The home team stadium regulars look for three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should work against a struggling visitor. Petrolul 52 are in 7th position while the guesting Universitatea Cluj lose sleep at 13th.
- Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 have played 9 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Petrolul 52 after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Petrolul lost their last game at Sepsi (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in three league matches.
In the match before, 0-0 away to Unirea Slobozia (Romania Cup). This is expected to be a close game, with Petrolul 52 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Petrolul 52 as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Petrolul 52 has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Romania Cup game versus U Craiova 1948 in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadionul Ilie Oană.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Petrolul 52 at home in the league. 9 on target and 9 scored by the opposition; from 9 matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Universitatea Cluj have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-5 (9 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Universitatea Cluj are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Universitatea's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Arges that finished 1-1. The draw against Arges came from a losing position. The Universitatea Cluj manager Neagoe brought on Remacle as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Ahead of that, the Romania Cup win away at Alexandria. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Universitatea Cluj in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Universitatea Cluj, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Low-scoring game? 11 of this club's latest 13 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Universitatea when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Universitatea Cluj have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the match result Universitatea Cluj - Petrolul 52 0-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Petrolul four wins, one draw and Universitatea Cluj three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Grozav 5 goals |  C. Irobiso 5 goals |   A. Bălan 4 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 61% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| 3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 8.3 | 10.3 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| 10.2 | 7.3 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
- Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Universitatea Cluj have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Liga 1
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | FCSB | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Arges | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 21 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Botosani | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
