Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Universitatea Cluj & UTA Arad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It should be mentioned that UTA Arad play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for UTA Arad on grass are 8 victories, 14 draws and 15 defeats from 37 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 30-36. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's no vacation for neither Universitatea Cluj nor UTA Arad 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.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Last season, Universitatea's Romania Cup journey ended in the 4th round.Universitatea Cluj's previous match was a Romania Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 1-0 against UTA Arad. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
Ahead of that match, Universitatea won a home game hosting Mioveni (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universitatea Cluj handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Universitatea have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Universitatea Cluj have scored {11 goals} and conceded 6 times.
UTA Arad form and stats
They also participated in Romania Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.Two away matches in a row for UTA Arad, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Universitatea Cluj in the Romania Cup.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Chindia Targoviste's place.UTA Arad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Arad have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Universitatea Cluj, two draws and four wins for UTA Arad. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Thiam 8 goals |  V. Postolachi 7 goals | P. Otele 5 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 8.3 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
