CSO Cugir vs Universitatea Alba Iulia

Match details. Liga 3, Group 7 - 10. Kick-off is Fri 23 Oct, 13:00 Lagos time.

What's at stake. CSO Cugir are 9th on 9 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Progresul Pecica, 2 points clear of Poli Timisoara 2. A win would take them above Progresul Pecica. Universitatea Alba Iulia are 11th on 4 points after 9 games, 3 points behind Poli Timisoara 2, 2 points clear of Nera Bogodinţi. A win would take them level on points with Poli Timisoara 2.

Form. CSO Cugir have won two, drawn three and lost five of their last ten, 0.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D L W. Universitatea Alba Iulia have won none, drawn four and lost six of their last ten, 0.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L L L.

The numbers. CSO Cugir score 0.5 and concede 1.8 a game in their last six at home, with no clean sheets and four games without a goal. CSO Cugir average 8.8 shots (3.2 on target), 4.4 corners and 3.0 cards a game. Universitatea Alba Iulia score 0.8 and concede 2.4 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet and three games without a goal. Universitatea Alba Iulia average 6.6 shots (2.4 on target), 3.2 corners and 2.0 cards a game.

Head to head. In the last nine meetings CSO Cugir have won two, drawn one and lost six. Eight of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in five. In the last four, CSO Cugir won one, one was drawn and Universitatea Alba Iulia won two. The last time they met, on 27 Feb 2026, it finished CSO Cugir 2-1 Universitatea Alba Iulia.

Where it pulls both ways. CSO Cugir are the form side, but the meetings favour Universitatea Alba Iulia: in the last nine meetings, CSO Cugir won two, Universitatea Alba Iulia won six and one was drawn. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%; eight of the last nine meetings went over 2.5, and the meetings settle it.

The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to a tight game.

The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%. Eight of the last nine meetings went over 2.5.

The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: CSO Cugir 1-2 Universitatea Alba Iulia (8% chance).