since the return of the Transylvanians on the first stage in 2022, the two teams have met in the main domestic competition ten times, four times the Craiova won, one game was won by Cluj (April 26, 2025, U Cluj-U Craiova 2-1), and five other matches ended in a draw.
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The most recent direct dispute on the first stage was recorded on December 1, 2025, Cluj University – Craiova University 0-0.
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It should be remembered that coach Cristiano Bergodi led Craiova University in 2020 (17 games in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 editions, 14 wins – 3 defeats), when he was only a few tens of minutes away from winning the title (2019/20 edition) with the white-blue team.
