It's advantage CFR Cluj so far with their 3rd position in the Liga 1 table, welcoming UTA Arad who are placed 7th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
CFR Cluj's stadium, Stadionul CMC, has a grass surface. UTA Arad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for UTA Arad when playing on grass; 13 wins, 12 draws and 14 losses from 39 matches. They have scored 53 goals in these games and conceded 48.
CFR Cluj form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, CFR Cluj have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Happy days for Cluj in their previous game, a Liga 1 match away at Arges (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Cluj lost 0-5 at Roma's place.
Cluj aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul CMC in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Cluj have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
UTA Arad form and stats
Playing away, UTA Arad have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. Arad are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Arad failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 1 home match vs Gaz Metan Mediaş (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Botosani with the score of 3-2.
The visiting Arad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Cluj four wins, zero draws and UTA Arad one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Morar 3 goals |   P. Nascimento 2 goals |  M. Rondón Fernández 2 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| CFR Cluj | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 80% | 60% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 60% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 40% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 120 | 55 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 38 | 88 |
| 41 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 35 |
| 29% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 31% |
- CFR Cluj has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Liga 1
- 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.
- UTA Arad have not yet lost a game away.
- UTA Arad have scored in all their away matches so far.
- UTA Arad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Viitorul | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Botosani | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -17 | 9 |
| 14 | Arges | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Astra | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 4 |