The Academica Clinceni & CFR Cluj managers I. Poenaru and E. Iordănescu are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga 1 league table.
- CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (22) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Academica Clinceni at their home stadium (Stadionul Clinceni - Arena 1) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Academica's previous game was a Liga 1 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Universitatea Craiova. The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sepsi.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Academica Clinceni had similar winning odds as today, and found one game. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost one. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Academica lost zero similar games by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Academica Clinceni after this match as they are travelling to FCSB for a Liga 1 game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Academica here at Stadionul Clinceni - Arena 1 in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). From these home matches, Academica have conceded only 12 goals.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj, who have the most clean sheets (22) in Liga 1, have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 11-2-2 from 15 games.
Cluj has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to FCSB for a Liga 1 game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Cluj secured a home win against Botoşani with the score 2-0.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Cluj given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed two matches with two wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
After this away game CFR Cluj return home for a Liga 1 game against Sepsi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cluj have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cluj are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Academica and CFR Cluj have met before this season: CFR Cluj - Academica Clinceni 3-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - zero - five (Academica wins - draws - CFR Cluj wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Deac 12 goals |  G. Debeljuh 9 goals |   R. Rusescu 5 goals |
Academica Clinceni missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Academica Clinceni | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 32 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 50 |
| 34 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 80% | 82% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 86% |
| 60% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 59% | 60% |
| 31% | 24% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 24% | 34% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 11% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 43% | 47% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 65% | 63% |
| 37% | 41% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 12% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 9.2 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 30% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | 31% |
- CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (22) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the most points (35) away in Liga 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |