It's CFR Cluj vs Jablonec in the Europa Conference League!

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 09.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CMC (23500 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both CFR Cluj and Jablonec are looking forward to this Europa Conference League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Czech Liga. That game, against Bohemians 1905, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Jablonec.

These teams have little in common geographically as Jablonec have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

Home games in the Liga 1 have been a walk in the park for CFR Cluj so far, with 27 points won from 9 matches; 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, CFR Cluj has performed like this (both home and away): 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. The CFR Cluj fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul CMC and will expect new points from this game. CFR Cluj has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Cluj, as their goalkeeper Cristian Emanuel Balgradean has completely shut out the opponents for 575 minutes in the Liga 1.

CFR Cluj are returning here after visiting Chindia Targoviste in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Billel Omrani scored the goal(s).

Before that, Cluj had a Liga 1 home game versus Academica Clinceni which ended with a victory 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cluj perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with CFR Cluj as a small favourite), we find three games. CFR Cluj has won one of these, drawn two and lost zero.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Cluj as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga 1 match thankfully also at home. Mioveni are visiting.

A decent goal production from Cluj in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Cluj have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Jablonec form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jablonec so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

Jablonec play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Bohemians 1905.

The game before that, in the Czech Liga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Mlada Boleslav.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Jablonec playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Jablonec wins, four draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Teplice in just three days.

The attacking power of Jablonec when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Jablonec have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

CFR Cluj and Jablonec have faced each other previously this season: Jablonec - Cluj 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

ClujC. Deac
C. Deac
5 goals
CFR ClujA. Omrani
A. Omrani
5 goals
JablonecT. Čvančara
T. Čvančara
5 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

Jablonec missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CFR Cluj Jablonec
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
15 10   Won W   3 7
1 1   Drew D   4 10
9 2   Lost L   6 8
42 33   Scored S   11 31
20 7   Conceded C   25 37
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
60% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 68%
36% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
20% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 40%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
24% 38%   BTTS BTTS   31% 44%
48% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 24%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   54% 36%
 
5 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.4
4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.2
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
3 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.4 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11.6
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 4.2
32% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%
 
9.9 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11
3.2 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 4.6

  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 5 3 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 11
2 Randers 5 1 4 0 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 7
3 Jablonec 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 6
4 CFR Cluj 5 0 1 4 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 5 -5 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 18 16 0 2 28 8 9 9 0 0 17 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 20 48
2 FCSB 18 12 4 2 34 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 9 4 3 2 8 8 18 40
3 Voluntari 18 10 2 6 22 18 9 6 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 10 12 4 32
4 SSC Farul 18 8 5 5 21 10 9 7 1 1 16 2 9 1 4 4 5 8 11 29
5 Universitatea Craiova 17 9 1 7 32 19 9 6 1 2 24 8 8 3 0 5 8 11 13 28
6 Rapid Bucuresti 18 7 7 4 22 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 5 28
7 Botosani 17 7 7 3 16 15 8 2 4 2 5 7 9 5 3 1 11 8 1 28
8 Arges 17 8 3 6 17 12 8 3 1 4 6 7 9 5 2 2 11 5 5 27
9 UTA Arad 18 6 7 5 16 13 9 3 3 3 7 7 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 25
10 Sepsi 18 4 9 5 19 17 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 2 21
11 Chindia Targoviste 18 4 7 7 12 13 9 2 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 4 -1 19
12 Mioveni 18 4 5 9 11 25 9 2 3 4 3 7 9 2 2 5 8 18 -14 17
13 Gaz Metan Medias 17 4 4 9 13 20 9 2 4 3 8 9 8 2 0 6 5 11 -7 16
14 U Craiova 1948 18 3 6 9 11 19 9 2 3 4 5 9 9 1 3 5 6 10 -8 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 18 2 3 13 13 39 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -26 9
16 Academica Clinceni 18 1 4 13 13 39 9 1 2 6 7 15 9 0 2 7 6 24 -26 7
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Slavia Praha 17 14 2 1 46 11 8 8 0 0 24 3 9 6 2 1 22 8 35 44
2 Viktoria Plzen 17 13 2 2 33 13 9 8 1 0 24 6 8 5 1 2 9 7 20 41
3 Sparta Praha 17 12 3 2 40 21 9 8 1 0 19 6 8 4 2 2 21 15 19 39
4 Slovacko 17 11 2 4 34 19 8 7 0 1 16 5 9 4 2 3 18 14 15 35
5 Banik Ostrava 17 9 5 3 35 22 8 5 2 1 22 10 9 4 3 2 13 12 13 32
6 Hradec Kralove 17 6 6 5 22 23 8 4 4 0 12 5 9 2 2 5 10 18 -1 24
7 Mlada Boleslav 17 7 2 8 28 26 9 5 1 3 22 17 8 2 1 5 6 9 2 23
8 Slovan Liberec 17 7 2 8 17 23 9 4 0 5 7 12 8 3 2 3 10 11 -6 23
9 Sigma Olomouc 17 5 6 6 29 25 8 3 3 2 15 12 9 2 3 4 14 13 4 21
10 Ceske Budejovice 17 6 3 8 24 29 9 6 1 2 16 11 8 0 2 6 8 18 -5 21
11 Bohemians 1905 17 5 3 9 25 37 8 4 1 3 16 13 9 1 2 6 9 24 -12 18
12 Jablonec 17 3 7 7 13 30 8 2 4 2 8 8 9 1 3 5 5 22 -17 16
13 Zlin 17 4 3 10 20 35 9 2 2 5 13 18 8 2 1 5 7 17 -15 15
14 Pardubice 17 3 5 9 22 37 9 1 4 4 11 20 8 2 1 5 11 17 -15 14
15 Teplice 17 2 2 13 17 36 8 2 1 5 9 11 9 0 1 8 8 25 -19 8
16 Karvina 17 0 5 12 15 33 9 0 4 5 12 17 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 5

Table
  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 5 3 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 11
2 Randers 5 1 4 0 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 7
3 Jablonec 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 6
4 CFR Cluj 5 0 1 4 2 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 5 -5 1

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