Hermannstadt want to sell some tickets for this match even though the season has been demanding so far with 32 points and a 11th place in the Liga 1 table. Visiting Universitatea Cluj are in 10th place with 34 pts.
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Cluj have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This could be an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Hermannstadt form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Hermannstadt have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal in the Liga 1.
Hermannstadt are confident in defense, having played 219 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Hermannstadt in their previous game, a fixture away at Petrolul 52 that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus U Craiova 1948 that ended 0-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hermannstadt handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 18 league matches, 15 have contained two goals or less.
Hermannstadt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. Hermannstadt are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
There's been little loot from Universitatea Cluj's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Universitatea Cluj only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.
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 Andrei Cristian Gorcea is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Nistor and Remacle secured the home win 2-0 against Chindia Târgovişte in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Botosani that ended 0-0.Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
Universitatea Cluj have another game away in just three nights, a Romania Cup fixture against Sepsi. A rough programme for the visiting team!
The attacking power of Universitatea Cluj when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As for defending, Universitatea rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This duo faced each other earlier on this match year: Hermannstadt - Universitatea Cluj 0-1. Hermannstadt-Universitatea Cluj H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Hermannstadt one win, Universitatea Cluj five wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 14 goals |  M. Thiam 9 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Hermannstadt | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 39 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 45 |
| 89% | 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | 89% |
| 61% | 61% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | 66% |
| 32% | 39% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 33% | 32% |
| 8% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 22% | 18% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 5% |
| 39% | 44% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 33% | 39% |
| 37% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | 37% |
| 34% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 50% | 34% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 8.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 20% | 23% |
| 9.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Cluj have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Universitatea Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Târgovişte | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botosani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Arges | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
