CFR Cluj are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture against Gaz Metan Mediaş, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?
- CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+10) in Liga 1
- Gaz Metan Mediaş have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
CFR Cluj form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what CFR Cluj have to build on here at Stadionul CMC in the Liga 1. CFR Cluj has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadionul CMC. We remember; it was U Craiova 1948.
The Cluj goalkeeper Cristian Emanuel Balgradean is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
It's back home for Cluj, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating UTA Arad away with the result 1-0. Alexandru Chipciu found the net in that victory.
Prior to that, an away loss at Universitatea Craiova in the Romania Cup.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 twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
The Cluj manager D. Petrescu has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. CFR Cluj are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul CMC in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gaz Metan Mediaş in their Liga 1 matches away.
Mediaş played 0-0 against Sepsi in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away Romania Cup victory against Concordia Chiajna (after extra-time) with the score of 1-0.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mediaş played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mediaş's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: Cluj won five, Gaz Metan Mediaş triumphed in one and we saw four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Petrila 3 goals |  C. Deac 2 goals |  A. Omrani 2 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players
| CFR Cluj | Gaz Metan Mediaş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 8.2 | 6.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 10.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 25% |
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Gaz Metan Mediaş.
- CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+10) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have won all their matches at home so far.
- CFR Cluj have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Gaz Metan Mediaş have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gaz Metan Mediaş have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
- Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Botosani | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Arges | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | -17 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 2 |