Universitatea Cluj vs Voluntari Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Universitatea Cluj

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Universitatea Cluj will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 Liga I loss in their previous game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

In that game, Universitatea Cluj had 41% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Universitatea Cluj was Mamadou Thiam (75'). On the other side, Sepsi OSK had 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Nicolae Păun (30') and Alexandru Tudorie (51') scored for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Universitatea Cluj haven’t conceded. In fact, Universitatea Cluj have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals on the way.

Voluntari

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In their last game, Voluntari drew 1-1 in the Liga I tie with Farul Constanța.

In that match, Voluntari had 58% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The only player to score for Voluntari was Adam Nemec (86'). On the other side, Farul Constanța had 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Tudor Băluţă (3') was the scorer for Farul Constanța.

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Voluntari, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes to a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Alb-Vișinii standing at 1.17. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that Voluntari:

• are undefeated in their previous 6 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league meeting featuring the two was Liga I match day 7 on 26/08/2022 when it ended Voluntari 0-0 Universitatea Cluj.

🗞️ Team News: Universitatea Cluj

The Universitatea Cluj boss George Ogăraru does not have any fitness worries at all before this match with a completely healthy group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Voluntari

Owing to a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Voluntari manager Cristiano Bergodi has no fitness worries to speak of before this match.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Voluntari will have a tough ask to get anything against this Universitatea Cluj lineup who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

That’s why our selection here is for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 victory for Universitatea Cluj at the end of this one.

Let’s see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:33 16/01/2023