Liga 2 preview and statistics: Universitatea Cluj - UTA Arad at Cluj Arena

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cluj Arena (30596 seats)

3rd position in the Liga 2 table for Universitatea Cluj so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed UTA Arad visits Cluj Arena.

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.

This pitch has grass, which is not UTA Arad's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass UTA Arad have performed like this: Played 37 matches resulting in 13 wins, 9 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 53-49 (scored/conceded).

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

Universitatea Cluj, who have the most scored goals (77) in Liga 2, have performed well at Cluj Arena so far this season with 11 wins from 16 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

Universitatea Cluj are returning here after visiting ACS Poli Timişoara in a Liga 2 game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Universitatea Cluj lost 2-3 at home to Ripensia Timisoara.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Universitatea Cluj home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Universitatea Cluj as they are travelling to their away game against Academica Clinceni in the Liga 2. That match is four days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Universitatea Cluj are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 16 matches. Universitatea Cluj have only conceded 13 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UTA Arad form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

The manager I. Popa was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 2 match played at their home ground Cluj Arena. UTA Arad suffered a 0-2 loss to ASU Poli Timisoara. A 2-2 draw at Şirineaşa's stadium before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aerostar Bacău in just four days.

UTA Arad have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. UTA Arad have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the UTA Arad - Universitatea Cluj 0-4 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 2 Universitatea Cluj victories, 2 draws and 1 UTA Arad win.

Universitatea Cluj missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Universitatea Cluj UTA Arad
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played 4 16 33
21 11 4 Won 0 5 12
6 3 1 Drew 1 4 8
6 2 1 Lost 3 7 13
77 36 10 Scored 5 20 50
26 13 5 Conceded 10 23 51
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
79% 81% 83% Over 1.5 100% 75% 85%
61% 62% 33% Over 2.5 75% 56% 64%
33% 38% 17% Over 3.5 50% 31% 33%
21% 25% 17% Over 4.5 25% 6% 12%
48% 50% 50% BTTS 75% 50% 58%
45% 50% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 19% 12%
15% 12% 0% Failed To Score 25% 38% 33%
 
6.1 7.5 7.8 Corners For (avg) 2.8 4.7 4.9
3.8 2.7 3.5 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.6 3.8
2.8 2.4 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.2 2.8 2.8
3 2 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Universitatea Cluj is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Universitatea Cluj
All Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 3. Liga: Series 5 Romania Cup
All Home Away
09-04-19 L2 Juventus Bucuresti 2 - 6 Universitatea Cluj
13-04-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 2 - 1 SSC Farul
21-04-19 L2 Dacia Unirea Braila 0 - 8 Universitatea Cluj
26-04-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 2 - 3 Ripensia Timisoara
05-05-19 L2 ACS Poli Timişoara 0 - 3 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
01-06-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 Pandurii Targu Jiu
UTA Arad
All Liga 2: Serie 1 Liga 2 Liga 2: Seria 2 Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
10-04-19 L2 UTA Arad 3 - 3 Pandurii Targu Jiu
14-04-19 L2 Metaloglobus 3 - 0 UTA Arad
20-04-19 L2 UTA Arad 2 - 2 Chindia Târgovişte
26-04-19 L2 Şirineaşa 2 - 2 UTA Arad
04-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 0 - 2 ASU Poli Timisoara
11-05-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 08:00 UTA Arad
15-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 15:00 Aerostar Bacău
18-05-19 L2 Arges 08:00 UTA Arad
25-05-19 L2 UTA Arad 08:00 Petrolul 52
01-06-19 L2 Mioveni 08:00 UTA Arad

  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 33 25 1 7 67 19 17 14 1 2 42 8 16 11 0 5 25 11 48 76
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 33 21 6 6 77 26 16 11 3 2 36 13 17 10 3 4 41 13 51 69
4 Petrolul 52 33 20 5 8 59 32 16 10 4 2 33 13 17 10 1 6 26 19 27 65
5 Sportul Snagov 32 19 6 7 48 29 16 10 3 3 24 13 16 9 3 4 24 16 19 63
6 Argeş 33 17 8 8 46 26 16 11 3 2 30 7 17 6 5 6 16 19 20 59
7 Mioveni 33 14 7 12 46 37 16 9 3 4 29 19 17 5 4 8 17 18 9 49
8 Ripensia Timişoara 33 12 9 12 40 44 17 7 4 6 18 18 16 5 5 6 22 26 -4 45
9 UTA Arad 33 12 8 13 50 51 17 7 4 6 30 28 16 5 4 7 20 23 -1 44
10 Metaloglobus 33 12 7 14 33 51 16 8 4 4 18 11 17 4 3 10 15 40 -18 43
11 ASU Poli Timişoara 33 11 8 14 31 30 16 5 4 7 17 15 17 6 4 7 14 15 1 41
12 Luceafărul Oradea 33 10 10 13 43 55 16 8 5 3 29 16 17 2 5 10 14 39 -12 40
13 Juventus Bucureşti 33 9 12 12 45 50 17 6 6 5 25 23 16 3 6 7 20 27 -5 39
14 SSC Farul 33 12 3 18 41 54 17 9 2 6 27 22 16 3 1 12 14 32 -13 39
15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 33 10 8 15 54 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 16 2 5 9 22 30 0 38
16 Şirineaşa 33 8 11 14 38 44 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 0 8 9 10 26 -6 35
17 Aerostar Bacău 33 9 5 19 51 60 16 7 2 7 32 20 17 2 3 12 19 40 -9 32
18 ACS Poli Timişoara 33 6 8 19 28 58 17 4 5 8 18 25 16 2 3 11 10 33 -30 26
19 Baloteşti 33 6 6 21 25 65 17 4 5 8 16 26 16 2 1 13 9 39 -40 24
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 33 4 7 22 27 95 17 4 4 9 17 35 16 0 3 13 10 60 -68 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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