Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Viitorul Şelimbăr & Universitatea Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Universitatea Cluj played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 2 match.
Viitorul Şelimbăr form and stats
Last season, Viitorul's Romania Cup journey ended in the 1st round.16 points is a decent return from 8 3. Liga: Series 5 games here for Viitorul Şelimbăr. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Viitorul Şelimbăr has won their last four matches.
A strong away win for Viitorul against Unirea Alba Iulia the last match.
The Viitorul manager has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Viitorul are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Universitatea's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, Universitatea Cluj have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga 2 this season.
Universitatea Cluj played 1-1 against Concordia Chiajna in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Sporting Turnu.
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 Universitatea 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 two of these games by at least two goals.
Universitatea Cluj are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Universitatea are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Goga 5 goals |  C. Gavra 4 goals |  A. Pop 4 goals |
Viitorul Şelimbăr missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Viitorul Şelimbăr | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 37% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 103 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 250 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 83 | ||
| 38% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Comuna Recea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | FCM Baia Mare | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Metalurgistul Cugir | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Luceafarul Oradea | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Sanmartin | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Gloria Bistrita | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Avantul Reghin | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Ariesul Turda | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sanatatea Cluj | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | CFR Cluj II | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Industria Galda de Jos | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 11 |
| 15 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | SCM Zalau | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 |
| 2 | Metaloglobus | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Unirea Slobozia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Turnu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Dunarea Calarasi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Concordia Chiajna | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Scolar Resita | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Csikszereda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | CSM Slatina | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timişoara | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| 19 | Comuna Recea | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 3 |