International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both CFR Cluj and Sivasspor are looking forward to this Europa Conference League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sivasspor, who are travelling more than 1900 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Cluj nor Sivasspor 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.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Last season, CFR Cluj's Europa Conference League journey ended in the group stage.CFR Cluj have performed here at Stadionul CMC this season with 4 wins from 6 Liga 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cluj, as their goalkeeper Simone Scuffet has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the Liga 1.
CFR Cluj's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Universitatea Craiova. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to KF Ballkani (Europa Conference League). The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how CFR Cluj have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cluj as they are travelling to their away game against Arges in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from CFR Cluj's 6 home games: 12 goals, 6 conceded.
Sivasspor form and stats
Sivasspor was sent out of Europa Conference League in the play-offs last season, when København turned out to be too strong.No Super Lig points yet away for Sivasspor, from their first 2 matches.
Sivasspor delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Istanbulspor in their previous match. Midfielder Ulvestad was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Ulvestad scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that, 1-1 at home against Slavia Praha in the Europa Conference League. We have checked recent matches where Sivasspor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Sivasspor have another fixture away from home in just three sleeps, a Super Lig fixture versus Ankaragucu. A grim fixture list for the visitors!
It's early days yet, but Sivasspor has scored 1 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Deac 2 goals |  G. Debeljuh 2 goals | K. Muhar 2 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Sivasspor missing players
| CFR Cluj | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | KF Ballkani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Slavia Praha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | SSC Farul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Arges | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Botosani | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | FCSB | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 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 | Konyaspor | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Galatasaray | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Fenerbahce | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Alanyaspor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Giresunspor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Antalyaspor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Kasimpasa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Fatih Karagumruk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Istanbulspor | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Umraniyespor | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Hatayspor | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
