Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Alexandria & Universitatea Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!
Alexandria form and stats
Last season, Alexandria's Romania Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Alexandria are returning here after visiting Viitorul Daesti and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sporting Rosiori in the 3. Liga; Series 6.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Liga; Series 6 game versus CS U Craiova II in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadionul Municipal.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.Universitatea Cluj have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Universitatea Cluj as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Universitatea Craiova.
Before that, Universitatea Cluj secured a home win against FCSB with the score 2-1.After this away game Universitatea return home for a Liga 1 game against Argeş. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 11 goals have been conceded by Universitatea Cluj in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 4 goals |  I. Filip 2 goals | R. Santos Pires 1 goals |
Alexandria missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| Alexandria | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 7 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 43% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 11.1 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Argeş | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botosani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
