CLUJ-NAPOCA. Universitatea Cluj conquered U Craiova 1948 to win 2-1. It was Universitatea Cluj to strike first with a goal of Ianis Stoica at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 38′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Daniel Popa gave the win to Universitatea Cluj in the 53′ minute with a goal. U Craiova 1948 was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Cluj Arena stadium in Cluj-Napoca on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrei Florin Chivulete with the collaboration of Imre-Laszlo Bucsi and Mihăiță Necula. The 4th official was Florin Ovidiu Mazilu. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 1.4 degrees Celsius or 34.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

U Craiova 1948 was in firm control of the ball 61% while Universitatea Cluj was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

U Craiova 1948 was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, Universitatea Cluj managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Universitatea Cluj shot 15 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, U Craiova 1948 shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Universitatea Cluj didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, U Craiova 1948 received 2 yellow cards (Andrea Padula and Yassine Bahassa).

Standings

After playing this match, Universitatea Cluj has 26 points like Petrolul 52 to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, U Craiova 1948 will stays with 18 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Universitatea Cluj will host Botoşani on the 2nd of March with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Universitatea Cluj (4 draws).

U Craiova 1948 will host CSM Iaşi on the 28th of February with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Universitatea Cluj – Formation

Universitatea Cluj started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Ioan Ovidiu Sabău decided to play with the following team: Plamen Iliev (6.6), Dorinel Oancea (6.8), Lucas Masoero (7.0), Bogdan Mitrea (6.7), Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu (7.0), Ianis Stoica (8.1), Gabriel Simion (6.7), Kevin Doukoure (7.3), Alexandru Chipciu (8.2), Dan Nistor (7.5) and Daniel Popa (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Andrei Pițian, Marco Fossati, Ioan Filip (6.7), George Cimpanu (6.3), Andrei Gorcea, Elvis Manu, Doru Popadiuc, Andrei Peteleu and Robert Silaghi (6.8).

Substitutions

Universitatea Cluj made 3 changes: Daniel Popa for Robert Silaghi (76′), Gabriel Simion for Ioan Filip (82′) and Ianis Stoica for George Cimpanu (82′).

Player of the match: Alexandru Chipciu​

The most impressive player for Universitatea Cluj was Alexandru Chipciu even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 37 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 13.

U Craiova 1948 – Formation

U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Giovanni Costantino played with: Ionut Gurau (7.3), Gabriel Compagnucci (6.7), Léo Lacroix (6.7), Danny Henriques (6.7), Andrea Padula (6.3), Vlad Achim (7.5), Benjamin Van Durmen (6.7), Aurelian Chitu (7.0), Juan Bauza (6.4), Yassine Bahassa (7.1) and Vladislav Blanuta (6.4).

They had on the bench: Matheus Mascarenhas, William Baeten (6.8), Sorin Mogosanu, Radu Negru, Dragos Albu (7.0), Alexandru Blidar, Vlad Pop, Sekou Sidibe (6.4) and Gabriel Buta.

Substitutions

U Craiova 1948 made 3 changes: Yassine Bahassa for Sekou Sidibe (74′), Juan Bauza for William Baeten (57′) and Andrea Padula for Dragos Albu (82′).

Player of the match: Vlad Achim​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for U Craiova 1948 was Vlad Achim.

His rating is (7.5) with 102 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• FCSB – Otelul – 0-2
• Universitatea Cluj – U Craiova 1948 – 2-1