Astra Giurgiu vs FC Viitorul will meet on May 25, 2019, in the final of the Romanian Cup, at “Ilie Oana” stadium in Ploiesti.

Astra Giurgiu to the 3rd Final of the Romanian Cup

Astra Giurgiu once won the Romanian Cup in the 2013-2014 season when he defeated Steaua after the penalty shoot-out with a score of 4-2. The “Black Dragons” also played a final in the 2016-2017 season, with FC Voluntari, which lost 5-3 after the penalty shoot-outs. The team coached by Constantin Enache will try to win the Romanian Cup for the second time to save a very poor play-off season and qualify for the Europa League. This season, “black and white” eliminated Luceafărul Oradea (5-1, away), 8th on Cluj University (4-3 after overtime, away), quarters on Danube Calarasi (2 -1, away) and CFR Cluj semifinals (3-1 away and 2-2 home).

• The probable team Astra Giurgiu (4-3-3): Lazar – Butean, Cestor, Bejan, Radunović – Bègue, Mrzljak, Romário Pires – Zoua, Alibec, Llullaku

FC Viitorul won the title in 2017, now wants the Romanian Cup

FC Viitorul has never qualified in a final of the Romanian Cup, the best performance being the title of Romanian champion, won in the season 2016-2017. Regardless of the outcome of the match in Ploiesti with Astra Giurgiu, the Constanta will play in the Europa League, because they managed to beat the Craiova University and finish in the 2018-2019 play-off on the 3rd place in the ranking with 39p , after CFR Cluj 50p Champion and FCSB 48p Football Club. In this season of the Romanian Cup, the “blue-blacks” eliminated Concordia Chiajna (3-0, away) in the 16th, 8th on CSM Politehnica Iaşi (5-3 after the strikes from 11m, away ), quarters on FC Hermannstadt (3-2, away) and semifinals Universitatea Craiova (2-1 away and 2-0 home).

• The probable team FC Viitorul (4-3-3): Cojocaru – Mladen, Ţaru, V. Ghiţă, De Nooijer – Houri, T. Băluţă, Vână – I. Hagi, Rivaldinho, Drăguş

Astra Giurgiu vs FC Viitorul: direct results (H2H)

Until now, Astra Giurgiu vs FC Viitorul have met 22 times in League 1 Betano, with 9 Astra Giurgiu victories, 4 Alliances and 9 Victories of FC Viitorul. The two teams also met in the Romanian Cup in Ovidiu, twice in the final seasons of the seasons 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. The results were 30 March 2017, FC Viitorul – Astra Giurgiu 1-3 and 3 December 2013, FC Viitorul – Astra Giurgiu 0-3.

Astra Giurgiu vs FC Viitorul Picks

Astra Giurgiu had a very poor playoff, where he won 2 matches and lost 8, winning not less than 20 goals. In the last round, the “Black Dragons” defeated Sebastien Gheorghe’s 3-2 home with a better morale ahead of the final. FC Viitorul could not beat CFR Cluj and FCSB due to poor track record in the regular season, but he returned to play-off, where he defeated Universitatea Craiova with 2-2 home and 2-1 away and captured 3rd place, which is the Europa League. Taking into account the form shown by the two teams and the financial problems of the giurgiuvens, which have not been paid for 5 months, the people of Constanta are clearly favorites. However, a final is a final and it is expected that Astra players will have ambition and pride to try to win the trophy, catch the Europa League and thus make the patron Ioan Niculae pay their wages and bonuses.

Our Prediction: x2

Odds: 1.67