FCSB vs CFR Cluj preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Steaua, Bucuresti (1000 seats)

FCSB oppose CFR Cluj for kudos and triumph.

Insights:
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (7) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga 1

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 FCSB and CFR Cluj.

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FCSB form and stats

The hosts won their first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Steaua, Bucuresti, lifting spirits. Home statistics for FCSB last season were 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 5 games.

FCSB's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their home, ending 3-2 vs CSKA 1948 Sofia. The home side hope to to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus Otelul with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FCSB handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Nordsjælland are coming to town in three days.

At Stadionul Steaua, Bucuresti, FCSB has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

Only one away game in the Liga 1 so far for CFR Cluj and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 3 losses from 5 travels.

Two away matches in a row for CFR Cluj, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Adana Demirspor in the Europa Conference League.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Universitatea Craiova in the Liga 1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, CFR Cluj has managed {3 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four FCSB victories, three draws and three CFR Cluj wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Coman
F. Coman
2 goals
CFR ClujD. Birligea
D. Birligea
2 goals

FCSB missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

FCSB CFR Cluj
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 2 0 Scored S 0 3 6
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 5
3.3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.3
2.3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 21 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18 15
5.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.7
41% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 35%
 
8.7 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 9.7
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (7) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+5) in Liga 1
  • FCSB is in the best form (3-0-0) in Liga 1
FCSB Last season CFR Cluj
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 41
22 11   Won W   10 23
8 6   Drew D   4 7
10 3   Lost L   6 11
66 38   Scored S   29 66
50 26   Conceded C   23 42
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 71%
52% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 49%
32% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 29%
20% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 7%
70% 80%   BTTS BTTS   55% 54%
22% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 32%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   15% 15%
 
5.3 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.5
4.5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
3 3   Red cards R C   2 5
 
12.4 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 12.1
5.6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.7
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 34%
 
10 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 9.4
4.1 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.2

  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 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 5 9
2 CFR Cluj 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 7
3 Sepsi 3 2 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 7
4 SSC Farul 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Hermannstadt 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 6
6 Voluntari 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
7 Rapid Bucuresti 3 1 2 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
8 Universitatea Craiova 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 5
9 Universitatea Cluj 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 -2 4
10 CSM Iasi 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 3
11 Botosani 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
12 Petrolul 52 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
13 Otelul 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 2
14 UTA Arad 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
15 U Craiova 1948 3 0 0 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
16 Dinamo Bucuresti 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -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 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

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.