SSC Farul vs CFR Cluj match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Thu 16.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

There's been four days and nights since SSC Farul met Sepsi and the result was 0-1. Can they win vs CFR Cluj?

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for SSC Farul and CFR Cluj.

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SSC Farul form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 9 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Central for SSC Farul. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The fans are hoping that Farul will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 1 game against Sepsi (placed 10th).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Rapid Bucuresti.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Farul as they are travelling to their away game against Dinamo Bucuresti in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.

The Farul fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Farul have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

CFR Cluj have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 7-0-2 from 9 games. CFR Cluj have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.

The Cluj goalkeeper Otto Hindrich is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 665 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Cluj won their last game, 1-0 versus Mioveni played at home.

Before that, CFR Cluj secured a home win against Jablonec with the score 2-0.

After this away game Cluj return home for a Liga 1 game against Argeş. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cluj have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The CFR Cluj defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 9 games). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H game ended CFR Cluj - Farul 1-0, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
10 goals
FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
5 goals
CFR ClujC. Deac
C. Deac
5 goals

SSC Farul missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

SSC Farul CFR Cluj
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
8 7 2 Won W 2 7 17
5 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
21 16 3 Scored S 2 11 29
11 2 1 Conceded C 1 4 8
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 47%
21% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 26%
5% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
21% 11% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 21%
53% 78% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 67% 68%
42% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 11%
 
5.1 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 6.7 5.8
3.7 3.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.3 3.6
1.5 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.6 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 11 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.9 10.6
3.7 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.8 4.3
30% 38% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 35%
 
7.6 7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 9.3 8
2.9 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.4 2.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most points (21) away in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+21) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • CFR Cluj is in the best form (6-0-0) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home 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 CFR Cluj 19 17 0 2 29 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 21 51
2 FCSB 19 13 4 2 35 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 10 5 3 2 9 8 19 43
3 Voluntari 19 10 3 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 9 4 1 4 10 12 4 33
4 Rapid Bucuresti 19 8 7 4 24 17 10 4 3 3 9 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 7 31
5 Universitatea Craiova 19 9 3 7 35 22 9 6 1 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 30
6 Botosani 19 7 9 3 18 17 9 2 5 2 7 9 10 5 4 1 11 8 1 30
7 SSC Farul 19 8 5 6 21 11 9 7 1 1 16 2 10 1 4 5 5 9 10 29
8 Argeş 19 8 3 8 18 16 9 3 1 5 7 9 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 27
9 UTA Arad 19 6 8 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 26
10 Sepsi 19 5 9 5 20 17 10 3 4 3 12 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 3 24
11 Chindia Targoviste 18 4 7 7 12 13 9 2 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 4 -1 19
12 Gaz Metan Medias 19 5 4 10 15 22 10 2 4 4 8 10 9 3 0 6 7 12 -7 19
13 Mioveni 19 4 5 10 11 26 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 17
14 U Craiova 1948 19 3 6 10 12 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 1 3 5 6 10 -9 15
15 Academica Clinceni 19 2 4 13 15 40 9 1 2 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 10
16 Dinamo Bucuresti 18 2 3 13 13 39 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -26 9

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.