Football betting preview: Sepsi favourites when Universitatea Cluj arrive

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

Sepsi have delivered 3 home wins so far this season, Universitatea Cluj have won 1 away. Who improves their results after this one?

Insights:
  • Sepsi have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi have collected 11 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 3-2-5.

The spoils were shared in Sepsi's previous game, also at home. Visiting Voluntari (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Voluntari in the Romania Cup. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sepsi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.

The Sepsi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Sepsi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

There's been little loot from Universitatea Cluj's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Liga 1. Universitatea Cluj only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Neagoe, the Universitatea Cluj manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Universitatea Cluj have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 209 minutes ago. Remacle was the goal scorer.

Universitatea's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus UTA Arad that finished 0-0.

Ahead of that, 0-0 at home vs Rapid Bucuresti in the Romania Cup.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this side's latest 15 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Universitatea Cluj are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 10 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Universitatea have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Universitatea Cluj - Sepsi 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

SepsiM. Rondón Fernández
M. Rondón Fernández
8 goals
SepsiA. Tudorie
A. Tudorie
6 goals
SepsiC. Matei
C. Matei
4 goals

Sepsi missing players

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Sepsi Universitatea Cluj
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
7 5 1 Lost L 2 6 9
33 15 7 Scored S 1 5 13
16 7 1 Conceded C 5 13 21
90% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 90%
60% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 55%
45% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 20%
25% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 5%
15% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 45%
35% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 25%
35% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 40%
 
5.2 4.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.1 3.5
3.2 2.1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.5 4.3
2.1 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.4 12.5 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 8.6 10.6
5.3 5.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.4 3.5
31% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 21% 19%
 
7.8 7.9 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 9.9 9.6
3.4 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 3.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sepsi have scored more than double the goals of Universitatea Cluj.
  • Sepsi have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 (15) 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 20 13 5 2 41 18 10 8 2 0 24 4 10 5 3 2 17 14 23 44
2 CFR Cluj 19 13 2 4 33 18 10 8 0 2 20 8 9 5 2 2 13 10 15 40
3 FCSB 19 10 5 4 35 24 9 5 4 0 21 12 10 5 1 4 14 12 11 32
4 Rapid Bucuresti 19 10 4 5 23 17 9 6 3 0 14 7 10 4 1 5 9 10 6 34
5 Universitatea Craiova 19 9 5 5 23 21 10 6 2 2 14 11 9 3 3 3 9 10 2 32
6 Hermannstadt 20 8 6 6 25 20 10 5 1 4 16 11 10 3 5 2 9 9 5 27
7 Petrolul 52 19 9 2 8 19 20 10 5 2 3 11 9 9 4 0 5 8 11 -1 29
8 Sepsi 20 8 5 7 33 16 10 3 2 5 15 7 10 5 3 2 18 9 17 28
9 Voluntari 20 6 7 7 18 19 10 4 2 4 10 7 10 2 5 3 8 12 -1 24
10 Arges 19 6 4 9 15 27 10 4 2 4 9 12 9 2 2 5 6 15 -12 22
11 Botosani 20 4 9 7 17 33 10 2 5 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 7 22 -16 20
12 Chindia Targoviste 20 5 6 9 22 27 10 2 4 4 11 15 10 3 2 5 11 12 -5 21
13 Universitatea Cluj 20 4 7 9 13 21 10 3 4 3 8 8 10 1 3 6 5 13 -8 18
14 U Craiova 1948 19 5 4 10 19 23 9 3 1 5 8 10 10 2 3 5 11 13 -4 19
15 UTA Arad 20 4 6 10 17 28 10 3 3 4 12 14 10 1 3 6 5 14 -11 17
16 Mioveni 19 1 5 13 11 32 9 0 4 5 4 11 10 1 1 8 7 21 -21 8

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.