Universitatia Craiova vs Rapid, the score match of the 29th stage of the Romanian championship, scheduled for Monday, March 4, from 20:00 at the Iona Oblemenko Stadium, will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima. Sports 1.

In the derby of the 29th stage of the Superliga, the penultimate one in the regular season, Universitat Craiova and Rapid will meet, two teams that have already qualified for the playoffs and are aiming for at least second place this season.

Craiova University is in 4th place with 45 points, six behind Rapid (2nd place) and five behind CFR Cluj (3rd place), who have already played in this round, after three wins and two equal results recorded in the last five matches in the championship, and in the previous stage won away with a score of 3:2 against Petrolulu.

Practically, after defeats in the first two games of 2024, both at home to Farul and to FCSB, the team led by Ivaylo Petev has drawn five consecutive rounds without defeat, but the Bulgarian remains in place: “The title? No! My goal is to win the next match!”.

“We will meet a good team from the Championship, which has invested a lot in transfers. The pressure for us will end only after the end of the season, not after we have reached the playoffs,” said Ivaylo Petev.

In the matches played at home in this edition of the championship, the University of Craiova has won seven, drawn four and lost three (it has only one win at home in 2024), and the team’s top scorer is Aleksandru Mitrica, who has nine successes in the Superliga.

Rapid are in 2nd place with 51 points and come off the back of four wins and one loss in their last five matches, with a 4-1 win over UTA in Giulesti in the previous round (Cristiano Bergodi’s side have won six of seven championship games in 2024).

“We are playing with a strong and very important team that has quality players. This is not a decisive match, the decisive ones will be in the playoffs. Anything can happen there. We are happy to be in 2nd place and will attack the title in the playoffs. I’m sure we can fight for the title,” said Cristiano Bergodi.

Rapid are second in the away games table this season in the Super League with 22 points from five wins, seven draws and two defeats (only bettered by FCSB on 31 points), while the team’s top scorer in the league is Albion Rahmani with 11 goals .

In a tour match on 29 October 2023, Rapid beat University of Craiova 2-0 at home with goals from Funcho Bamgboe (836) and Borja Valle (80).

Superbet offers odds of 1.38 on the 1X prediction: a win at home or a draw in the match Universitat Craiova – Rapid.

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