U Cluj – FC Argeș, the match in which the “Red Caps” attack the 1st place, again! Probable teams + Best odds

U Cluj continues the fight for the title. Only now it is no longer in the foreground. The “red caps” are not allowed to make any more mistakes, and tonight's match with FC Argeș is one in which the Transylvanian players must win in order to stay close to the leader, Craiova University.

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U Cluj – FC Argeș, starting teams:

U CLUJ (4-1-2-3): Gertmonas – Mikanovic, Capradossi, Coubiș, Chipciu (capt.) – Bic – Nistor, Drammeh – Stanojev, Trică, O. Mendy
reserves: Left – I. Cristea, Miguel Silva, Codrea, G. Simion, Murgia, Pall, El Sawy, Macalou, Fabry, Gheorghiță, Postolachi
Absent: Lukic, Artean, Chinteș (injured)
Coach Cristiano Bergodi

FC ARGEȘ (4-3-3): Cabuz – Oancea, Sadriu, Tudose (capt.), Borța – Rață, Sierra, Rădescu – Matos, K. Brobbey, Bettaieb
reserves: Straton – Tofan, Briceag, Garutti, Seto, Blagaic, Idowu, Pîrvu, Manole, A. Dinu, Mario Marin
Absent: Emmers, Micovschi, Moldoveanu (injured)
Coach Bogdan Andone

Stadium Cluj Arena
Referee Marian Barbu (Făgăraş). ASSISTANT Mircea Grigoriu (Bucharest), Imre Bucsi (Sfântu Gheorghe)
VAR referee Sebastian Colțescu (Bucharest). Assistant VAR Sebastian Gheorghe (Suceava)

The most interesting information about U Cluj – FC Argeș

• November 1, 2025, Universitatea Cluj-FCSB 0-2 was the last defeat suffered by Transylvania in the championship at home. Nine wins and a draw followed.

• The team from Pitesti managed only one success in the previous seven stages (March 13, 2026, Universitatea Craiova-FC Argeș 0-1), in the rest three equal results and three games lost at the limit.

• They are the teams with the most goals scored on the counterattack, FC Argeș – 15, U Cluj – 13.

• They are the formations with the fewest goals conceded in fixed phases, U Cluj – 6, FC Argeș – 7.

• Only 113 shots were sent by the team from Argeș, the fewest of all 16 competitors (U Cluj – 142).

• Issouf Macalou managed 13 assists in the current championship, 1st place in this chapter at the end of the previous round, tied with Alin Roman (UTA).

• Should he be used, Brazilian Guilherme Garutti will mark his 100th match in the Superliga.

The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 62 times, 24 times Transylvania won, 28 times Arges won, and 10 other games ended in a draw.

• The first match in the Romanian Super League took place on November 26, 1961, Dinamo Pitesti-Ştiința Cluj 1-2, coaches Ştefan Vasile and Nicolae Săbăslău respectively. In return, on July 1, 1962, in the 5-1 victory of the Cluj students, the debut of Nicolae Dobrin was recorded, still today the youngest debutant in the history of the first league.

• The biggest score difference: August 27, 1972, FC Argeş-U Cluj 5-0.

• The most recent direct match in the championship: March 21, 2026, FC Argeș-Universitatea Cluj 0-1 (own goal by Florin Borța).