Only the second game in the Liga 1 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu as CFR Cluj welcomes Sepsi. Check out this preview!
Cluj have less rest than Sepsi in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dinamo Zagreb, was also a home game here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu. The away team is better rested.
CFR Cluj form and stats
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Dinamo Zagreb (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) in the Champions League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Academica Clinceni.
Ciprian Deac felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Dinamo Zagreb (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 52nd minute.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cluj matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and one defeat (from five games).
Last season, CFR Cluj's league statistics were 15 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Liga 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season CFR Cluj managed 11-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 2 conceded.
Sepsi form and stats
The manager L. Grozavu was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Municipal. Sepsi suffered a 0-1 loss to Universitatea Craiova (placed 6th). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Academica Clinceni.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sepsi when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning four games.
Let's have a look at how Sepsi performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 12 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 8 and lost 3 with 13/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: CFR Cluj won eight, Sepsi won zero and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Costache 1 goals |  C. Petrila 1 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Sepsi missing players
| CFR Cluj | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CFR Cluj | Last season | Sepsi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 68 | 38 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 86% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 39% | 22% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 54% | ||
| 61% | 78% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 26% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 402 | 201 | Total Shots | T S | 188 | 372 | ||
| 169 | 79 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 139 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botosani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSM Iasi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botosani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |