The campaign has been rough for Universitatea Cluj so far, while Rapid Bucuresti have won many games. Will the highest placed get the points at Cluj Arena?
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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!
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Universitatea Cluj have to build on here at Cluj Arena in the Liga 1.
A nice win for Universitatea Cluj last time playing, versus Voluntari. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Fülöp and Thiam scoring for the victors. At last, a league victory after five matches without one. Manager Sabău felt very clever after Fülöp scored the winning goal against Voluntari, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 69th minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sepsi (1-2).Not much happening? In this club's last 17 league matches, 13 have contained two goals or less.
Universitatea Cluj have scored {10 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Universitatea Cluj have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Universitatea hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mioveni, Arges, UTA Arad, Botosani and Chindia Targoviste), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Playing away, Rapid Bucuresti have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. Two points from the last two away games for Rapid Bucuresti, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Dugandžić scored in Rapid Bucuresti's previous match, the home game against Sepsi that ended 3-0. It was a convincing performance from Rapid Bucuresti when Sepsi were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Dugandžić scored their goals. It's hard not to mention Dugandžić's lethal finishing against Sepsi. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to UTA Arad.Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 10 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Bucuresti have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Universitatea.Rapid Bucuresti - Universitatea Cluj 1-0 was the output when these two participants last played each other, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 12 goals |  A. Bălan 4 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 24 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 68% |
| 27% | 27% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 41% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 55% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 36% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 14% |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 13.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 19% | 18% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 30% |
| 9.3 | 8.7 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 12.3 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | FCSB | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Arges | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 23 |
| 12 | Universitatea Cluj | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Botosani | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 9 |
