Universitatea Cluj vs SCM Gloria Buzau betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on January 18th, 2025

Universitatea Cluj and SCM Gloria Buzau will on Saturday, January 18th, 2025 at 12:30h (UTC), play in a Liga 1 football game in Romania, check the Universitatea Cluj vs SCM Gloria Buzau betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Universitatea Cluj vs SCM Gloria Buzau will occur

The game will be played 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 at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Universitatea Cluj vs SCM Gloria Buzau betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga 1 has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.59 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.36 goals per match played.

Universitatea Cluj last match

Nobody was counting on a defeat in this match. The team had all the favoritism in their favor, but they could not avoid being defeated, an outcome that had odds of .

SCM Gloria Buzau last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Club Friendlies, SCM Gloria Buzau faced the Mladost Lučani team, and the score ended in favor with a 4-3.

The positive result confirmed that the team's favoritism before the start of the match was certain, making the odds .

Universitatea Cluj vs SCM Gloria Buzau h2h

When these teams last met at Liga 1, SCM Gloria Buzau was 16th place while Universitatea Cluj was in 3rd place. SCM Gloria Buzau deployed in a 4-3-3 formation while Universitatea Cluj set up a 4-1-3-2 alignment.

The two teams have not faced each other since 26-08-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Liga 1, and the match ended with a 0-2 win for Universitatea Cluj.

The SCM Gloria Buzau team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Universitatea Cluj team, which won only 2 matches.

Universitatea Cluj

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Universitatea Cluj team with 37 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses.

In the 22nd round, the team has the same points compared to FCSB who occupies position 1.

Universitatea Cluj analysis

After 21 rounds, Universitatea Cluj has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 32 goals for and 18 conceded.

The average shooting on goal for the Universitatea Cluj team in the league is not the best. There are only 4.05 per game. This turns out to be another good indication that the team does not usually score many goals or give much work to the opposing goalkeepers.

The Universitatea Cluj team, knowing that teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents, usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 57.71%.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 6 wins, 2 losses and, 2 draws compared to the 4 games they won as the visiting team.

Universitatea Cluj has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 32 times with 2150 attacks, while SCM Gloria Buzau has only scored 18 times with 1898 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 Vladislav Blănuță. Universitatea Cluj owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 9 goals in this season.

SCM Gloria Buzau

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 16 points won, SCM Gloria Buzau is in 16th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation Round zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 13 losses, plus 4 draws.

In the 22nd round, the team has a small disadvantage of 2 points compared to the Botoşani team which is just above, in 15th place.

SCM Gloria Buzau analysis

After 21 rounds, SCM Gloria Buzau has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 33 goals so far and scored 18 times.

Recent games have demonstrated that SCM Gloria Buzau is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 0.86 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

Best goalscorer from SCM Gloria Buzau

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Constantin Budescu. With 5 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the SCM Gloria Buzau team achieving several victories this season.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

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 Vladislav Blănuță, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of SCM Gloria Buzau is Constantin Budescu, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.52 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.95 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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