Universitatea Cluj have journeyed here for an interesting battle versus the hosts Argeş. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Liga 1 preview!
Argeş and Universitatea Cluj should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Argeş form and stats
Argeş have only played one Liga 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from 5 matches.
Argeş faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sepsi (0-4). Argeş were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Argeş had a home game versus UTA Arad which ended with a victory 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Argeş perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argeş as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Argeş has won 4 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.
At Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin, Argeş has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 5 away games resulted in 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Universitatea Cluj's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Universitatea Craiova that finished 1-1.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus FCSB that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Universitatea Cluj in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Universitatea, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Universitatea Cluj has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Argeş two wins, two draws and Universitatea Cluj zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bertrand 2 goals |   I. Filip 1 goals |  A. Bălan 1 goals |
Argeş missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Argeş | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 3.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 8.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 5.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Argeş | Last season | Universitatea Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 47 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 50% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 66% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 25% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 34% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 55% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 17% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 24% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 10.1 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Botosani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Argeş | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FCSB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 57 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 35 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 32 |
| 6 | Argeş | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -23 | 27 |
| 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 |
