On Sat Nov 5th, Universitatea Craiova will host Universitatea Cluj in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Universitatea Craiova is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sepsi. Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the 58th minute on a feed from Baiaram, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sepsi couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Universitatea Craiova should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Universitatea Cluj recorded a 2-1 win against FCSB. Mamadou Thiam struck first for Universitatea Cluj in the 32nd minute, then Ioan Filip added another in the 40th minute. Universitatea Cluj is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj last played eachother at the Cluj Arena on the 24th of July. Universitatea Cluj and Universitatea Craiova battled to a 1-1 draw. Ioan Filip scored the first goal for Universitatea Cluj in the 6th minute, then Paul Papp tied it up for Universitatea Craiova in the 64th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Universitatea Craiova.
Adrian Ionuț Bălan and Marius Briceag are the top scorers for Universitatea Cluj in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Stefan Baiaram has been the most effective weapon for Universitatea Craiova lately. The Romanian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.