It's still early in the Liga 1 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Astra - CFR Cluj preview!
Astra form and stats
Astra's first Liga 1 home game here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches.
Astra are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 196 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Balaure).
In their previous game, the manager B. Andone led his Astra to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Universitatea Craiova. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici. Before that game, the home loss against FCSB with the scoreline 0-3.
At Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, Astra has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
CFR Cluj form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 5 matches.
Cluj's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sepsi that finished 0-0. A draw for Cluj before that, at their own venue hosting Dinamo Zagreb (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) (2-2).
CFR Cluj have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Astra victories, three draws and five CFR Cluj wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Costache 1 goals |  C. Petrila 1 goals |
Astra missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Astra | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 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 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 22% |
| Astra | Last season | CFR Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 30 | Scored | S | 30 | 68 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 23 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 86% | ||
| 65% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 72% | ||
| 53% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 35% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 53% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 39% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 61% | ||
| 26% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 14% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 327 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 201 | 402 | ||
| 124 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 90 | 169 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Botosani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Arges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botosani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |