The football match CFR Cluj vs FC Sevilla will take place on Thursday, February 20, 2020, in the sixteenth Europa League, the first leg, at the “Dr. Constantin Rădulescu” stadium in Cluj Napoca.
CFR Cluj have not scored in the last 6 official matches
CFR Cluj started well in 2020, defeating it in Liga 1 by 1-0, at home, on FCSB (Paulo Vinícius 79), but followed by 2 equal results, 0-0 away with Gaz Metan Mediaş and 0-0 home with FC Viitorul. The strength of the “rail” is the defense, who have not scored any goals in the first 3 games played this year, but not in the last 3 sustained in 2019, where they won at home 2-0 with Celtic Glasgow, 2-0 at home with Astra Giurgiu and 4-0 away with FC Voluntari. One stage before the end of the regular season, the champion is the leader in Liga 1, with 49p, followed by Craiova University 46p and FCSB 43p. The team coached by Dan Petrescu finished in second place in Group E of the Europa League, with 12p, after Celtic Glasgow 13p, but ahead of Lazio Roma 6p and Stade Rennes 4p. The “white-throats” results were 2-1 at home and 0-1 at home with Lazio Roma, 0-2 at home and 2-0 at home with Celtic Glasgow and 1-0 at home and 1-0 at home with Stade Rennes. According to the Betano bookmaker, CFR Cluj has a 400.00 odds to win the Europa League this season.
FC Sevilla has modest results in 2020
FC Sevilla have played 9 matches in 2020, 6 in LaLiga and 3 in Copa del Rey, with very modest results. In the Spanish Cup, the Andalusians went 5-0 away from UM Escobedo and 3-1 away from Levante UD, but were eliminated in the best, 1-3 away with CD Mirandés. The team coached by Julen Lopetegui won the championship in a single game out of 6, 2-0 at home with Granada CF, in the rest had 3 draws and 2 defeats. Seville is in 5th place in the standings, with 40p, after Real Madrid 53p, FC Barcelona 52p, Getafe CF 42p and Atlético Madrid 40p and aims to take a Champions League place. The team coached by Julen Lopetegui finished in first place in Group A of the Europa League, with 15p, followed by APOEL Nicosia 10p, FK Qarabağ 5p and F91 Dudelange 4p. The “white-red” results were 3-0 away and 2-0 home with FK Qarabağ, 1-0 home and 0-1 away with APOEL Nicosia and 3-0 home and 5-2 away with F91 Dudelange. According to the Betano bookmaker, FC Sevilla have a 8.00 odds to win this season’s Europa League.
The matches of CFR Cluj in the European Cups against the Spanish teams
- 20.02.2020: CFR Cluj vs FC Sevilla (Europa League, sixteenth, round)
- 27.02.2020: FC Sevilla vs CFR Cluj (Europa League, sixteenth, return)
FC Sevilla matches in European Cups against Romanian teams
- 1966-1967: Dinamo Pitesti vs FC Sevilla 2-0 and 2-2 (UEFA Cup, Round I)
- 2006-2007: Steaua Bucharest vs FC Sevilla 0-2 and 0-1 Europa League, sixteenth)
- 2007-2008: FC Sevilla vs Steaua Bucharest 2-1 and 2-0 (Champions League, Group H)
- 2009-2010: FC Sevilla vs Unirea Urziceni 2-0 and 0-1 (Champions League, Group G)
- 2019-2020: CFR Cluj vs FC Sevilla (Europa League, sixteenth)
CFR Cluj vs FC Sevilla Picks
CFR has never qualified in the best Europa League, but will now try to achieve this performance, although it will meet a superior opponent from all points of view. Three new names have appeared on the UEFA group stage, Poolz goalkeeper Grzegorz Sandomierski, right fielder Cristian Manea and Brazilian central defender Paulo Vinícius, but Alexandru Chipciu (he is back with physical training) and George Țucudean (comes after a break). long) were not included in the list. CFR had a heavy group and had to move on to qualify further, while Sevilla came in a group with very weak opponents and qualified in sixteenth without forcing. The Romanian champion won at home with Lazio, Rennes and Celtic, and in the Champions League preliminaries he beat FC Astana and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Our Prediction: x2
Odds: 1.73
