Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Universitatea Cluj 2nd on 46, FCSB 3rd on 14. On recent form Universitatea Cluj sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: FCSB 1.44 scored and 1 conceded per game, Universitatea Cluj 1.3 and 1.1, with the league averaging 1.26.
Universitatea Cluj entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — FCSB 4, draws 2, Universitatea Cluj 0, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Arena Naţională, capacity 55,634, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Universitatea Cluj led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
FCSB: Jug Stanojev (10' og) · Universitatea Cluj: Oucasse Mendy (24'), Jovo Lukic (40'), Issouf Macalou (57')
Key stats
Possession: FCSB 57% · Universitatea Cluj 43% · Total shots: 10-11 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 10-3