SSC Farul manager Hagi looking for three points in Universitatea Cluj showdown

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

A look at the Liga 1 table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Get our SSC Farul - Universitatea Cluj guide!

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universitatea Cluj have not yet lost a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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SSC Farul form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for SSC Farul at their home stadium (Stadionul Central) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

A strong away win for SSC Farul against Otelul the last match, as Larie were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sepsi in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SSC Farul handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

A decent goal production from SSC Farul in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

Playing away, Universitatea Cluj have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

Impressive finishing from Nistor secured the home win 1-0 against Sepsi in their previous game. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Nistor and that is impressive!

A 2-2 draw at FCSB's stadium before that.

Universitatea are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

Universitatea Cluj has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Universitatea Cluj have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - zero - four (SSC Farul wins - draws - Universitatea Cluj wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea ClujD. Nistor
D. Nistor
7 goals
FarulI. Larie
I. Larie
5 goals
Universitatea ClujD. Popa
D. Popa
3 goals

SSC Farul missing players

Universitatea Cluj missing players

SSC Farul Universitatea Cluj
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 6 12
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
16 9 0 Scored S 2 11 17
16 6 0 Conceded C 2 9 20
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
55% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 42%
45% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 33%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
45% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 67%
36% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
4.2 3.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.7 4.8
4.4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.2
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.7 12.9
5.4 6.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.6
27% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 46% 31%
 
12.8 10.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.5 11.4
6.1 4.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.3 4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Farul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Cluj have not yet lost a game away.
  • Universitatea Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universitatea Cluj have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Universitatea Cluj have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Universitatea Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 12 9 2 1 25 11 5 4 1 0 10 4 7 5 1 1 15 7 14 29
2 CFR Cluj 12 8 2 2 25 12 6 5 1 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 13 10 13 26
3 Rapid Bucuresti 12 6 4 2 25 14 7 4 2 1 15 8 5 2 2 1 10 6 11 22
4 Universitatea Craiova 12 6 4 2 19 10 5 4 1 0 11 2 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 22
5 SSC Farul 11 6 0 5 16 16 5 3 0 2 9 6 6 3 0 3 7 10 0 18
6 Hermannstadt 12 3 7 2 17 14 6 2 3 1 10 8 6 1 4 1 7 6 3 16
7 Petrolul 52 12 3 7 2 14 13 7 2 4 1 10 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 1 16
8 Universitatea Cluj 12 3 6 3 17 20 6 1 2 3 6 11 6 2 4 0 11 9 -3 15
9 Otelul 12 2 8 2 10 10 7 1 4 2 5 7 5 1 4 0 5 3 0 14
10 U Craiova 1948 12 4 1 7 20 23 7 2 1 4 15 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 -3 13
11 Sepsi 11 3 3 5 11 15 5 2 2 1 6 7 6 1 1 4 5 8 -4 12
12 Voluntari 12 3 3 6 15 23 6 2 1 3 8 11 6 1 2 3 7 12 -8 12
13 CSM Iasi 11 3 2 6 13 18 4 0 2 2 3 8 7 3 0 4 10 10 -5 11
14 UTA Arad 11 2 4 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 4 9 -6 10
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 12 2 3 7 8 20 7 1 2 4 3 10 5 1 1 3 5 10 -12 9
16 Botosani 12 0 6 6 11 21 6 0 4 2 5 7 6 0 2 4 6 14 -10 6

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.