Let's look at this appealing game in the Liga 1. CFR Cluj is in the 1st spot after completing two fixtures. They greet Universitatea Craiova who are placed 5th after two fixtures.
The hosts CFR Cluj saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Adana Demirspor, was also a home game here at Stadionul CMC. The away team is better rested.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj have only played one Liga 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
The home followers witnessed a 1-1 draw vs Adana Demirspor in the Europa Conference League last time out and are hoping for a win here.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting UTA Arad.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how CFR Cluj have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.
The manager Mandorlini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Adana Demirspor in only four days.
At Stadionul CMC, CFR Cluj has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Only one away game in the Liga 1 so far for Universitatea Craiova and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 loss from 5 travels.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Universitatea goalkeeper Iulian-Laurentiu Popescu is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Universitatea Craiova played 0-0 against Otelul in their previous match.
Prior to that result Universitatea Craiova won their away game at Dinamo Bucuresti. The scoreline was 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Universitatea Craiova in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Universitatea Craiova, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
{2 goals} so far away for Universitatea Craiova, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Cluj won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Universitatea Craiova managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Birligea 2 goals |  C. Manea 1 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| CFR Cluj | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 16 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 17% |
| 9 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| CFR Cluj | Last season | Universitatea Craiova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 41 | 21 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 66 | 37 | Scored | S | 22 | 52 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 49% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 7% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 54% | 52% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 55% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 25% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 12.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Otelul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botosani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | SSC Farul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 42 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 29 |
