Football betting preview: CFR Cluj favourites when SSC Farul visits

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (23500 seats)

This is shaping up to be quite the exciting battle at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu in the Liga 1. CFR Cluj is in 1st place and receive SSC Farul in 5th position. Read about the game here!

Insights:
  • CFR Cluj is in the best form (4-0-0)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cluj and SSC Farul.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

Perfect Liga 1 season at home so far for CFR Cluj 2 wins from 2 appearances.

CFR Cluj are confident in defense, having played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Cluj are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Young Boys. Billel Omrani, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Omrani scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that match, a Liga 1 win away at Mioveni.

Early season league goal statistics from CFR Cluj's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.

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SSC Farul form and stats

Things could have gone better for SSC Farul in their Liga 1 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Two points from the last two away games for Farul, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

360 minutes! That's how long the SSC Farul goalkeeper Mihai Marian Aioani and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Farul are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Liga 1 against Sepsi (placed 10th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Rapid Bucuresti that ended 0-0.

SSC Farul have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CFR ClujC. Petrila
C. Petrila
3 goals
SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
2 goals
ClujI. Latovlevici
I. Latovlevici
1 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

SSC Farul missing players

CFR Cluj SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 4 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
6.5 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3
2.2 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.5 7.2
2.8 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.5 9.8
4.8 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.5 2.5
37% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 30%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj is in the best form (4-0-0)
CFR Cluj Last season SSC Farul
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   14 26
26 11   Won W   7 12
8 5   Drew D   3 6
6 4   Lost L   4 8
57 30   Scored S   19 34
20 10   Conceded C   12 28
88% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
57% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 73%
32% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 46%
12% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 19%
2% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
30% 30%   BTTS BTTS   57% 58%
62% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 27%
20% 30%   Failed to Score F T   21% 19%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6.2 5.2
2.6 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.9
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.5
2 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.2 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 11.5
4.5 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 4.8
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%

  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 4 4 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Rapid Bucuresti 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 10
3 Botosani 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 10
4 FCSB 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 8
5 SSC Farul 4 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 8
6 Dinamo Bucuresti 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 6
7 U Craiova 1948 4 2 0 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 5 6 0 6
8 Universitatea Craiova 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 6
9 UTA Arad 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
10 Sepsi 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
11 Chindia Targoviste 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
12 Gaz Metan Medias 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
13 Mioveni 4 1 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -3 3
14 Voluntari 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Arges 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
16 Academica Clinceni 4 0 0 4 3 9 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 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 1 2 15 5 5 3 0 2 8 3 5 4 1 0 7 2 10 54
2 FCSB 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 -1 45
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 41
4 Sepsi 10 5 2 3 11 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 40
5 Academica Clinceni 10 3 2 5 10 15 5 3 0 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 8 -5 33
6 Botosani 10 3 1 6 13 18 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 7 11 -5 31

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.