The brand new season is about to start and the followers are shivering with optimism. It’s square one as FCSB greet Universitatea Cluj for the opening match at Arena Naţională. Keep reading!
FCSB form and stats
The previous season, FCSB's league results were 18 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, leading to 2nd spot in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 54 goals and gave away 28. Playing at their own stadium in the last season FCSB managed 11-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 18 conceded.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for FCSB, who have participated in four training matches. FCSB have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
A job perfectly done for Universitatea Cluj last season as they secured promotion from Liga 2. With a grand total of 14 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.
It's a day of discovery for Universitatea Cluj as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Universitatea Cluj have played five with the results W1-D0-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Universitatea Cluj has scored 9 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: ten wins for FCSB, zero draws and zero wins for Universitatea Cluj. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Hofman 7 goals | D. Tescan 6 goals |
FCSB missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| FCSB | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FCSB | Last season | Universitatea Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 78 | 51 | Scored | S | 17 | 47 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 70% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 66% | ||
| 55% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 45% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 34% | ||
| 45% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 17% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 57 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 35 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 32 |
| 6 | Arges | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -23 | 27 |
| 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 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 61 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 57 |
| 4 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 44 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 41 |
