📊 Form Guide

UTA Arad

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UTA Arad are hoping to win again following a 0-1 Liga I victory versus Argeș Pitești.

In that game, UTA Arad had 54% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Argeș Pitești got 7 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that there has been much resilience in the UTA Arad backline. UTA Arad have been stingy, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last six games standing at 4.

Ahead of this clash, UTA Arad have not beaten CFR Cluj in their last 2 league games.

CFR Cluj

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Cluj head into the clash after a 4-2 Liga I win with the downing of Metaloglobus in their last match.

In that match, CFR Cluj had 61% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For CFR Cluj, the scorers were Alibek Aliev (14'), Andrei Cordea (70', 90') and Meriton Korenica (88'). Metaloglobus got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

Over the course of their last half-dozen clashes, CFR Cluj have bagged the sum of 14 goals. CFR Cluj have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, their defenders have had 5 goals go against them. Such a pattern might not follow through here, of course.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 02/03/2023 tells us that UTA Arad have won 1 of these & Cluj 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from UTA Arad and 11 created by Ceferiștii. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league match featuring the two was Liga I match day 10 on 21/09/2025 which finished with the scoreline of CFR Cluj 1-1 UTA Arad.

On that day, CFR Cluj managed 55% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Marcus Coco (50' Own goal).

On the other side, UTA Arad had 13 shots at goal with 2 on target.

📰 Team News: UTA Arad

In our view, UTA Arad will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Andrei Gorcea, Mark Tutu, Florent Poulolo, Alexandru Benga, Din Alomerovic, Richard Odada, Sota Mino, Hakim Abdallah, Alin Roman, Valentin Costache and Marius Coman.

🗞️ Team News: Cluj

Cluj boss Dan Petrescu has to currently contend with reduced team options. Mohammed Kamara (unknown injury), Simão Rocha (Meniscus injury) and Adrian Păun (unknown injury) can’t be considered. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Alin Ferenți and Karlo Muhar.

We reckon that Ceferiștii seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 system, starting the game with Mihai Popa, Viktor Kun, Sheriff Sinyan, Matei Cristian Ilie, Aly Abeid, Tidiane Keita, Alin Razvan Fica, Damjan Djokovic, Andrei Cordea, Alibek Aliev and Meriton Korenica.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, CFR Cluj and UTA Arad should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore predicting a very even match with a 1-1 score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Andre Moura, 14:05 04/02/2026