Read our preview: Universitatea Cluj the expected winner when Mioveni comes to visit

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30200 seats)

Universitatea Cluj have harvested 24 of their 34 in total here in their own stadium fortress. Will they win more points against Mioveni?

Insights:
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1

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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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

Universitatea Cluj have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Universitatea Cluj in their previous game, a fixture away at Petrolul 52 that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Ahead of that match, Universitatea lost 1-3 at home to U Craiova 1948.

It should be added that a peek at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Romania Cup game versus UTA Arad in only three days. This game is also played here at Cluj Arena.

The Universitatea Cluj fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Universitatea have conceded only 11 goals.

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Mioveni form and stats

Mioveni have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-4-9 (15 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Mioveni who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Botosani was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Mioveni have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 362 minutes ago. Rusu was the goal scorer.

Mioveni's previous game was their home loss versus Hermannstadt (0-2).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Petrolul 52's place.

Mioveni have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Universitatea Cluj have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Mioveni.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Universitatea - Mioveni 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea ClujM. Thiam
M. Thiam
7 goals
MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
7 goals
Universitatea ClujA. Bălan
A. Bălan
4 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Mioveni missing players

Universitatea Cluj Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 17 34
10 7 4 Won W 1 2 4
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 10
14 4 0 Lost L 4 11 20
30 19 7 Scored S 3 15 23
42 14 1 Conceded C 10 34 53
91% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 91%
68% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 65%
32% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 38%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 18%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
41% 47% 17% BTTS BTTS 33% 59% 41%
32% 41% 83% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 18%
35% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 50%
 
4.3 4.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.7 3.1
4.1 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.8 4.6
2.6 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.9
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.1 13.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 7.7 7.7
4.1 5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3 2.9
22% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 29% 24%
 
9.6 8.6 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 12.2 10.7
3.8 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.8 4.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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.