Universitatea Cluj 2-1 Rapid Bucarest — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 1 Feb 2025

📅01/02/2025 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
49%
2.09
Draw
27%
2.94
Away
24%
3.44
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
56%
1.56
Over 2.5
44%
2.29
Both Teams to Score
Yes
41%
1.99
No
59%
1.73
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
33%
2.32
2-3 Goals
43%
1.72
4-5 Goals
17%
4.62
6+ Goals
7%
26.5
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
1/2
4%
1/X
8%
X/1
22%
X/2
11%
X/X
15%
2/1
4%
2/2
10%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
49%
Home Win
44%
+4.6pp
27%
Draw
30%
-3.4pp
24%
Away Win
26%
-1.1pp
56%
Under 2.5
60%
-4.5pp
44%
Over 2.5
40%
+4.5pp
41%
BTTS Yes
46%
-4.8pp
59%
BTTS No
54%
+4.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Universitatea Cluj EU Bookmakers 48%
Head to Head
AWAY Rapid Bucarest EU Bookmakers 29%
+5% / +13% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +2% / +0%
1.99/0.84 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.19/1.37
+23% / +8% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -12% / +13%
54% Ball Possession 46%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
373 · 79% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 266 · 73%
20.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 16.2
13.9 Crosses 13.2
2.0 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Universitatea Cluj
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Rapid Bucarest
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.13 xG 1.27
49% Ball Possession 51%
9 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 5
371 Passes 394
83% Pass Accuracy 84%
12 Box Touches 26
5 Crosses 25
3 Yellow Cards 2
16.09.2024 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 0-2 HT 0-1 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
27.11.2023 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 2-3 HT 2-1 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
23.07.2023 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 0-3 HT 0-1 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest ROM
27.01.2023 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 0-0 HT 0-0 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest ROM
07.12.2022 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 0-0 HT 0-0 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest ROMK
30.08.2022 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 1-0 HT 0-0 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Universitatea Cluj
2-1
AWAY Rapid Bucarest
0.99 xG 0.81
55% Ball Possession 45%
8 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 7
386 Passes 294
80% Pass Accuracy 76%
12 Box Touches 14
15 Crosses 28
4 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Universitatea Cluj vs Rapid Bucarest
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Universitatea Cluj nicked a narrow win over Rapid Bucarest 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Universitatea Cluj as the likeliest winner at 49%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (56%), no to both teams scoring (59%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Universitatea Cluj had 55% of the ball to Rapid Bucarest's 45%, shots finished 8-12, expected goals 0.99 to 0.81.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.83 goals for Universitatea Cluj and 1.00 for Rapid Bucarest.

What was the final score of Universitatea Cluj vs Rapid Bucarest?

Universitatea Cluj 2-1 Rapid Bucarest in the Romania - 1st Division on 01/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Universitatea Cluj vs Rapid Bucarest?

Before kick-off our model rated a Universitatea Cluj win the most likely single outcome at about 49%, with the full match-result split Universitatea Cluj 49%, draw 27%, Rapid Bucarest 24%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Universitatea Cluj) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Universitatea Cluj) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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