This is football, this is Liga 1 and this is Universitatea Cluj - Voluntari. Read our comprehensive match guide!
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Romania Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus UTA Arad, was also a home game here at Cluj Arena. The away team is better rested.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Universitatea Cluj have to build on here at Cluj Arena in the Liga 1.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Universitatea Cluj, as their goalkeeper Andrei Cristian Gorcea has completely shut out the opponents for 243 minutes in the Liga 1.
Universitatea's previous fixture was a Romania Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against UTA Arad. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that, Universitatea Cluj had a Liga 1 home game versus Mioveni which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Universitatea Cluj have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Universitatea Cluj has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Universitatea have conceded only 11 goals.
Voluntari form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Voluntari so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Voluntari have all ended in a draw.
Voluntari delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Petrolul 52 in their previous match.
A 3-3 draw at U Craiova 1948's stadium before that.Voluntari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
A new game in only four days for Voluntari, the Liga 1 home match versus Mioveni. Busy days.
Voluntari have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Universitatea Cluj - Voluntari 2-1. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Meleke (Voluntari). As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Universitatea victory, one draw and zero Voluntari wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nemec 9 goals |  V. Damaşcan 9 goals |   M. Thiam 8 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 31 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 37 |
| 42 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 91% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 89% |
| 66% | 61% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 66% |
| 31% | 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 17% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 6% |
| 40% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 65% | 49% |
| 34% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 34% |
| 34% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 13.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 21% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 43% | 38% |
| 9.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 13.6 | 11.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 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 |
