Liga 1: A pair of participants who have done splendidly as yet. Get smart on CFR Cluj - Petrolul 52 with this complete preview!
- CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (10) in Liga 1
- Petrolul 52 have not yet lost a game away.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj have collected seven points from their first three Liga 1 games here at Stadionul CMC, a promising start.
A strong away win for CFR Cluj against Voluntari the last match, as Otele, Juričić and Muhar (2) were on target. Otele has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding!
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Botoşani.Cluj have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Things could have gone better for Petrolul 52 in their Liga 1 away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
Petrolul 52 delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Otelul (placed 12th) in their previous game. It looked so good for Petrolul vs Otelul, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
A 1-1 draw at Dinamo Bucuresti's stadium before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Petrolul 52 have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Petrolul 52 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (CFR Cluj wins - draws - Petrolul 52 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Otele 4 goals |   J. Tavares da Silva 4 goals | D. Birligea 2 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| CFR Cluj | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 12% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 14 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | 12.1 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 46% | 40% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 13.7 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
- All of CFR Cluj's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Petrolul 52's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- CFR Cluj have not yet lost a game at home.
- CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (10) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Petrolul 52 have not yet lost a game away.
- Petrolul 52 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Petrolul 52 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 | FCSB | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 | Otelul | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | CSM Iaşi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Botoşani | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
