Liga 2 match preview and statistics: Universitatea Cluj fight Pandurii Târgu Jiu

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 01.June
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30596 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Pandurii Târgu Jiu have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-11-23 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cluj Arena as Universitatea Cluj, who have the most scored goals (83) in Liga 2, have scored 40 goals to get 42 points from 18 games. The overall stats are 13-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Universitatea Cluj bring valid hopes of a third.

Universitatea Cluj are returning here after visiting Baloteşti in a Liga 2 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sportul Snagov in a game that was won 1-0.

The Universitatea Cluj manager B. Lobonț has got the team scoring with 40 from 18 home games. Universitatea Cluj have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pandurii Târgu Jiu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pandurii Târgu Jiu so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-10 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Pandurii Târgu Jiu's previous game versus ASU Poli Timişoara, a Liga 2 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Pandurii Târgu Jiu won their away game at Şirineaşa. The scoreline was 2-1.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 18 games. For Pandurii Târgu Jiu, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Pandurii Târgu Jiu - Universitatea Cluj 1-5. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Universitatea Cluj victories, 1 draw and 5 Pandurii Târgu Jiu wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Gavra
21 goals
D. Goga
17 goals
G. Tudoran
13 goals

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Pandurii Târgu Jiu missing players

Universitatea Cluj Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played 6 18 37
24 13 4 Won 0 3 12
7 3 1 Drew 1 5 8
6 2 0 Lost 5 10 17
83 40 16 Scored 8 24 57
26 13 3 Conceded 16 37 63
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
76% 78% 80% Over 1.5 100% 89% 89%
57% 61% 80% Over 2.5 100% 72% 54%
30% 33% 60% Over 3.5 67% 44% 35%
19% 22% 40% Over 4.5 33% 22% 22%
43% 44% 40% BTTS 100% 72% 57%
51% 56% 60% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 24%
16% 11% 20% Failed To Score 0% 17% 22%
 
6 6.8 7.5 Corners For (avg) 3.8 4.2 4.6
4 3 1 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.8 5.4
2.6 2.2 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.7 3.2 2.7
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Universitatea Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universitatea Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Cluj have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Universitatea Cluj
All Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 3. Liga: Series 5 Romania Cup
All Home Away
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 0 - 3 Universitatea Cluj
12-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 3 - 0 UTA Arad
16-05-19 L2 Academica Clinceni 0 - 0 Universitatea Cluj
21-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 1 - 0 Sportul Snagov
25-05-19 L2 Baloteşti 0 - 2 Universitatea Cluj
01-06-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
All Liga 2: Serie 1 Liga 1 Liga 2 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-04-19 L2 UTA Arad 3 - 3 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
13-04-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 - 2 Academica Clinceni
20-04-19 L2 Sportul Snagov 3 - 2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
26-04-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4 - 0 Baloteşti
04-05-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 - 0 Luceafărul Oradea
11-05-19 L2 Metaloglobus 6 - 0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
14-05-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 - 2 Chindia Târgovişte
19-05-19 L2 Şirineaşa 1 - 2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
25-05-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 - 0 ASU Poli Timişoara
01-06-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 Pandurii Târgu Jiu

  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 Chindia Târgovişte 37 26 7 4 77 33 19 15 3 1 50 20 18 11 4 3 27 13 44 85
2 Academica Clinceni 37 27 3 7 74 22 19 15 2 2 44 9 18 12 1 5 30 13 52 84
3 Universitatea Cluj 37 24 7 6 83 26 18 13 3 2 40 13 19 11 4 4 43 13 57 79
4 Petrolul 52 36 23 5 8 71 33 18 12 4 2 43 14 18 11 1 6 28 19 38 74
5 Sportul Snagov 37 21 7 9 54 34 19 12 3 4 27 14 18 9 4 5 27 20 20 70
6 Argeş 37 19 8 10 51 31 18 13 3 2 34 9 19 6 5 8 17 22 20 65
7 Mioveni 37 17 7 13 60 41 18 10 3 5 33 22 19 7 4 8 27 19 19 58
8 Luceafărul Oradea 37 13 10 14 51 59 18 10 5 3 35 16 19 3 5 11 16 43 -8 49
9 Metaloglobus 37 14 7 16 43 54 19 10 4 5 27 12 18 4 3 11 16 42 -11 49
10 UTA Arad 36 13 8 15 53 57 18 8 4 6 32 29 18 5 4 9 21 28 -4 47
11 Ripensia Timişoara 37 12 10 15 43 53 19 7 5 7 19 21 18 5 5 8 24 32 -10 46
12 SSC Farul 37 14 4 19 45 59 18 9 3 6 27 22 19 5 1 13 18 37 -14 46
13 ASU Poli Timişoara 37 12 9 16 37 38 18 6 5 7 23 20 19 6 4 9 14 18 -1 45
14 Juventus Bucureşti 37 10 14 13 51 54 18 7 6 5 30 25 19 3 8 8 21 29 -3 44
15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 37 12 8 17 57 63 19 9 3 7 33 26 18 3 5 10 24 37 -6 44
16 Şirineaşa 37 9 12 16 46 53 18 8 4 6 32 23 19 1 8 10 14 30 -7 39
17 Aerostar Bacău 37 10 5 22 53 66 18 8 2 8 33 23 19 2 3 14 20 43 -13 35
18 ACS Poli Timişoara 37 7 8 22 30 64 19 5 5 9 20 29 18 2 3 13 10 35 -34 29
19 Baloteşti 37 6 6 25 29 81 19 4 5 10 17 32 18 2 1 15 12 49 -52 24
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 37 4 7 26 30 117 19 4 4 11 17 43 18 0 3 15 13 74 -87 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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