Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan: Gaz Metan Mediaş vs CFR Cluj Liga 1 preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan (7814 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Gaz Metan Mediaş have their presumed home advantage while CFR Cluj are ahead 11 points in the Liga 1 table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

Gaz Metan Mediaş are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan.

Gaz Metan Mediaş lost their last game at Universitatea Craiova (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that, Gaz Metan Mediaş had a home game versus Viitorul which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Gaz Metan Mediaş fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded only 10 goals.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of CFR Cluj, who have the most scored goals (49) in Liga 1, playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

CFR Cluj have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis. It's been 289 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

Impressive finishing from Paulo Vinícius secured the home win 1-0 against FCSB in their previous game. Prior to that result CFR Cluj won their away game at Voluntari. The scoreline was 4-0.

CFR Cluj are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 14 goals have been conceded by CFR Cluj in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; CFR Cluj - Gaz Metan Mediaş 3-0. Gaz Metan Mediaş-CFR Cluj H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gaz Metan Mediaş zero wins, CFR Cluj four wins, six draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Gaz Metan MediaşS. Buș
S. Buș
8 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşM. Constantin
M. Constantin
7 goals
CFR ClujA. Omrani
A. Omrani
7 goals

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş CFR Cluj
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 14
6 4 1 Drew D 3 4 5
7 1 1 Lost L 1 4 4
30 18 7 Scored S 3 19 49
28 10 3 Conceded C 5 14 16
96% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 91%
74% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 78%
43% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 64% 57%
26% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 45% 35%
13% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 22%
48% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 43%
35% 45% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 57%
22% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 9%
 
4.8 6.3 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 5.9
3.9 2.8 2.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.8 4.3 4.1
2.5 2.3 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
265 135 42 Total Shots T S 42 123 276
112 65 22 Shots on Target S O 19 57 117
27% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 33% 42%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj has the most clean sheets (13)
  • CFR Cluj has the most scored goals (19) away
  • CFR Cluj has the most scored goals (49)
  • CFR Cluj has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
  • CFR Cluj has the the best goal difference (+33)
  • CFR Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CFR Cluj have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have won significantly more corners at home than 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 CFR Cluj 23 14 5 4 49 16 12 11 1 0 30 2 11 3 4 4 19 14 33 47
2 Universitatea Craiova 23 12 4 7 34 23 12 9 1 2 24 10 11 3 3 5 10 13 11 40
3 Astra 23 13 4 6 33 23 11 8 3 0 21 9 12 5 1 6 12 14 10 40
4 FCSB 22 12 3 7 33 25 11 5 2 4 16 16 11 7 1 3 17 9 8 39
5 Botosani 23 9 9 5 31 28 11 4 4 3 14 14 12 5 5 2 17 14 3 36
6 Gaz Metan Mediaş 23 10 6 7 30 28 11 6 4 1 18 10 12 4 2 6 12 18 2 36
7 Viitorul 22 10 5 7 41 26 11 8 1 2 30 11 11 2 4 5 11 15 15 35
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 23 9 4 10 34 37 12 8 2 2 23 11 11 1 2 8 11 26 -3 31
9 Sepsi 23 6 11 6 27 23 11 4 4 3 16 9 12 2 7 3 11 14 4 29
10 Hermannstadt 23 5 9 9 23 38 12 5 4 3 15 16 11 0 5 6 8 22 -15 24
11 CSM Iasi 22 5 7 10 22 30 11 4 4 3 14 13 11 1 3 7 8 17 -8 22
12 Chindia Târgovişte 23 5 6 12 25 43 12 3 4 5 13 19 11 2 2 7 12 24 -18 21
13 Academica Clinceni 23 4 8 11 28 44 12 2 7 3 12 16 11 2 1 8 16 28 -16 20
14 Voluntari 22 2 5 15 15 41 10 0 2 8 5 18 12 2 3 7 10 23 -26 11
15 Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
16 Crisul Chisineu Cris 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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.