This promises to be an action-packed encounter for CFR Cluj at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and KuPS with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
KuPS play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for KuPS when playing on grass are 9 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from 22 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 25 times in these games.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for KuPS, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Action has already taken place for CFR Cluj in Europa League as they have defeated Djurgården to reach the Play-offs. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.Only two Liga 1 home games for CFR Cluj so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Cluj are confident in defense, having played 312 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Cluj, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Djurgården away with the result 1-0. Paulo Vinícius found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Astra and winning 2-0.
Early season league goal statistics from CFR Cluj's 2 home games: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
KuPS form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Suduva and Slovan Bratislava in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round.KuPS's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed KuPS collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Veikkausliiga. 4 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). KuPS are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus CFR Cluj.
KuPS had fun at their own home (Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu) last time out, beating Suduva 2-0. Igors Tarasovs and Rangel scored. Preceding that game was the away Veikkausliiga victory against RoPS with the score of 2-0.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with KuPS as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and one defeat. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
KuPS are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. KuPS are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Niskanen 6 goals | L. Nunes Gonçalves 4 goals | U. Nissilä 3 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
KuPS missing players
| CFR Cluj | KuPS | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 250 | 113 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 295 | ||
| 94 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 119 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | FCSB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Botosani | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Academica Clinceni | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Gaz Metan Medias | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | CSM Iasi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Viitorul | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Arges | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Astra | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 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 | HJK | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | KuPS | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Honka | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | HIFK | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Ilves | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Lahti | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | SJK | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | TPS | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 11 | Haka | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -18 | 12 |
| 12 | RoPS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -23 | 5 |