Another adrenaline-pumping fixture in Liga 1 as Universitatea Cluj welcome FCSB

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 31.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30200 seats)

15th- against 6th place might not sound all that inviting. But: Here's the facts and figures that makes Universitatea Cluj - FCSB (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Anderlecht, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FCSB.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Universitatea Cluj at their home stadium (Cluj Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The Universitatea Cluj crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to CFR Cluj here at Cluj Arena.

A 1-1 result against CFR Cluj before that one, played at home in the Romania Cup.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 9 have had two goals or less.

Universitatea aren't scoring a lot here at Cluj Arena in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Universitatea Cluj are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cluj Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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FCSB form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FCSB in their Liga 1 matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. FCSB hope to make it five in this match.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Anderlecht in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League fixture ended 2-2. Radunović, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.35. Radunović served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sepsi at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Observe! Both teams have scored in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.

A quick return to home after this game, as FCSB are hosting West Ham United in the Europa Conference League only three days away.

FCSB have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

FCSB have put together a streak of 15 consecutive matches without defeat (14-1-0) when facing Universitatea Cluj.

This is what happened when the teams faced each other previously this season; FCSB - Universitatea 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBA. Compagno
A. Compagno
6 goals
Universitatea ClujA. Bălan
A. Bălan
4 goals
FCSBA. Cordea
A. Cordea
3 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

FCSB missing players

Universitatea Cluj FCSB
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 5
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
7 3 2 Lost L 0 3 3
10 5 0 Scored S 1 6 19
16 6 2 Conceded C 1 8 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
53% 43% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
20% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 46%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
47% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 77%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 15%
33% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 8%
 
3.3 3.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.5 5
4.1 2.9 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 3.6
2.8 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 11.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.7 13.2
3 3.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.2 6.6
22% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 22%
 
9.5 9.9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.5 9.4
3.3 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • FCSB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 15 10 4 1 28 11 8 6 2 0 14 3 7 4 2 1 14 8 17 34
2 Rapid Bucuresti 15 9 2 4 17 10 7 5 2 0 10 4 8 4 0 4 7 6 7 29
3 CFR Cluj 13 9 1 3 22 12 8 6 0 2 15 7 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 28
4 Universitatea Craiova 14 7 3 4 18 16 8 5 2 1 13 9 6 2 1 3 5 7 2 24
5 Hermannstadt 14 6 5 3 17 13 7 4 1 2 10 7 7 2 4 1 7 6 4 23
6 FCSB 13 5 5 3 19 18 7 3 4 0 13 10 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 20
7 Petrolul 52 15 6 2 7 14 17 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 3 0 4 7 9 -3 20
8 Sepsi 15 5 4 6 21 13 7 2 1 4 12 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 19
9 Botosani 14 4 6 4 12 18 6 2 3 1 7 6 8 2 3 3 5 12 -6 18
10 Voluntari 15 4 5 6 12 16 8 3 2 3 7 6 7 1 3 3 5 10 -4 17
11 Arges 15 5 2 8 12 20 8 4 1 3 8 6 7 1 1 5 4 14 -8 17
12 U Craiova 1948 15 4 4 7 15 16 7 3 1 3 7 6 8 1 3 4 8 10 -1 16
13 UTA Arad 15 4 4 7 14 20 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 1 2 5 4 12 -6 16
14 Chindia Targoviste 14 4 3 7 17 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 2 2 4 10 10 -2 15
15 Universitatea Cluj 15 3 5 7 10 16 7 2 2 3 5 6 8 1 3 4 5 10 -6 14
16 Mioveni 15 1 5 9 9 22 7 0 4 3 4 8 8 1 1 6 5 14 -13 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.