Can CFR Cluj beat Astra?

Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)

This promises to be another interesting encounter in the Liga 1. CFR Cluj is in 1st position and welcome Astra in 4th place. Read all about the match here!

CFR Cluj and Astra 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.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

When playing at home, CFR Cluj have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 13 games. The CFR Cluj fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. CFR Cluj has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

Happy days for CFR Cluj in their previous game, a Liga 1 match away at Viitorul (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sepsi in a game that was won 3-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Romania Cup game versus Astra in only two days. This game is also played here.

The CFR Cluj fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. From these home matches, CFR Cluj have conceded only 10 goals.

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Astra form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L3 on the road this term.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus FCSB with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 defeat away at Universitatea Craiova before that.

Astra find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Astra as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: CFR Cluj - Astra 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): CFR Cluj 8 wins, 2 draws and Astra 0 victories.

Top Goalscorers

G. Țucudean
17 goals / 1 assists
A. Llullaku
6 goals / 5 assists
B. Omrani
5 goals / 7 assists

CFR Cluj missing players

Astra missing players

CFR Cluj Astra
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
86% 86% Over 0.5 93% 96%
61% 71% Over 1.5 79% 75%
39% 43% Over 2.5 50% 39%
18% 29% Over 3.5 14% 7%
7% 7% Over 4.5 7% 4%
46% 64% Both teams to score 50% 54%
50% 36% Clean Sheet 36% 25%
18% 14% Failed To Score 21% 25%

  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 CFR Cluj 26 15 9 2 39 16 13 5 7 1 19 10 13 10 2 1 20 6 23 54
2 FCSB 26 14 7 5 49 29 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 5 5 3 23 17 20 49
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 43 24 13 7 4 2 20 9 13 6 2 5 23 15 19 45
4 Astra 26 11 9 6 36 23 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 42
5 Viitorul 26 11 5 10 26 27 13 6 2 5 14 11 13 5 3 5 12 16 -1 38
6 Sepsi 26 10 7 9 32 25 13 6 2 5 17 12 13 4 5 4 15 13 7 37
7 Botoşani 26 9 9 8 31 33 13 5 3 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 16 -2 36
8 CSM Iaşi 26 10 4 12 28 38 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 5 1 7 14 23 -10 34
9 Hermannstadt 26 9 5 12 25 28 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 4 2 7 11 16 -3 32
10 Dinamo Bucureşti 26 8 8 10 29 37 13 6 4 3 18 13 13 2 4 7 11 24 -8 32
11 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 7 10 9 25 32 13 5 4 4 16 16 13 2 6 5 9 16 -7 31
12 Dunărea Călăraşi 26 4 12 10 16 25 13 3 5 5 11 15 13 1 7 5 5 10 -9 24
13 Voluntari 26 4 9 13 30 46 13 3 5 5 20 20 13 1 4 8 10 26 -16 21
14 Concordia Chiajna 26 4 6 16 19 45 13 1 5 7 9 22 13 3 1 9 10 23 -26 18

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