This fixture stars two squads living in the cellar of the Liga 1, Universitatea Cluj at 14th spot and UTA Arad sitting at 15th. A decent opportunity for one of the contenders to better their situation.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga 1
This football pitch has grass, unlike UTA Arad's home stadium. The former 40 games by the away team on grass have given 13 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses.
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
3 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Universitatea Cluj have to build on here at Cluj Arena in the Liga 1. When Universitatea Cluj hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like U Craiova 1948, Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, Botoşani and Chindia Târgovişte), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Rapid Bucuresti in the Romania Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Prior to that, an away loss at Petrolul 52 in the Liga 1.This is expected to be a close game, with Universitatea Cluj perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Universitatea Cluj as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Universitatea Cluj has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 12 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Universitatea have scored {8 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Universitatea Cluj has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-2-6 (9 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Arad's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Two away matches in a row for UTA Arad, whose boss Balint could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Mioveni.
A 1-4 loss hosting Sepsi before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for UTA Arad, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Observe! Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's last 13 league matches.
The attacking power of Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. UTA Arad struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: UTA Arad - Universitatea Cluj 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Universitatea wins - draws - UTA Arad wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 4 goals |  P. Otele 4 goals | V. Postolachi 4 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 63% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 32% |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10.3 | 12.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8 | 9.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 20% | 20% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 19% | 23% |
| 9.7 | 9.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Universitatea Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Cluj have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | FCSB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Arges | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
