On the 28th of August, in this week 7 match, CFR Cluj plays host to SSC Farul in a Liga 1 match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 7th placed CFR Cluj, recorded a 0-1 loss against Botoşani. Sekou Camara scored the first goal for Botoşani in the 31st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed CFR Cluj couldn’t manage to score, and Botoşani took the shutout win. CFR Cluj is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed SSC Farul, recorded a 2-1 win against Voluntari. Patricio Matricardi struck first for Voluntari in the 24th minute on a feed from Daniel Florea, then Denis Alibec got the equalizer for SSC Farul in the 46th minute on a feed from Andrei Artean But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 80th minute on a penalty goal by Ionuț Larie. SSC Farul is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season CFR Cluj won the head to head battle with 3 wins and 1 draw.
SSC Farul’s most prolific scorer has been Adrian Petre. The Romanian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Both Ciprian Deac and Gabriel Debeljuh have been the hottest scorers for CFR Cluj in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.