Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs between CFR Cluj and Maribor. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 1. SNL game only four days ago.
CFR Cluj form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for CFR Cluj, as the manager Petrescu led his troops to eliminate Shakhtyor and Inter Club d'Escaldes, and reach the Play-offs. CFR Cluj participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the group stage.CFR Cluj have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Liga 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, CFR Cluj has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
The Cluj manager Petrescu and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Maribor in the Europa Conference League.
Preceding that match was a Liga 1 defeat to Botosani (0-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier CFR Cluj matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as SSC Farul are coming to town in three days.
CFR Cluj have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul CMC with 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Maribor form and stats
They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round, when Hammarby drew the shortest straw.No 1. SNL points yet away for Maribor, from their first 2 matches.
Maribor delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Celje in their previous fixture. It looked so good for Maribor vs Celje, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Maribor have another game away from home in just three nights, a 1. SNL fixture vs Mura. A grim timetable for them!
It's early days yet, but Maribor has scored 3 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Maribor - CFR Cluj 0-0 was the end result in these squads' latest h2h match, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Bozic 3 goals |   C. Deac 2 goals | G. Debeljuh 2 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Maribor missing players
| CFR Cluj | Maribor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 36% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 25% | ||
| 8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Botosani | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | CFR Cluj | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Arges | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | FCSB | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 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 | Olimpija | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Koper | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Domzale | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Mura | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Radomlje | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 6 | Celje | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Tabor Sezana | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Gorica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 9 | Maribor | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 10 | Bravo | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
