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CLUJ. CFR Cluj and Otelul didn’t manage to score any goal on Monday. CFR Cluj was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu stadium in Cluj on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Iulian Călin with the help of Romică Bîrdeș and Ionuț Marius Bobe. The 4th official was Robert Constantin Avram. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.28 degrees Celsius or 64.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

CFR Cluj had a superior ball possession 56% while Otelul was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

CFR Cluj was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough CFR Cluj to win the match​.

CFR Cluj shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Otelul shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

CFR Cluj received 1 yellow card (Lovro Cvek). Regarding the opposition, Otelul received 4 yellow cards (Milen Zhelev, Miguel Silva, Diego Živulić and Jonathan Cissé).

Standings

After this contest, CFR Cluj will have 27 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Otelul will have 15 points like Sepsi and CSM Iaşi to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, CFR Cluj will play away with SSC Farul on the 2nd of March with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of CFR Cluj (1 draw).

Otelul will host CSM Iaşi on the 9th of March with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Otelul (5 draws).

CFR Cluj – Formation

CFR Cluj adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Andrea Mandorlini decided to play with the following team: Mário Camora, Durel Avounou, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Răzvan Sava (7.1), Vasile Mogoș (7.5), Anton Krešić (7.3), Arlind Ajeti (7.8), Ziv Morgan (7.3), Ciprian Deac (7.5), Karlo Muhar (7.7), Lovro Cvek (7.3), Daniel Bîrligea (7.3), Luka Juričić (7.0) and Philip Otele (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Robert Filip (7.1), Jefté Betancor (6.7), Luca Mihai, Yevhen Konoplyanka (6.7), Matei Cristian Ilie, Tudor Lucaci, Alin Fica and Ottó Hindrich.

Substitutions

CFR Cluj made 4 changes: Daniel Bîrligea for Robert Filip (46′), Luka Juričić for Jefté Betancor (65′), Lovro Cvek for Luca Mihai (90′) and Ciprian Deac for Yevhen Konoplyanka (65′).

Best player: Arlind Ajeti​

The most impressive player for CFR Cluj was Arlind Ajeti.

His rating is (7.8) with 54 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Otelul – Formation

Also Otelul adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Dorinel Ionel Munteanu played with: Andrei Rus, Cosmin Andrei Dur-Bozoancă (7.5), Milen Zhelev (7.3), Jonathan Cissé (7.0), Dragan Lovrić (7.7), Miguel Silva (7.3), Juri Cisotti (7.1), Ariel López (6.4), Teles (6.3), Frédéric Maciel (7.3), Alexandru Pop (6.1), Razvan Andrei Tanasa (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Vasile Jardan (7.0), Kehinde Fatai (6.7), Rosario Latouchent, Ştefan Bodişteanu (6.8), Mihai Andrei Adăscăliței, George Carjan, Relu Marian Stoian, Costin Ghiocel and Diego Živulić (6.8).

Substitutions

Otelul made 5 changes: Teles for Vasile Jardan (59′), Alexandru Pop for Kehinde Fatai (59′), Ariel López for Diego Živulić (66′), Razvan Andrei Tanasa for Ştefan Bodişteanu (65′) and Frédéric Maciel for Mihai Andrei Adăscăliței (90′).

Best player: Dragan Lovrić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Otelul was Dragan Lovrić.

His rating is (7.7) with 29 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• CFR Cluj – Otelul – 0-0
• Sepsi – Botoşani – 5-2