Betting preview: CFR Cluj favourites when Argeş comes to visit

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CMC (23500 seats)

Welcome to Stadionul CMC and this match featuring CFR Cluj & Argeş in the Liga 1. Tipsway has everything you should know!

Insights:
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (11) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1

CFR Cluj have less rest than Argeş in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lazio.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 12 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul CMC for CFR Cluj. The data says 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. The Cluj manager Petrescu might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for CFR Cluj's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. Paz (own goal) was their last goal scorer.

The supporters are hoping that CFR Cluj will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against Lazio. Defender Burcă got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Burcă hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Cluj lost 0-2 at Universitatea Craiova's place.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for CFR Cluj home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be considered that a glance at the 10 most recent league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lazio are coming to town in four days.

Cluj have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul CMC with 20 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, CFR Cluj have conceded only 10 goals.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-4-6 (12 played). Visiting Argeş has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Argeş's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus SSC Farul that finished 0-0.

A 1-1 draw at Hermannstadt's stadium before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Argeş played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 5 times.

A tale of few goals? 11 of this club's most recent 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Argeş have conceded 18 goals in their away games. Argeş has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

CFR Cluj have been victorious in every one of the 9 latest duels against this side. Another win today?

Argeş - CFR Cluj 0-1 was the score in these sides' latest head to head game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
9 goals
ClujC. Manea
C. Manea
4 goals
CFR ClujK. Muhar
K. Muhar
4 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

Argeş missing players

CFR Cluj Argeş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 12 25
16 8 2 Won W 0 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 4 8
7 4 1 Lost L 3 6 11
38 20 8 Scored S 3 8 19
22 10 3 Conceded C 8 18 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
64% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 64%
40% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 32%
24% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 20%
8% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
40% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 36%
44% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
16% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 48%
 
4.3 5 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.5
4.6 3.8 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.3 4.8
2.3 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.1 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11 12.7 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 5.7 7.7
4.6 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.9
33% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 26%
 
8.4 7.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.2 12.2
3.1 2.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.3 5.9 5.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CFR Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (11) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 25 15 7 3 47 25 12 9 2 1 26 8 13 6 5 2 21 17 22 52
2 CFR Cluj 25 16 2 7 38 22 12 8 0 4 20 10 13 8 2 3 18 12 16 50
3 FCSB 25 14 5 6 42 29 12 6 4 2 24 16 13 8 1 4 18 13 13 47
4 Rapid Bucuresti 25 13 6 6 35 22 13 9 3 1 25 11 12 4 3 5 10 11 13 45
5 Universitatea Craiova 25 13 5 7 32 24 13 9 2 2 21 11 12 4 3 5 11 13 8 44
6 Sepsi 25 10 7 8 41 23 13 5 3 5 22 10 12 5 4 3 19 13 18 37
7 Petrolul 52 25 10 3 12 24 32 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 4 0 8 9 20 -8 33
8 U Craiova 1948 25 8 6 11 29 29 12 5 2 5 15 11 13 3 4 6 14 18 0 30
9 Botosani 25 7 9 9 26 37 12 4 5 3 16 11 13 3 4 6 10 26 -11 30
10 Chindia Targoviste 25 7 8 10 29 35 12 3 5 4 14 17 13 4 3 6 15 18 -6 29
11 Voluntari 25 6 8 11 22 29 13 4 3 6 12 11 12 2 5 5 10 18 -7 26
12 Argeş 25 6 8 11 19 34 13 4 4 5 11 16 12 2 4 6 8 18 -15 26
13 Hermannstadt 25 9 7 9 27 26 12 5 2 5 17 13 13 4 5 4 10 13 1 25
14 Universitatea Cluj 25 5 9 11 18 31 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 1 3 8 6 20 -13 24
15 UTA Arad 25 5 8 12 24 35 13 4 4 5 17 18 12 1 4 7 7 17 -11 23
16 Mioveni 25 3 8 14 19 39 12 1 5 6 6 13 13 2 3 8 13 26 -20 17

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.