Universitatea Cluj vs Metaloglobus: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30200 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Liga 2 table so far. Here's the Universitatea Cluj - Metaloglobus latest:

Insights:
  • Universitatea Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Universitatea Cluj and Metaloglobus 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.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 2 numbers at home for Universitatea Cluj so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Universitatea Cluj will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga 2 game against Ripensia Timişoara. In the match before that, Universitatea hosted Pandurii Târgu Jiu and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universitatea handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and three defeats.

The Universitatea Cluj fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Universitatea's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Metaloglobus form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 2 travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Metaloglobus are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Liga 2 against CSM Slatina. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Comuna Recea's place.

Metaloglobus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The attacking power of Metaloglobus when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Metaloglobus - Universitatea 0-0. Universitatea Cluj-Metaloglobus H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Universitatea two wins, Metaloglobus two wins, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MetaloglobusN. Herea
N. Herea
12 goals
MetaloglobusC. Herea
C. Herea
6 goals
UniversitateaD. Goga
D. Goga
5 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Metaloglobus missing players

Universitatea Cluj Metaloglobus
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
11 6 1 Won W 1 4 11
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
9 3 2 Lost L 2 6 8
30 14 3 Scored S 2 9 30
25 11 4 Conceded C 2 11 20
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
65% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 36% 52%
52% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 39%
13% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
57% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 35%
26% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 43%
22% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.6 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.1 10.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 5.6 7.6
3.5 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 2.9
38% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 45%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 19 9 8 2 30 15 9 5 3 1 16 6 10 4 5 1 14 9 15 35
2 Dunarea Calarasi 20 10 5 5 26 23 9 5 3 1 14 9 11 5 2 4 12 14 3 35
3 Mioveni 20 9 7 4 23 11 9 2 4 3 9 7 11 7 3 1 14 4 12 34
4 Rapid Bucuresti 20 10 4 6 34 29 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 5 1 4 17 16 5 34
5 Csikszereda 20 9 6 5 23 15 10 5 2 3 11 7 10 4 4 2 12 8 8 33
6 Sirineasa 20 10 3 7 32 27 11 5 2 4 17 17 9 5 1 3 15 10 5 33
7 SSC Farul 20 9 5 6 24 20 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 5 3 3 14 9 4 32
8 Universitatea Cluj 20 10 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 11 10 4 32
9 ASU Poli Timisoara 19 8 8 3 18 14 10 6 3 1 10 4 9 2 5 2 8 10 4 32
10 Petrolul 52 19 9 4 6 30 16 10 3 2 5 12 11 9 6 2 1 18 5 14 31
11 Metaloglobus 20 9 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 19 9 10 4 1 5 8 8 10 31
12 SCM Gloria Buzau 19 6 8 5 21 20 10 4 4 2 11 7 9 2 4 3 10 13 1 26
13 Ripensia Timişoara 20 7 4 9 19 32 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 3 2 6 9 21 -13 25
14 Concordia Chiajna 20 6 6 8 23 21 10 5 2 3 15 8 10 1 4 5 8 13 2 24
15 Comuna Recea 20 6 6 8 30 30 11 5 3 3 23 14 9 1 3 5 7 16 0 24
16 Unirea Slobozia 20 6 4 10 16 26 11 3 4 4 7 12 9 3 0 6 9 14 -10 22
17 Sporting Turnu 15 4 7 4 23 19 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 19
18 Scolar Resita 20 5 4 11 11 30 10 3 2 5 7 14 10 2 2 6 4 16 -19 19
19 CSM Slatina 20 5 3 12 19 26 10 4 1 5 8 11 10 1 2 7 11 15 -7 18
20 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 20 3 4 13 18 42 10 2 1 7 9 21 10 1 3 6 9 21 -24 13
21 Aerostar Bacau 19 2 4 13 19 37 10 1 2 7 10 19 9 1 2 6 9 18 -18 10

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.