Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Universitatea Craiova & 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 busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Universitatea Craiova and CFR Cluj.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, Universitatea Craiova have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The fans are hoping that Universitatea will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 1 game against CFR Cluj.
Before that, Universitatea Craiova drew at home versus Sepsi.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 five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dinamo Bucuresti are coming to town in four days.
Universitatea Craiova are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Universitatea Craiova are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Cluj's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, CFR Cluj have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far.
Impressive finishing from Andrei Burcă secured the home win 1-0 against Universitatea Craiova in their previous game.
A 0-1 defeat away at Botosani before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by CFR Cluj in our archives, and the results are: two wins for CFR Cluj, one draw and one defeat.
Cluj have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Liga 1 fixture vs UTA Arad. A rough itinerary for the visiting team!
Cluj have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 4 goals have been scored. CFR Cluj are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Universitatea victories, three draws and five CFR Cluj wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Di Mauro Vagenin 3 goals | J. Markovic 3 goals |   C. Petrila 3 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 25% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Botosani | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | FCSB | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 2 |