Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo Bucureşti match-goers have their most treasured supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Liga 1 - Play-offs season. GO!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo Bucureşti.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Universitatea Cluj as they were promoted from Liga 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from 19 games. The team scored 21 goals at home last season and conceded 4. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitatea have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Universitatea Cluj have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Universitatea Cluj scored 0 goals and let in 6 goals during these one game.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Bucureşti as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 4 victories from 30 games, relegation was a fact. Dinamo Bucureşti's manager Jr. are hoping to lead the team right back to Liga 1 at the first attempt.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dinamo Bucureşti playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Dinamo Bucureşti win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Dinamo Bucureşti played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these five matches Dinamo Bucureşti scored 9 and conceded 7 goals.
Head 2 Head
These teams faced each other earlier on this season: Universitatea - Dinamo Bucureşti 2-0. Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Universitatea Cluj, four draws and five wins for Dinamo Bucureşti. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hofman 7 goals | A. Boiciuc 7 goals | F. Haită 6 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Last season | Dinamo Bucureşti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 15 | 24 | ||
| 47 | 30 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 45 | 77 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 66% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 36% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 21% | ||
| 34% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 49% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 18% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 41% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 10 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 61 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 57 |
| 4 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 44 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 41 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepsi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Botosani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -28 | -19 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | -25 | -38 |
