Week 30 brings us a match on Mar 13th where CFR Cluj hosts Universitatea Cluj in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. CFR Cluj sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Sepsi. Mark Tamas scored the first goal for Sepsi in the 10th minute, then Yuri tied it up for CFR Cluj in the 31st minute on a feed from Ciprian Deac . With 19 points in their last 10 matches CFR Cluj should be reasonably happy with their performance, while universitatea Cluj is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against SSC Farul. Ovidiu Bic scored the first goal for Universitatea Cluj in the 39th minute, then Martin Remacle added another in the 58th minute In the end, SSC Farul was frustrated by Universitatea Cluj’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Universitatea Cluj ended the match with the shutout victory. Universitatea Cluj is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 23rd of October, Universitatea Cluj hosted CFR Cluj at the Cluj Arena in their last match together. CFR Cluj took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Ciprian Deac struck first for CFR Cluj in the 25th minute on a penalty shot, then Cephas Malele added another in the 61st minute on a penalty.
Mamadou Thiam has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Universitatea Cluj. CFR Cluj’s top weapon lately has been Rangelo Janga, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.