FCSB is one point away from the title, the fight for 2nd place is getting terrible! How the standings in the play-offs look now

Craiova University and CFR Cluj share the 3rd and 4th places, both having 34 points. The lighthouse is on 2, with 35 points.

FCSB is one point away from the title, the fight for 2nd place is getting terrible! How the standings in the play-offs look now

FCSB has a reassuring lead at the top of the ranking. At this moment, the “red-blues” have 11 points ahead of Farul and 12 ahead of Craiova University and CFR Cluj.

With a draw in the next stage, when they meet Farul, the “red-blues” will become champions. Even if they are defeated by Farul, the players coached by Elias Charalambous will still need only one draw to be champions. FCSB and Farul are separated by 11 points. At the same time, Farul benefited from rounding off at the end of the regular season, unlike FCSB, and in case of equal points, the “red-blues” will rank ahead of Farul.

FCSB – Farul is played on Saturday, from 20:30, at the National Arena. The match will be in LIVE TEXT format on AS.ro. With a tie result, the team sponsored by Gigi Becali will become the champion of Romania.

How the standings look now:

1. FCSB 46 points
2. Constanta Lighthouse 35 points
3. Craiova University 34 points
4. CFR Cluj 34 points
5. Rapid Bucharest 29 points
6. Sepsis 28 points

University of Craiova – CFR Cluj 0-1. Bîrligea scored the only goal of the match! Transylvania equaled Olteni on points

Craiova University – CFR Cluj 0-1 was in LIVE TEXT format on AS.ro, from 21:45. The game closed the stage with number 6 in the League 1 playoffs.

Following this result, the Olten team mathematically missed the title. FCSB came within one point of the championship title, the only team that could stop it was Farul. However, the chances are only mathematical for Farul, who must win all matches, and FCSB must lose them all.

Daniel Bîrligea scored the only goal of the match Universitatea Craiova – CFR Cluj 0-1, 3 minutes after being introduced on the field. In the 68th minute he came on, and in the 71st minute he scored.

University of Craiova: L. Popescu – Vladoiu, Zajkov, Badelj, Bancu – Al. Crețu, Anzor – Baiaram, Houri, Ivan – Markovic
Reserves: Lazar, Soiri, R. Silva, Ndong, Mateiu, Cîmpanu, Danciu, Bană, Blesa, Căpățănă
Absent: Mitriță, Screciu, Koljic, Maldonado (injured), Kozulj (unavailable)
Coach: Costel Gâlcă

CFR Cluj: R. Sava – Malico, Kresic, Boben, Mogoş – Tachtsidis, Keita, Muhar – C. Deac, Michael, Otele.
Reserves: Hindrich, Manea, Ajeti, Radu, Aussi, Filip, Fica, El Kaddouri, Avounou, Serebe, Bîrligea
Coach: Francisc Dican

Stadium: “Ion Oblemenco”
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Carei). A1: Vasile Marinescu (Bucharest), A2: Marius Marica (Bistrita)
VAR referee: George Vidican (Satu Mare). AVAR Referee: Ciprian Dansa (Satu Mare)

Costel Gâlcă’s first defeat on the Olten bench

Olteni received a visit from CFR Cluj after, in the previous League 1 stage, they defeated Sepsi, away, with a score of 3-1. Costel Gâlcă lost his first match with CFR Cluj on the Olten bench.

On the other hand, the Transylvanians suffered a humiliation on the field of Farul, in the 5th stage of the playoffs. The game from Ovidiu ended with a score of 5-1, in favor of the titular champion.

The last direct meeting between the two teams took place in March of this year. At that time, the University of Craiova prevailed in Gruia with a score of 2-1.

CFR Cluj hadn’t managed to win a game against Olten since September 2022. Then, the Transylvanian team prevailed with a score of 2-0. Since then, 6 duels have been played between the two teams. Three ended in victory for the University, while another 3 ended in a draw, the score being 1-1 in all these games.