Universitatea Cluj will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Dunărea Călăraşi.
- Universitatea Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dunărea Călăraşi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Universitatea Cluj and Dunărea Călăraşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 2 for Universitatea Cluj at their home stadium (Cluj Arena) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Universitatea Cluj to get some points in this home game.
A strong away win for Universitatea against Husana Husi the last match, as V. Dican, I. Golan (2), C. Ștefănescu (2) and D. Berci were on target. A Liga 2 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Csikszereda.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Universitatea Cluj played a great game against Husana Husi and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
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 four games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Universitatea as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. Ripensia Timisoara are visiting.
The Universitatea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Universitatea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cluj Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats
3-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dunărea Călăraşi in their Liga 2 matches away.
Călăraşi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sporting Turnu that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Călăraşi won their away game at Sanmartin in the Romania Cup. The scoreline was 1-0.
We have checked recent matches where Călăraşi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, three draws and six defeats.
The visiting Dunărea Călăraşi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Călăraşi in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Rusu 9 goals |   D. Goga 5 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Dunărea Călăraşi missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Dunărea Călăraşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 69% |
| 42% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 46% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 71% | 54% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 8.5 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 45% |
- Dunărea Călăraşi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dunărea Călăraşi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dunărea Călăraşi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitatea Cluj 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 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sirineasa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Metaloglobus | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Csikszereda | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | SSC Farul | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Sporting Turnu | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 13 | Scolar Resita | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 15 | CSM Slatina | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Concordia Chiajna | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Comuna Recea | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timisoara | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Unirea Slobozia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 5 |