Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Universitatea Cluj & CFR Cluj face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Universitatea participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The story so far in the Liga 1 for Universitatea Cluj at their home stadium (Cluj Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The Universitatea Cluj supporters got no joy from their last match, a Romania Cup duel also played here at Cluj Arena: A 0-1 defeat against CFR Cluj.
A Liga 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at SSC Farul.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitatea have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Universitatea Cluj have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Universitatea are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cluj Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the round of 32.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, CFR Cluj have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
Two trips in a row for CFR Cluj, whose manager Petrescu could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against Universitatea Cluj.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sepsi in the Liga 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Cluj in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for CFR Cluj, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
CFR Cluj have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Universitatea wins - draws - CFR Cluj wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 4 goals |  K. Muhar 3 goals |  C. Deac 2 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 34 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 10% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 9.5 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | FCSB | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Arges | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Botosani | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
