Game week two of the Liga 1 season and the sides have taken their learnings from the first game. Here's the best UTA Arad - CFR Cluj pre-match guide:
This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and energy as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
UTA Arad form and stats
In the previous season, UTA Arad's league results were 6 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, leading to 14th place in the Liga 1. In these 30 matches they scored {29 goals} and let in 41. Playing as the home team in the previous season UTA Arad generated 5-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 20 conceded.
Arad drew their last game, 1-1 away at Otelul (placed 3rd).
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against SCM Gloria Buzau.CFR Cluj form and stats
Let's have a look at how CFR Cluj performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded {28 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 25/16 goals scored/conceded.
208 minutes! That's how long the CFR Cluj goalkeeper Razvan Sava and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
CFR Cluj are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against CSM Iasi (placed 16th).
Before that, CFR Cluj secured a home win against U Craiova 1948 (after extra-time) with the score 1-0.Head 2 Head
CFR Cluj have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when playing Arad.Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Pop 1 goals | ![]() D. Birligea 1 goals | ![]() C. Manea 1 goals |
UTA Arad missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| UTA Arad | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| UTA Arad | Last season | CFR Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 41 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 29 | 66 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 71% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 49% | ||
| 10% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 7% | ||
| 62% | 68% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 54% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 15% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FCSB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Botosani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Universitatea Craiova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Petrolul 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Botosani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 11 |