Sepsi vs Cluj, the 2022-2023 Romania Cup final match-up is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the Municipal Stadium in Sibiu and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Sepsi and U Cluj meet in an unprecedented final of the Romanian Cup, in which, in addition to the trophy, a bonus of €240,000 and a place in the Conference League are up for grabs (only if Kovas wins). ).

Sepsi clinched a play-off spot at the last moment, but managed to collect just five points from nine matches, so their only chance to play in Europe is to win the Romanian Cup (lost the last match played, 1-2 at home to CFR Cluj on 9th stage).

The team coached by Cristiano Bergodi went into the final act of the competition after winning Group A, in which they recorded three victories: 3-1 against Petrolul (d), 3-2 against Dynamo (d) and 4-0 against FC Voluntari ( a), followed by a 4-1 quarter-final against CS Mioveni (a) and a 3-0 semi-final against CFR Cluj (a).

Sepsi has the Romanian Cup trophy to his credit, won even in the previous edition, 2021-2022, 2-1 in the final with Voluntari, at Giulesti Stadium in Bucharest, and lost another final, in the 2019-2020 edition, 0 -1 with FCSB in Ploiesti.

U Cluj had a great start to the year and managed to avoid relegation with two stages to go after two successive play-off wins, 2-0 against Chindia (a) and 2-1 against Hermannstadt (d).

The Red Caps have not received a European license, so if they win the trophy, they will not be able to play in the Conference League.

The Ioan Ovidiu Sabeu-coached side reached the final of the Romanian Cup by beating Concordia 2-0 (d) in the play-off, before finishing second in Group C, which saw them win 1-0 against Alexandria 4:0. (d) and two draws, 1-1 with CFR Cluj (a) and 0-0 with Rapid (a), after which they eliminated Hermannstadt in the quarter-finals 2-1 (d) and in the semi-finals against UTA, score 1 -0 (a).

Cluj won the Romanian Cup just once, in 1964-65, after a final against Dynamo Pitesti (the future FC Arges), scoring 2-1 at the Stadionul Republicii in Bucharest and losing four more times in the final act of the competition (last time in the 2014-2015 edition).

In two Super League regular season matches, Sepsi won each time against U Cluj 1-0 on the road (Rondon 52) and 2-1 in the second leg at home (N Păun 30, Tudorie 51 respectively, Thiam 75p).

Superbet offers odds of 1.75 on the PsF1 prediction: Sepsi leads at half-time or wins at the end in regular time 90 minutes before U Cluj.

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