Sanatatea Cluj vs FC Unirea Dej
Match details. Liga 3, Group 8 - 10. Kick-off is Fri 23 Oct, 13:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. Sanatatea Cluj are 2nd on 16 points after 9 games, 4 points behind Minaur Baia Mare, level on points with Crişul Sântandrei. FC Unirea Dej are 11th on 5 points after 9 games, 4 points behind Unirea Tășnad, 4 points clear of Transilvania Sport Academy.
Form. Sanatatea Cluj have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W D W D L. FC Unirea Dej have won one, drawn two and lost seven of their last ten, 0.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L D D L.
The numbers. Sanatatea Cluj score 1.4 and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. Sanatatea Cluj average 16.4 shots (5.7 on target), 7.0 corners and 1.6 cards a game. FC Unirea Dej score 0.8 and concede two a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets and three games without a goal. FC Unirea Dej average 11.8 shots (4.5 on target), 4.5 corners and 3.2 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last five meetings Sanatatea Cluj have won three, drawn one and lost one. Five of the five went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, Sanatatea Cluj won two, one was drawn and FC Unirea Dej won one. The last time they met, on 14 Nov 2025, it finished Sanatatea Cluj 5-0 FC Unirea Dej.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 90% against the records' 49%. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 55%; five of the last five 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 firm call: Sanatatea Cluj are the better side, but not at this price. An open game. Their goals for and against make Sanatatea Cluj the likelier winners; Sanatatea Cluj are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Sanatatea Cluj; the meetings favour Sanatatea Cluj. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 55%. Five of the last five 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: Sanatatea Cluj 2-1 FC Unirea Dej (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).