This promises to be an action-packed encounter for CFR Cluj at Stadionul CMC when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and AZ with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's no vacation for neither Cluj nor AZ as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for AZ when visiting Cluj as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Home games in the Liga 1 have been a walk in the park for CFR Cluj so far, with 18 points won from 6 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Sepsi here at Stadionul CMC, Cluj has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
CFR Cluj faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rapid Bucuresti (0-2).
Ahead of that match, Cluj won a home game hosting Gaz Metan Medias (2-1).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sepsi are coming to town in four days.
The CFR Cluj manager D. Petrescu has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. From these home matches, CFR Cluj have conceded only 4 goals.
AZ form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, AZ have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
AZ had fun at their own home (Stadionul CMC) last time out, beating FC Utrecht 5-1. Jesper Karlsson, Albert Guðmundsson, Dani De Wit (2) and Vangelis Pavlidis scored. As mentioned above, AZ was the only team on the pitch versus FC Utrecht in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Jesper Karlsson got a player rating of 8.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Karlsson scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at SC Cambuur.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to FC Groningen.
The travelling fans enjoy AZ's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. AZ have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. de Wit 5 goals |   C. Petrila 4 goals |  J. Karlsson 4 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
AZ missing players
| CFR Cluj | AZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 44 | 35 | Scored | S | 15 | 52 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Jablonec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Randers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | FCSB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | Botosani | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 | Arges | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -18 | 7 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -19 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 22 |
| 2 | PSV | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Willem II | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 16 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | AZ | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 11 | NEC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Heracles | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 14 | Fortuna Sittard | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 1 |