On Feb 10th, Universitatea Cluj plays host to Mioveni in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 14th placed Universitatea Cluj, recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against U Craiova 1948. Aurelian Chițu scored the first goal for U Craiova 1948 in the 12th minute, then Aurelian Chițu added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Yassine Bahassa In the end, Universitatea Cluj couldn’t muster any offence and U Craiova 1948 ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 16th placed Mioveni is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sepsi. Cosmin Matei scored the first goal for Sepsi in the 9th minute, then Bogdan Rusu tied it up for Mioveni in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Mioveni a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
Universitatea Cluj and Mioveni last played eachother at the Stadionul Orăşenesc on the 12th of September. Universitatea Cluj was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Ely Fernandes struck first for Universitatea Cluj in the 35th minute on a feed from Romário Pires, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Mioveni 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.
Both Amine Benchaib and Bogdan Rusu have been the hottest scorers for Mioveni in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Universitatea Cluj is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lóránd Fülöp and Mamadou Thiam each only have 1 goal in their last 5.