CFR Cluj vs SSC Farul: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CMC (23500 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The starring heroes are CFR Cluj and SSC Farul, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (23) in Liga 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul CMC as CFR Cluj have scored 29 goals to get 33 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 11-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Cluj in their previous game, a fixture away at Sepsi that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league victory after four matches without.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at FCSB.

An interesting fact: 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from CFR Cluj in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. 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 12 from 15 matches.

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SSC Farul form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of SSC Farul playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Farul has drawn their two previous away games.

Impressive finishing from Băluţă, Santos and Munteanu secured the home win 3-2 against FCSB in their previous game. An amazing comeback from SSC Farul last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Munteanu scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute.

A 1-1 draw at Universitatea Craiova's stadium before that.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far SSC Farul have scored 22 goals in 15 league games away. 19 goals have been conceded by SSC Farul in these games.

Head 2 Head

Strangely enough, the last time Farul kept a "clean sheet" was also against this opposition, five league matches ago (SSC Farul - CFR Cluj 1-0). As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four CFR Cluj victories, two draws and two SSC Farul wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulD. Alibec
D. Alibec
14 goals
CFR ClujR. Janga
R. Janga
10 goals
SSC FarulL. Munteanu
L. Munteanu
8 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CFR Cluj SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
22 12 2 Won W 1 7 24
7 3 3 Drew D 3 8 10
10 4 1 Lost L 2 4 5
64 35 7 Scored S 10 26 74
40 17 5 Conceded C 11 24 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 92%
72% 74% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 85%
49% 53% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 37% 51%
31% 37% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 26% 26%
8% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 15%
54% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 68% 59%
31% 32% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 33%
15% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 16% 15%
 
4.5 4.9 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.4
5 4.4 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.7 3.7
2.2 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.7 13.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.4 12.2
4.7 5.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 5
35% 33% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 38% 38%
 
9.3 8.7 13 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 13.4 10.3
3.2 2.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.5 4.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • 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 at home.
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (23) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in Liga 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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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.