CFR Cluj vs Alashkert FC - prediction, team news, lineups

CFR Cluj volition invited Alashkert FC to Romania connected Thursday for the 2nd limb of their Conference League second-qualifying-round tie.

The 2 sides travel into the decisive limb each quadrate aft a 1-1 gully successful Armenia past week.

Match preview

CFR Cluj travel into the location limb of their archetypal European qualifying necktie of the play connected Thursday with the hopes of booking a 3rd circular spot successful the moving for the Conference League.

They earned introduction astatine this signifier with a third-placed decorativeness successful the Romanian Superliga successful 2025-26, continuing their hold for a archetypal top-flight rubric since 2022.

Following a productive pre-season run, the Ceferistii kicked disconnected their caller home run successful mid-July with a travel to Otelul and fell to a disappointing 2-1 loss, earlier heading to Armenia to instrumentality connected Alashkert successful past week's archetypal leg, coming distant level arsenic Andres Sfait equalised aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional of a 1-1 draw.

A archetypal competitory triumph of the play nether the caller absorption of Antonio Folha past followed connected Monday, arsenic they dished retired a 5-0 beating to FC Voluntari connected location turf with Andrei Cordea and Stefan Drazic netting braces earlier Mario Camora added a 5th precocious on.

With assurance to instrumentality from that effect and location vantage coming into the 2nd limb with location advantage, CFR Cluj volition bid to travel retired connected apical connected Thursday to seal their progression to the 3rd circular of qualifying.

Their opponents, meanwhile, marque the travel aiming to proceed their tally which began successful the archetypal circular with an distant win.

Alashkert FC began Conference League qualifying successful the archetypal round, pursuing a fourth-placed decorativeness successful the Armenian Premier League successful 2025-26, with Yelimay Semey the archetypal squad to basal successful their way.

Vahe Gevorgyan's broadside scraped done that contest, drafting 1-1 astatine location and 2-2 distant acknowledgment to an ain extremity successful the dying embers of other clip earlier prevailing successful the punishment shootout.

Rafael Jesus past enactment them up successful the archetypal fractional of their location limb against CFR Cluj past week, earlier being pegged back, meaning FC Alashkert indispensable again travel retired connected apical successful an distant limb if they are to instrumentality their tally to the 3rd qualifying round.

CFR Cluj Conference League form:

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CFR Cluj signifier (all competitions):

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Alashkert FC Conference League form:

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Alashkert FC signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

CFR Cluj made widescale changes betwixt past week's archetypal limb and their league triumph past clip out, and Sfait volition vie to gain his spot backmost aft scoring their leveller successful Armenia and lone featuring disconnected the seat against FC Voluntari.

Cordea and Drazic person beardown claims to support their ain places up beforehand aft each hitting braces connected Monday, and they whitethorn articulation Sfait successful a new-look beforehand 3 for the location leg.

Karlu Muhar remains a cardinal antheral successful midfield this season, with Alin Fica and either Bruno Costa oregon Damjan Djokovic apt to articulation him.

Alashkert FC whitethorn beryllium unchanged from their location limb with nary competitory enactment since arsenic their league run begins adjacent week.

There is contention for attacking spots, though, with summertime signings Domi Jaures Massoumou and Philip Ejike having featured disconnected the seat past clip out.

Raphael Jesus volition support his spot aft scoring their opener, portion midfielder Karen Nalbandyan led their scoring charts with 14 goals past season.

CFR Cluj imaginable starting lineup:

Valceanu; Kun, Pantalon, Abeid, Rocha; Muhar, Fica, Costa; Cordea, Drazic, Sfait

Alashkert FC imaginable starting lineup:

Beglaryan; Terteryan, Cesar, Matyukhin, Hakobyan; Nalbandyan, Piloyan, Sabobo; Farayola, Jesus, Massoumou

We say: CFR Cluj 2-0 Alashkert FC (CFR Cluj triumph 3-1 connected aggregate)

CFR Cluj successfully navigated the distant limb to travel retired connected level terms, and we backmost them to marque the astir of location vantage and advancement connected Thursday connected the backmost of a resounding league triumph astatine the weekend.

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