CFR Cluj – Chindia Târgoviște will take place on Sunday at 17:00, the duel will count for the 5th round of League 1.
The duel in “Gruia” with the people of Târgoviște catches the Romanian champion between two European duels. The first exam was passed brilliantly by the Transylvanians in the middle of this week, score 1-0 in Sweden with Djurgarden, result after which CFR qualified in the Europa League play-off where on Thursday it will fight in Cluj for a place that leads in competition groups with the Finns from KuPS.
Apart from the goal of getting as far as possible in the Europa League, Dan Petrescu does not risk anything in League 1 where he aims for the fourth consecutive title. CFR is on schedule in this championship debut, only the draw at home with Sepsi, score 0-0, being the only syncope in the first four rounds in which the victims of the champion were called Academica Clinceni, FC Hermannstadt and Astra Giurgiu. With 10 points, the champion starts in this game from the second place, being at the start of the round at two lengths behind the leader Universitatea.
-CFR Cluj won the three official duels with Chindia, two matches being in the championship and one in the Romanian Cup;
-CFR Cluj scored 4 goals each in the goal of Târgoviște last season: 4-0 in Gruia and 4-1 away;
Emil Săndoi’s team has an average of one point won per match this season in which they won against Dinamo with 1-0 and drew, 0-0 at Clinceni with Academica. The two defeats of the people from Târgoviște came to Copou with Poli Iași, score 1-0 and with FC Hermannstat 3-1, a match lost to “Ilie Oană” in which Chindia was clearly overtaken in all chapters by Ruben Albes’ team.
Even if it is expected that Dan Petrescu will save a good part of the starters for Thursday’s duel in the Europa League, CFR Cluj has a numerical and valuable place far above that of Chindia but also of most of the teams in the championship, being expected as who will enter the field on Sunday to prove to the “Badger” that they deserve to be considered for the first 11 regardless of the competition. Taking into account so much difference in value between the two teams but also the evolution of the last game of Targoviste, only a miracle would make Chindia leave with a point or points from “Gruia”.
PREDICTION: Under 2,5 goals @ 1,61
