Universitatea Cluj 1-0 Rapid Bucarest — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 9 May 2026

📅09/05/2026 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-0
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
58%
1.75
Draw
20%
3.45
Away
22%
4.04
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
1.8
Over 2.5
50%
1.91
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.85
No
51%
1.85
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✓
28%
2.92
2-3 Goals
39%
1.71
4-5 Goals
23%
3.57
6+ Goals
10%
15.1
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 2.92 — our 28% vs market 26.8%. Landed.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
25%
1/2
7%
1/X
6%
X/1
23%
X/2
5%
X/X
8%
2/1
9%
2/2
11%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
58%
Home Win
53%
+4.7pp
20%
Draw
26%
-5.3pp
22%
Away Win
21%
+0.6pp
50%
Under 2.5
52%
-1.5pp
50%
Over 2.5
48%
+1.5pp
49%
BTTS Yes
50%
-0.7pp
51%
BTTS No
50%
+0.7pp
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 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Rapid Bucarest EU Bookmakers 25%
-12% / -8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +4% / -5%
1.53/0.76 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.99/1.69
-19% / +10% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +15% / +1%
55% Ball Possession 45%
15 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
404 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 304 · 79%
27.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14.5
20.4 Crosses 14.1
1.5 Yellow Cards 1.9
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Universitatea Cluj
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Rapid Bucarest
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.33
1.35 xG 1.09
52% Ball Possession 48%
11 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 7
394 Passes 342
83% Pass Accuracy 82%
18 Box Touches 24
14 Crosses 26
2 Yellow Cards 2
05.04.2026 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 1-2 HT 1-0 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
31.01.2026 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 0-2 HT 0-0 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
12.09.2025 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 0-0 HT 0-0 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest ROM
19.04.2025 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 0-2 HT 0-1 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
01.02.2025 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj 2-1 HT 1-1 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest ROM
16.09.2024 Rapid Bucarest Rapid Bucarest 0-2 HT 0-1 Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Cluj ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Universitatea Cluj
1-0
AWAY Rapid Bucarest
0.68 xG 0.44
46% Ball Possession 54%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 0
7 Corners 10
393 Passes 460
86% Pass Accuracy 86%
20 Box Touches 23
20 Crosses 24
1 Yellow Cards 2
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 1-0.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Universitatea Cluj as the likeliest winner at 58%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Universitatea Cluj had 46% of the ball to Rapid Bucarest's 54%, shots finished 9-12, expected goals 0.68 to 0.44.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Universitatea Cluj had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Universitatea Cluj and 0.33 for Rapid Bucarest.

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

Universitatea Cluj 1-0 Rapid Bucarest in the Romania - 1st Division on 09/05/2026. 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 58%, with the full match-result split Universitatea Cluj 58%, draw 20%, Rapid Bucarest 22%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Universitatea Cluj), BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Universitatea Cluj) ✓ BTTS No
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