Another action-packed fixture in Liga 1 as Astra welcome CFR Cluj

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici (8500 seats)

Astra will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind CFR Cluj.

It's no vacation for neither Astra nor CFR Cluj 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.

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Astra form and stats

Overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Astra are 2-2-0 (wins-draw-losses).

Astra's last game was hosting CFR Cluj and winning 3-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Universitatea Craiova.

Goals decide football matches and Astra are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Astra have conceded 6 from these games.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of CFR Cluj, who have the most scored goals (11) away in Liga 1, playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. CFR Cluj seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

CFR Cluj play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Astra. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Slavia Praha's place.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. CFR Cluj have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Astra - CFR Cluj 3-2. Astra-CFR Cluj H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Astra 2 wins, CFR Cluj 5 wins, 3 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

A. Păun
6 goals / 4 assists
V. Gheorghe
5 goals / 1 assists
C. Deac
5 goals / 1 assists

Astra missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

Astra CFR Cluj
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played 1 4 8
3 2 0 Won 0 2 5
2 2 1 Drew 1 1 2
3 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
10 8 1 Scored 1 11 20
10 6 1 Conceded 1 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 88%
50% 75% 0% Over 2.5 0% 75% 62%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 0% 75% 50%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 0% 75% 50%
62% 100% 100% BTTS 100% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 25%
38% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
2.9 3 2 Corners For (avg) 5 4.5 5.4
5.5 5.8 4 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.2 5.8
2.4 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 2.8 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • All of Astra's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of CFR Cluj's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Astra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Astra have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Astra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Astra have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Astra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • CFR Cluj have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • CFR Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CFR Cluj have scored in all their matches so far.
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Astra
All Liga 1 Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
05-08-19 L1 Astra 2 - 1 FCSB
10-08-19 L1 Gaz Metan Mediaş 1 - 0 Astra
19-08-19 L1 Astra 1 - 1 Viitorul
23-08-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova 1 - 0 Astra
31-08-19 L1 Astra 3 - 2 CFR Cluj
13-09-19 L1 Academica Clinceni 15:00 Astra
21-09-19 L1 Astra - Dinamo Bucureşti
28-09-19 L1 Chindia Târgovişte - Astra
05-10-19 L1 Astra - Hermannstadt
19-10-19 L1 Sepsi - Astra
CFR Cluj
All Liga 1 Champions League Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 L1 Sepsi 1 - 1 CFR Cluj
20-08-19 CL CFR Cluj 0 - 1 Slavia Praha
24-08-19 L1 CFR Cluj 4 - 1 Botosani
28-08-19 CL Slavia Praha 1 - 0 CFR Cluj
31-08-19 L1 Astra 3 - 2 CFR Cluj
13-09-19 L1 CFR Cluj 18:00 Voluntari
21-09-19 L1 FCSB - CFR Cluj
28-09-19 L1 CFR Cluj - Gaz Metan Mediaş
05-10-19 L1 Viitorul - CFR Cluj
19-10-19 L1 CFR Cluj - Universitatea Craiova

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Gaz Metan Mediaş 8 5 3 0 17 6 5 3 2 0 11 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 11 18
2 CFR Cluj 8 5 2 1 20 8 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 11 6 12 17
3 Universitatea Craiova 8 5 1 2 11 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 16
4 Viitorul 7 4 3 0 18 7 4 3 1 0 14 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 11 15
5 CSM Iaşi 8 4 3 1 12 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 15
6 Botoşani 8 2 5 1 15 13 4 1 3 0 8 5 4 1 2 1 7 8 2 11
7 Astra 8 3 2 3 10 10 4 2 2 0 8 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 0 11
8 Sepsi 7 1 6 0 6 5 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 9
9 Dinamo Bucureşti 7 2 0 5 9 15 3 2 0 1 7 4 4 0 0 4 2 11 -6 6
10 Hermannstadt 7 2 0 5 9 17 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 5 13 -8 6
11 Chindia Târgovişte 7 1 2 4 9 15 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 0 2 2 5 8 -6 5
12 Academica Clinceni 8 1 2 5 12 19 3 1 1 1 5 6 5 0 1 4 7 13 -7 5
13 Voluntari 8 1 2 5 6 16 5 0 2 3 2 7 3 1 0 2 4 9 -10 5
14 FCSB 7 1 1 5 7 16 4 1 0 3 6 10 3 0 1 2 1 6 -9 4

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