Balanced ball game between Universitatea Cluj and Voluntari expected

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30200 seats)

Universitatea Cluj are putting faith in their home advantage to aid them in this game versus Voluntari. Who triumphs at Cluj Arena?

Insights:
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga 1

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

Universitatea Cluj have collected 13 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 3-4-3. Two draws in a row at home now for Universitatea Cluj.

Universitatea faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sepsi (1-2).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus UTA Arad that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitatea Cluj have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 16 league games, 13 have had zero, one or two goals.

Universitatea have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. 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 10 matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. Two points from the last two away games for Voluntari, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

There were no winners in Voluntari's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs SSC Farul (placed 1st).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sepsi that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Voluntari playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Voluntari wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's latest 13 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Voluntari when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Voluntari in these games.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari - Universitatea 0-0 was the result in these teams' latest H2H match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
6 goals
VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
5 goals
Universitatea ClujA. Bălan
A. Bălan
4 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Voluntari missing players

Universitatea Cluj Voluntari
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
7 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 3 2 Lost L 0 3 7
14 8 2 Scored S 2 8 19
23 8 3 Conceded C 1 12 20
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 86%
57% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 57%
24% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 33%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 38%
24% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 38%
38% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 38%
 
3.4 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 4
4.2 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.7 4.1
2.8 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 12.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.3 8.9
3.6 4.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 3.1
18% 17% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 29%
 
9.6 9.3 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.3 12.7
3.6 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) 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 FCSB 21 11 5 5 36 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 11 38
4 Rapid Bucuresti 21 11 5 5 27 19 10 7 3 0 17 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 8 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 21 9 5 7 35 17 11 4 2 5 17 8 10 5 3 2 18 9 18 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 21 6 8 7 19 20 11 4 3 4 11 8 10 2 5 3 8 12 -1 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 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 6 10 22 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 21
13 Botosani 21 4 9 8 17 34 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -17 21
14 Universitatea Cluj 21 4 7 10 14 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 11 1 3 7 6 15 -9 19
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

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.