CFR Cluj – Rapid, the match of the first stage of the playoffs, is scheduled for Sunday, March 19, at 19:00 in Gruja and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport. 1.
In the last match of the first stage of the playoffs, CFR Cluj and Rapid meet, the difference in points between the teams after the break is six points.
CFR Cluj finished the regular season in 2nd place with 63 points (rounding up they will enter the playoffs with 32 points) and in the last five matches of the championship won four, including one in the last stage, 4 – 0 at home with U Cluj and a draw.
In the home matches of the regular season of the CFR Cluj, Cluj has won 11 and lost four, and the team’s top scorer is Rangelo Djanga with eight goals.
“In the playoffs, everything will be completely different, each team will focus more. We will play for three points, not one and a half. We have a good morale, we are waiting for the match with Rapid. It will be difficult, but I am confident in this team, we know how to play in matches under pressure,” said Dan Petrescu, coach of CFR Cluj.
At the end of the regular season, Rapid took 5th place with 52 points (will enter the playoffs with 26 points), which ended with two consecutive defeats: 0:1 at home against “Hermannstadt” and 1:2 away from “Farul”. Constance.
Giulesteni have been quite a disappointment away from home this season with five wins, four draws and six defeats, with Marko Dugandzic as the team’s and league’s top scorer (tied with FCSB’s Andrea Compagno) with 16 goals.
“It will be an intense battle. We’re going into this playoff to go as high as possible. We have achieved our goal. From this moment on, the pressure is on those who declared that they are fighting for the title,” said Adrian Mutu, coach of Rapid.
In the two matches of the regular season, each team won at home: CFR Cluj in the round on July 16, 2022 with a score of 1:0 (Yuri 17), and Rapid in the return match on October 30, 2022 with a score of 2-1 (Sepunaru 36p, Dugandzic 71p, respectively, Muhar 54).
Superbet offers a coefficient of 1.28 on the 1X prediction: home win or draw in the match CFR Cluj – Rapid.
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Source: Hot News
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