Perhaps a welcome break from league football as CSM Iaşi & CFR Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Sepsi.2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what CSM Iaşi have to build on here at Stadionul CMC in the Liga 1.
Iaşi drew their last game, also a home match. Arges was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Voluntari in the Liga 1.
CSM Iaşi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul CMC with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Iaşi with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Cluj's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.4-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for CFR Cluj in their Liga 1 matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Botosani game have they lost an away game, meaning Cluj has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home defeat versus Roma with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 loss hosting UTA Arad before that.
A new game in only four days for Cluj, the Europa League home match versus CSKA Sofia. Busy days.
Cluj are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Cluj are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Iaşi one win, two draws and CFR Cluj seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.CSM Iaşi missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| CSM Iaşi | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 20 | 35 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Viitorul | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Botosani | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | CSM Iaşi | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 10 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Arges | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Astra | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 8 |