Can ACS Poli Timişoara beat Universitatea Cluj in Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu clash?

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sun 05.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu (32972 seats)

Struggling ACS Poli Timişoara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Universitatea Cluj in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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ACS Poli Timişoara form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what ACS Poli Timişoara have to build on here at Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu.

A good away victory last time out for ACS Poli Timişoara, who won 1-0 against ASU Poli Timişoara. In the match before that, ACS Poli Timişoara hosted Şirineaşa and drew the game 1-1.

The ACS Poli Timişoara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. ACS Poli Timişoara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (74) in Liga 2, on their travels is 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Universitatea Cluj, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The manager B. Lobonț was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 2 match played at their home ground Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu. Universitatea Cluj suffered a 2-3 loss to Ripensia Timişoara. Before that one, a nice away victory 8-0 at Dacia Unirea Brăila.

The Universitatea Cluj manager B. Lobonț has got the team scoring on the road, with 38 away goals in 16 matches. Universitatea Cluj are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

ACS Poli Timişoara and Universitatea Cluj have met before this season: Universitatea Cluj - ACS Poli Timişoara 4-0. ACS Poli Timişoara-Universitatea Cluj H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: ACS Poli Timişoara 4 wins, Universitatea Cluj 3 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

C. Gavra
17 goals
D. Goga
11 goals
G. Florescu
5 goals

ACS Poli Timişoara missing players

Universitatea Cluj missing players

ACS Poli Timişoara Universitatea Cluj
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played 4 16 32
6 4 0 Won 4 9 20
8 5 0 Drew 0 3 6
18 7 4 Lost 0 4 6
28 18 3 Scored 18 38 74
55 22 9 Conceded 3 13 26
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 91%
72% 75% 75% Over 1.5 100% 75% 78%
50% 56% 75% Over 2.5 75% 56% 59%
28% 25% 50% Over 3.5 50% 31% 34%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 50% 19% 22%
50% 62% 75% BTTS 50% 50% 50%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 38% 44%
38% 19% 25% Failed To Score 0% 19% 16%
 
4 4.5 5.8 Corners For (avg) 6 5.3 6.3
5.3 4.4 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.7 3.8
2.9 2.9 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.9 2.7
7 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • ACS Poli Timişoara is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

ACS Poli Timişoara
All Liga 1 Liga 2 Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 - 1 ACS Poli Timişoara
10-04-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 1 - 0 Metaloglobus
14-04-19 L2 Chindia Targoviste 1 - 0 ACS Poli Timişoara
20-04-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 1 - 1 Şirineaşa
26-04-19 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 0 - 1 ACS Poli Timişoara
05-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 10:00 Universitatea Cluj
11-05-19 L2 Aerostar Bacău 08:00 ACS Poli Timişoara
15-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 15:00 Argeş
18-05-19 L2 Petrolul 52 08:00 ACS Poli Timişoara
25-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 08:00 Mioveni
Universitatea Cluj
All Liga 1 Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 3. Liga: Series 5 Romania Cup
All Home Away
06-04-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 1 - 2 Mioveni
09-04-19 L2 Juventus Bucureşti 2 - 6 Universitatea Cluj
13-04-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 2 - 1 SSC Farul
21-04-19 L2 Dacia Unirea Brăila 0 - 8 Universitatea Cluj
26-04-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 2 - 3 Ripensia Timişoara
05-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 10:00 Universitatea Cluj
11-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 UTA Arad
15-05-19 L2 Academica Clinceni 15:00 Universitatea Cluj
18-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 Sportul Snagov
25-05-19 L2 Baloteşti 08:00 Universitatea Cluj

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Academica Clinceni 32 24 1 7 64 18 16 13 1 2 39 7 16 11 0 5 25 11 46 73
2 Chindia Târgovişte 32 21 7 4 62 31 16 12 3 1 38 18 16 9 4 3 24 13 31 70
3 Universitatea Cluj 32 20 6 6 74 26 16 11 3 2 36 13 16 9 3 4 38 13 48 66
4 Sportul Snagov 32 19 6 7 48 29 16 10 3 3 24 13 16 9 3 4 24 16 19 63
5 Petrolul 52 31 19 5 7 55 29 15 10 4 1 32 10 16 9 1 6 23 19 26 62
6 Argeş 31 16 8 7 44 25 15 11 3 1 30 6 16 5 5 6 14 19 19 56
7 Mioveni 32 14 7 11 46 36 16 9 3 4 29 19 16 5 4 7 17 17 10 49
8 UTA Arad 32 12 8 12 50 49 16 7 4 5 30 26 16 5 4 7 20 23 1 44
9 Ripensia Timişoara 32 11 9 12 39 44 16 6 4 6 17 18 16 5 5 6 22 26 -5 42
10 Metaloglobus 32 11 7 14 30 51 16 8 4 4 18 11 16 3 3 10 12 40 -21 40
11 Luceafărul Oradea 32 10 9 13 43 55 16 8 5 3 29 16 16 2 4 10 14 39 -12 39
12 ASU Poli Timişoara 32 10 8 14 29 30 16 5 4 7 17 15 16 5 4 7 12 15 -1 38
13 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 32 10 7 15 54 54 16 8 2 6 32 24 16 2 5 9 22 30 0 37
14 SSC Farul 31 11 3 17 40 51 16 9 2 5 27 19 15 2 1 12 13 32 -11 36
15 Şirineaşa 32 8 11 13 37 41 16 8 3 5 28 18 16 0 8 8 9 23 -4 35
16 Juventus Bucureşti 31 7 12 12 41 49 16 5 6 5 24 23 15 2 6 7 17 26 -8 33
17 Aerostar Bacău 32 9 5 18 51 59 16 7 2 7 32 20 16 2 3 11 19 39 -8 32
18 ACS Poli Timişoara 32 6 8 18 28 55 16 4 5 7 18 22 16 2 3 11 10 33 -27 26
19 Baloteşti 32 6 6 20 25 62 16 4 5 7 16 23 16 2 1 13 9 39 -37 24
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 32 4 7 21 27 93 16 4 4 8 17 33 16 0 3 13 10 60 -66 19
21 Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

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