The league table in Liga 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with CFR Cluj leading Sepsi by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither CFR Cluj nor Sepsi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
CFR Cluj form and stats
8-1-0 is the performance here at Dr. Constantin Radulescu so far in the Liga 1, giving CFR Cluj a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! The CFR Cluj fans aren't used to losing here at Dr. Constantin Radulescu and will expect new points from this game. CFR Cluj has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
CFR Cluj's previous game was a Liga 1 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sepsi (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, CFR Cluj played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Hermannstadt.
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 six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
CFR Cluj are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Dr. Constantin Radulescu in their league games, having scored an impressive 26 goals in 9 matches. CFR Cluj have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
There's been little loot from Sepsi's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Liga 1. Sepsi only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 6 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Grozavu, the Sepsi manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Sepsi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to CFR Cluj (placed 1st). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Universitatea Craiova.
You'll want to know how Sepsi managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sepsi as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Sepsi have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: CFR Cluj - Sepsi 1-0. CFR Cluj-Sepsi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: CFR Cluj 8 wins, Sepsi 0 wins, 2 draws. 2 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Omrani 7 goals |  A. Păun 6 goals |  C. Deac 5 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Sepsi missing players
| CFR Cluj | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 41 | 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 79% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 53% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 26% |
| 37% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 16% |
| 26% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 11% |
| 47% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 53% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 5.9 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 219 | 122 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 73 | 150 |
| 96 | 52 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 37 | 62 |
| 43% | 52% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 19% | 26% |
- CFR Cluj has the fewest conceded goals (14)
- CFR Cluj has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- CFR Cluj has the most clean sheets (10)
- CFR Cluj has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- CFR Cluj has the most scored goals (40)
- CFR Cluj has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
- CFR Cluj has the the best goal difference (+24) at home
- CFR Cluj has the the best goal difference (+26)
- CFR Cluj have not yet lost a game 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 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 Sepsi.
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sepsi has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
- Sepsi has the most matches under the total-line (11)
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Astra | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Viitorul | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | FCSB | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Botoşani | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | CSM Iasi | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Chindia Târgovişte | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 17 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -21 | 8 |