LIVE FC Argeș – Universitatea Craiova, in stage #6 of the play-off » Probable formations

Dramatically qualified in the last act of the Romanian Cup, after the agonizing “rollercoaster” with Dinamo on Thursday, Craiova is determined to take an important step towards taking over the leader's seat in the play-offs. The defeat of the opponent U Cluj seems to be the ideal opportunity for the white-blues to break free!

Coelho's “Juveci” have 39 points and can distance themselves three lengths from Cluj in the event of a victory at Argeș. University is the favorite tonight and looks to take advantage of the Purple Eagles' modest streak. are in a spiral that risks compromising their entire season, literally.

Forget about Argeş from a few weeks ago! Bogdan Andone's team came last in the play-offs and “wrecked” in the semi-finals of the Cup, again missing the expected final from 1965. With financial problems and unpaid players, the newly promoted team is in danger of becoming a “time bomb” in the last stages of the season, the atmosphere within the team deteriorating significantly, according to several sources familiar with the subject.

In the tour, even in the inaugural round of the play-off, the white-violets produced a surprise, imposing themselves at the limit in Bănie, “Italian”, score 1-0. Adel Bettaieb scored the only goal of the match, through a refined execution.

FC Argeș – Craiova University, live from 20:30

FC Argeș – Universitatea Craiova, likely teams:

FC Arges: Cabuz – Oancea, M. Tudose, Sadriu, Briceag – Borța, Sierra, Rață, I. Rădescu – Battaieb, R. Matos
Reserves: Crăciun, Tofan, Seto, Pîrvu, R. Moldoveanu, Brobbey, Blagaic, Adriano Manole
Coach: Bogdan Andone

SC University of Craiova: L. Popescu – Romanchuk, Ad. Ad. Rus, Screciu – Mora, Cicâldău, Anzor, Bancu – D. Matei, Al-Hamlawi, Baiaram
reserves: Glodean, Goga, Mogoș, Fl. Ștefan, Badelj, Stevanovic, Teles, Crețu, Basceanu, Nsimba, Barbu
Coach: Filipe Coelho

Stadium: Orăsenesc, Mioveni (capacity: 5,948 seats)
Referee: Rareș George Vidican (Satu Mare) / A1: Radu Adrian Ghinguleac (Bucharest) / A2: Alexandru Cerei (Cluj-Napoca) / VAR referee: Sorin Costreie (Volunteers – Ilfov) / Referee AVAR: Valentin Porumbel (Oltenița – Calarasi) / R1: Ionuț Coza (Cernica – Ilfov) / Observer referees: Vasile Bratu (Slobozia – Ialomița)

Real-time playoff setup

Bogdan Andone is not disarming: “With a victory, we enter the fight again for the 3rd-4th places”

Bogdan Andone, the technician of the white-violet group, appeals to the pride of the players in an attempt to mobilize a team disappointed after the last results, which culminated in leaving the Cup. At the same time, the coach revealed that the team from Pitesti is facing certain team problems.

“We have to focus on the championship. With a win, we enter the fight again for the 3rd-4th places. If we manage to focus on the game and be very attentive, we can make another good match and a positive result.

It will be difficult to say who has the advantage of freshness, because it is a season finale with a lot of games collected. This is where the mental factor comes into play, as well as physical fatigue. Craiova is the more advantageous team from this point of view, because it has a large and valuable team

We are almost at the limit numerically, due to injuries. We have four or five juniors on the bench again, so it is quite difficult to manage this end of the season.

Craiova has the same game philosophy, of course with small details, depending on the opponent or what happens during the game. Every coach tries to find solutions”, Andone said in the conference, according to arges-sport.ro.

Everyone knows that Craiova University is a very good team. It will be a difficult game, but we are ready.

– Ricardo Matos, FC Argeș striker

Filipe Coelho, in the guard: “They won the last time we played against them, we have to focus”

In the pre-match press conference, Olten coach Filipe Coelho emphasized the importance of the Mioveni match and highlighted the organization and aggressiveness of FC Argeș:

“It was a very short period in which we tried to recover our players and prepare the game as best as possible. It's an important game for us against a very good team that defends well and is aggressive. They won the last time we played against them.

We go there with ambition and we have to focus, because it is a very difficult game, but we will try to get the three points.

Arges is a team that has more or less the same style: they defend well, they are aggressive, in attack they have players who can unbalance the game, but also in the fixed phases they are very strong, too. They will play at home, it is a difficult stadium. If we look at the last play-off matches, they lost only one match, and that in the 90+3 minutes. Even in the Cup, after 90 minutes, it was 0-0, so it will be difficult, but we will try to give our best”.

Regarding the atmosphere in the Juves' locker room, Filipe Coelho emphasized that the goal of winning the title takes precedence over the current state of the team:

“I think more important than the atmosphere in the dressing room is the objective we have for this match, the tasks and what we have to do to get the 3 points. Of course, when we win the atmosphere is good, but also when we lose we maintain a good atmosphere, but the most important thing is to perform on the pitch.”

It will be a difficult match, those from Argeș have results that do not reflect their quality, they lost matches in the last phase. For us it is important, we have 5 finals to go, every game is important and they are tough, so we will look at the game as another final and we have to try to win it.

We know that Argeș is a team with quality, they have good players, they are aggressive, strong in duels, strong at home. We expect a difficult match, we have met them before and we already know what we have to do to win.

– Samuel Teles, midfielder Craiova

FC Arges – University of Craiova | Key data about the match, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache:

– The people of Pitesti won eight of the 18 games played in the championship at homeand four other times they finished in a tie.

– 10 of the 20 victories achieved by Craiova in the current edition they were at the limit.

– 15 of the 39 goals scored by the Argesans were scored on the counterattackand another 13 were scored from fixed phases.

– Eight of the 15 goals scored by Olteni from static moments were achieved after some corners.

– They are the teams with the most matches goalless at homet, FC Argeș – 17, Craiova University – 15.

– Seven of the 10 goals scored by Ricardo Matos in the current season have meant opening score.

– FC Argeș is the only team among the top seven ranked at the end of the previous round against which Assad Al-Hamlawi did not register.

– The people of Craiova prevailed in six of the previous 10 direct disputes from the main domestic competition, during which the Argesians won three times.

– Most recent Super League clash: March 13, 2026, Craiova University-FC Argeș 0-1, Adel Bettaieb goal.