Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SSC Farul & CFR Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Farul nor CFR Cluj as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SSC Farul form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.Home games in the Liga 1 have been a walk in the park for SSC Farul so far, with 26 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A nice win for SSC Farul last time playing, versus Botosani. That was also a home game and the match ended 8-0 with Kiki, Alibec, Morar (2), Grameni and Pitu scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Farul "killed" Botosani in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Alibec when beating Botosani, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
1-1 away at Chindia Târgovişte before that.SSC Farul are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Hermannstadt awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 10 games), SSC Farul's attacking play is working. Farul have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj was sent out of Romania Cup in the round of 32 last season.CFR Cluj have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
CFR Cluj go into this game after a win, the home game against Chindia Târgovişte that ended 2-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Hermannstadt.Cluj have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Liga 1 game against Botosani. A back-breaking schedule for the visitors!
CFR Cluj has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by CFR Cluj in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - one - three (Farul wins - draws - CFR Cluj wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Alibec 9 goals |  A. Pitu 5 goals |
SSC Farul missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| SSC Farul | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 9.4 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Argeş | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
