Stadium regulars at Cluj Arena haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Universitatea Cluj struggling in the 14th spot. The visiting U Craiova 1948 will try to protect their higher league place in this one.
- Universitatea Cluj is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Three Liga 1 home games done for Universitatea Cluj, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. Universitatea are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Cluj Arena, having lost their two previous games here.
Balan was the last player to score a league goal for Universitatea Cluj and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Universitatea Cluj haven't scored in 324 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Universitatea will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Rapid Bucuresti (placed 1st).
Before that, Universitatea Cluj played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Voluntari.Universitatea Cluj have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
U Craiova 1948 are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Sepsi (placed 9th).
Prior to that match, the Craiova manager Croitoru faced defeat when travelling to UTA Arad and losing 1-2.U Craiova 1948 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, U Craiova 1948 have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings with these squads: Universitatea Cluj won two, U Craiova 1948 were winners in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. One of the stars has been Balan with 2 goals scored against Universitatea in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 3 goals |  B. Van Durmen 2 goals |  S. Sidibe 2 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 12.2 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 28% |
| 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12 | 12.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- All of U Craiova 1948's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored more than double the goals of Universitatea Cluj.
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitatea Cluj have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Universitatea Cluj have yet to win a game.
- Universitatea Cluj is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rapid Bucuresti | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Arges | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Botosani | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | FCSB | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 15 | Mioveni | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 3 |
| 16 | Chindia Targoviste | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
