Universitatea Cluj vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on October 18th, 2024

A Liga 1 match between Universitatea Cluj and Otelul will hold on October 18th, 2024, Friday at 18:00h (UTC), in Romania, check the Universitatea Cluj vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Universitatea Cluj vs Otelul will occur

The game takes place in the small Cluj Arena stadium, in the city of Cluj-Napoca, with a capacity for 8500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Universitatea Cluj vs Otelul betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Liga 1 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.5 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Universitatea Cluj last match

Universitatea Cluj comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Unirea Slobozia, in a match valid for Liga 1, and the match ended 2-2. Coach I. Sabău's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.00 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Otelul last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, Otelul, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Universitatea Craiova team with a final score of 1-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 2.88 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Universitatea Cluj vs Otelul h2h

These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2023/2024 Liga 1 season. The match, played on 19-05-2024, recorded the 0-2 win for Universitatea Cluj.

The Universitatea Cluj team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Otelul has been more irregular.

Universitatea Cluj

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Universitatea Cluj team with 23 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 6 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.

This means that Universitatea Craiova team, in 2nd place, is close behind in the 13th round with a disadvantage of 3 points.

Universitatea Cluj analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Universitatea Cluj is positive: after 12 rounds the team has scored 18 goals, conceding only 8.

While the average number of shots on goal by Universitatea Cluj is relatively low, in contrast, the shooting accuracy of the forwards is very high. In fact, the team has an average value of 3.25 per game, but has 1.5 goals scored per match. In other words, it scored a goal in 40% of the circumstances in which it kicked at goal.

The Universitatea Cluj team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 54.75%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Universitatea Cluj has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 18 times with 1134 attacks, while Otelul has only scored 11 times with 973 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Universitatea Cluj

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Dan Nistor. Universitatea Cluj owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 5 goals in this season.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 5 of the 5 goals scored have this characteristic.

Otelul

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Otelul team with 19 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 4 wins, 7 draws, and 0 losses.

Otelul analysis

After 12 rounds, Otelul has a positive goal difference, with 11 goals scored and only 5 goals taken by their goalkeeper.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga 1.

With away his balance of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 4 draws in the Liga 1, opposing teams usually have slim chances of winning.

Best goalscorer from Otelul

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Stipe Jurić. Otelul owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 3 goals in this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Universitatea Cluj is Dan Nistor, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Otelul is Stipe Jurić, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Otelul scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.5.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 4.22 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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