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Florin Orban, 24.11.2023, 13:45
This weekend will see matches played in the Romanian football Superliga, counting for the 17th stage. On Friday, two matches are scheduled: Hermannstadt versus Poli Iasi and Petrolul Ploiesti versus FC Botoşani. On Saturday, Farul Constanţa will play the team from Voluntari, and UTA Arad will be up against CFR Cluj team in Cluj. Sundays first match will take place in Galati, between Oţelul and Universitatea Craiova. The star match of the stage is scheduled at 8:30 p.m., in Bucharest, at the National Arena, and will pit Bucharest teams Dinamo and FCSB, formerly known as Steaua.
The confrontation between the best Romanian football teams has always been interesting, regardless of the places occupied in the ranking, at the time of the match. Now, for example, FCSB is on first place, and Dinamo, on 15th place, the last but one. The leader of the ranking won 10 of the 16 matches played in this edition of the championship, lost two and ended four in a draw. As for Dinamo they have two wins, four draws and ten defeats. Of the last ten matches between the two teams, three ended in a draw. FCSB won five, and Dinamo, two. Dinamo’s last success was recorded in February 2021, with the score 1-0, in Romanias Cup, but in September, Dinamo came back with a vengeance, in the first league, obtaining the score 6-0. In these circumstances, FCSB seems, today, the favorite team, but, often, when it came to the Romanian football classic derby, the statistics have often proved misleading.
The 17th stage of the Superliga continues on Monday. FC U Craiova will face Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe at home, then Rapid Bucharest will play on home ground against Universitatea Cluj. Its worth mentioning the impressive nine-decade history of the matches between Rapid Bucharest and CFR Cluj. The first direct matches between the two teams took place in the first edition of the national championship, Division A, in the 1933 – 1934 season. Universitatea won at home, score 2-1, then CFR also won, on home ground, score 1-0. (LS)
