UTA Arad vs CFR Cluj full preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 10.October
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Francisc von Neumann (4000 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you need and want to know about the Liga 1 game UTA Arad - CFR Cluj!

Insights:
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1

CFR Cluj could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Slavia Praha. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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UTA Arad form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for UTA Arad at their home stadium (Stadionul Francisc von Neumann) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

UTA Arad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus SSC Farul. The penalty miss from Postolachi in the defeat against SSC Farul was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

In the game before, a strong away win at Foresta Suceava. A Romania Cup match.

UTA Arad have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Francisc von Neumann with 8 goals in 5 league matches.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

CFR Cluj have six points from their first three away games in the Liga 1, meaning two victories and a loss.

363 minutes! That's how long the Cluj goalkeeper Simone Scuffet and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two travels in a row for CFR Cluj, whose boss Petrescu could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Slavia Praha. Goalkeeper Scuffet got the top player rating of the team with 9.41/10. Scuffet topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Petrolul 52 in the Liga 1.

A quick return to home after this game, as CFR Cluj are hosting Slavia Praha in the Europa Conference League only three days away.

Cluj have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

UTA Arad-CFR Cluj H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: UTA Arad two wins, CFR Cluj six wins, one draw. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UTA AradV. Postolachi
V. Postolachi
4 goals
UTA AradP. Otele
P. Otele
2 goals
UTA AradJ. Cascini
J. Cascini
2 goals

UTA Arad missing players

CFR Cluj missing players

UTA Arad CFR Cluj
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 3 10
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
11 8 1 Scored S 1 4 17
15 5 2 Conceded C 3 3 9
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 60%
42% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
50% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 30%
17% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 60%
42% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
3.5 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.4
4.3 5.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 4.7
2.8 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.8 10.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10 11.8
3.6 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.8
26% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 35%
 
9.7 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.7 8.4
3.4 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 2.7
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of UTA Arad's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • CFR Cluj have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTA Arad have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • UTA Arad 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 12 8 3 1 24 10 7 5 2 0 12 3 5 3 1 1 12 7 14 27
2 Rapid Bucuresti 12 8 0 4 13 8 5 5 0 0 8 2 7 3 0 4 5 6 5 24
3 Hermannstadt 11 6 4 1 16 9 6 4 1 1 10 5 5 2 3 0 6 4 7 22
4 CFR Cluj 10 7 0 3 17 9 7 5 0 2 13 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 8 21
5 Sepsi 12 5 4 3 20 9 5 2 1 2 12 3 7 3 3 1 8 6 11 19
6 Universitatea Craiova 11 5 3 3 14 13 7 4 2 1 11 8 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 18
7 Petrolul 52 12 5 2 5 11 13 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 0 3 6 7 -2 17
8 U Craiova 1948 12 4 3 5 14 13 5 3 0 2 6 4 7 1 3 3 8 9 1 15
9 UTA Arad 12 4 3 5 11 15 5 3 1 1 8 5 7 1 2 4 3 10 -4 15
10 Voluntari 12 3 4 5 9 12 6 2 2 2 4 2 6 1 2 3 5 10 -3 13
11 Arges 12 4 1 7 11 18 6 3 0 3 7 6 6 1 1 4 4 12 -7 13
12 Botosani 11 3 4 4 10 17 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 2 1 3 4 11 -7 13
13 FCSB 10 2 5 3 14 17 6 2 4 0 11 9 4 0 1 3 3 8 -3 11
14 Universitatea Cluj 12 2 5 5 8 12 5 1 2 2 3 4 7 1 3 3 5 8 -4 11
15 Mioveni 12 1 4 7 8 18 6 0 3 3 4 8 6 1 1 4 4 10 -10 7
16 Chindia Targoviste 11 1 3 7 12 19 5 1 1 3 6 9 6 0 2 4 6 10 -7 6

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.