Romanian giants CFR Cluj and Swiss side Young Boys will be battling for a place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs after getting drawn to face off in the third qualifying round. Cluj, who host the first leg, saw off Borac Banja Luka and Lincoln Red Imps in the previous two rounds. They head into this game after a 1-0 home win over Chindia Targovist in their domestic league, that being their fifth straight win and second straight clean sheet. This game against Young Boys will be their third straight home game and fourth in six matches. They have three straight wins at home and the only loss they’ve had there in the last seven was on post match penalties. In Cluj’s last five matches, they have scored two goals or more in four and three have produced over 2.5 goals.
Young Boys also take to this game an unbeaten run, theirs being of six matches, though with just three wins therein. In two of their last four matches they’ve failed to score and three of the last five have ended in draws. The Swiss side has scored two or more goals in four of their last six matches and ahead of this game, they drew 0-0 with Grasshopper in their domestic league. Three of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. Young Boys started their Champions League journey at the second qualifying round stage, and beat Slovakia side Slovan Bratslava 3-2 on aggregate to advance here. They have a strong away run too, unbeaten in four, with three wins, and they’ve scored two or more in the three wins.
Both these teams go to this game with unbeaten runs and will be looking to maintain that. They have impressive scoring runs and in their recent forms, we can back this to be a high scoring game. Go for over 2.5 goals in this game.