Match Report
43 points separated the sides: Universitatea Cluj 2nd on 42, Astra 7th on -1. Recent form told a different story for Astra: only 39th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Per game in the league, Universitatea Cluj were scoring 1.79 and conceding 0.74, Astra 0.5 and 3.83, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Astra — four in succession. Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for Universitatea Cluj, 3/15 for Astra.
Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca, capacity 8,500, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.