Universitatea Cluj will pray that their home advantage is enough to get at least a draw from this strenuous meeting, versus fiery Hermannstadt.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga 1
- Hermannstadt have not yet lost a game away.
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.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Universitatea Cluj, who have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Liga 1, have played 5 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Universitatea Cluj shared the glory with Botoşani in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Neagoe made a successful contribution in the game against Botoşani, bringing on Bălan who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that game, a strong away victory at Concordia Chiajna. A Romania Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitatea have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Not much happening? In this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have contained two goals or less.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Universitatea Cluj here at Cluj Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Universitatea have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hermannstadt form and stats
2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hermannstadt in their Liga 1 matches away.
Home advantage was not enough for Hermannstadt in their previous game as they lost hosting Sepsi, 1-2. That defeat ended this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; twelve games in all!
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Brasov Steagul Renast (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in the Romania Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hermannstadt playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Hermannstadt wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Hermannstadt find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Hermannstadt as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last three meetings): Universitatea Cluj won one game, one match ended with a tie and Hermannstadt got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Alhassan 6 goals | D. Paraschiv 6 goals |  A. Bălan 4 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 73% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 64% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 36% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 4.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 37% |
| 9.2 | 9.6 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Hermannstadt have not yet lost a game away.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have the most matches under the total-line (10) 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Arges | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 13 | FCSB | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Chindia Targoviste | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
