The home manager Petrescu wants to whip up CFR Cluj win versus Argeş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CMC (23500 seats)

CFR Cluj have performed well so far, being 1st position in the table. Argeş have an outlook both direction in the table from their 8th place.

Insights:
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1

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 Cluj and Argeş.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

CFR Cluj have been very solid at home in the Liga 1 so far, with 30 points collected from 10 matches (10-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The CFR Cluj fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul CMC and will expect new points from this game. Cluj has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The CFR Cluj goalkeeper Otto Hindrich is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 755 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

Cluj are returning here after visiting SSC Farul in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Costache and Chipciu scored the goal(s).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Mioveni.

The CFR Cluj fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. CFR Cluj have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Argeş form and stats

5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Argeş in their Liga 1 matches away.

Argeş's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sepsi that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Rapid Bucuresti's place.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Argeş have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. Argeş are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other previously this match year: Argeş - Cluj 0-1. CFR Cluj-Argeş H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Cluj seven wins, Argeş zero wins, two draws. two of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ClujC. Deac
C. Deac
5 goals
CFR ClujA. Omrani
A. Omrani
5 goals
CFR ClujC. Petrila
C. Petrila
4 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

Argeş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CFR Cluj Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
18 10 2 Won W 1 5 8
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 8
31 18 3 Scored S 3 11 19
8 4 0 Conceded C 3 7 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
50% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 50%
25% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 25%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
20% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 30%
70% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 40%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 40%
 
5.7 5.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.1
4 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.3 3.9
1.9 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 10.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.6 8.4
4.3 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 3.1
36% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 42% 31%
 
8.3 6.8 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 9.4 9.1
2.2 1.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.7 3.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CFR Cluj have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most points (30) at home in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+23) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have won all their matches at home so far.
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • CFR Cluj is in the best form (6-0-0) in Liga 1

  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 20 18 0 2 31 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 23 54
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botosani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 20 8 5 7 21 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 10 1 4 5 5 9 8 29
8 Argeş 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Mioveni 20 5 5 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 10 2 2 6 8 19 -14 20
12 Chindia Targoviste 20 4 7 9 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 2 4 4 4 5 -5 19
13 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
14 U Craiova 1948 20 4 6 10 15 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 18
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 20 3 3 14 15 41 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 0 0 10 4 27 -26 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

Table
  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 20 18 0 2 31 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 23 54
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botosani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 20 8 5 7 21 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 10 1 4 5 5 9 8 29
8 Argeş 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Mioveni 20 5 5 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 10 2 2 6 8 19 -14 20
12 Chindia Targoviste 20 4 7 9 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 2 4 4 4 5 -5 19
13 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
14 U Craiova 1948 20 4 6 10 15 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 18
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 20 3 3 14 15 41 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 0 0 10 4 27 -26 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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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.