Down To Ten
Oţelul
Oţelul played the closing 16 minutes a man down after a 74′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 74′
- Player
- Andrei Ciobanu
Liga I · Matchday 9
Universitatea Cluj
O. Bic 31'
O. Mendy 80'
A. Aliev 90'
3 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Oţelul
Liga I
Matchday 9Universitatea Cluj3–0Oţelul
1.77
Expected goals
0.26
31′74′80′90′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: UC 1.77, OŢE 0.26.
Match report
Universitatea Cluj 3-0 Oţelul
Universitatea Cluj were far too strong for Oţelul 3-0 at Cluj Arena in Liga I. Bic opened the scoring for Universitatea Cluj on 31', Mendy made it 2-0 to Universitatea Cluj on 80' and Aliev made it 3-0 to Universitatea Cluj on 90' from the penalty spot.
Expected goals finished Universitatea Cluj 1.77, Oţelul 0.26. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Universitatea Cluj held 58.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Ciobanu was sent off on 74', leaving Oţelul 16 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Universitatea Cluj graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.77 expected goals. Universitatea Cluj graded out for better chances — 0.15 xg per shot and 12 v 6 shots.
Ovidiu Bic came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.6 for Universitatea Cluj from 1 goal, 2 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Universitatea Cluj conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
58%Possession42%
12Shots6
1.77xG0.26
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Universitatea Cluj
Universitatea Cluj finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.77 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.77
- Overperformance
- +1.23
Better Chances
Universitatea Cluj
Universitatea Cluj did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.15 xG per attempt against 0.04.
- xG per shot
- 0.15
- Opponent
- 0.04
- Shots
- 12 v 6
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Universitatea Cluj scored on 90′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 90′
Timeline
O. Bic — assist: D. Nistor
⚽31'
Half-time
🟨48'
Milen Zhelev
Foul
Dorin Codrea
Foul
🟨58'
🔄60'
Joao Paulino ↑ Ze Turbo ↓
🔄60'
D. Bordun ↑ M. Frunza ↓
P. Pinho ↑ M. Drammeh ↓
🔄62'
M. Stefanescu ↑ I. Macalou ↓
🔄62'
🟨64'
Andrei Ciobanu
Foul
Pedro Pinho
Foul
🟨65'
A. Aliev ↑ J. Lukic ↓
🔄73'
🟨74'
Andrei Ciobanu
Foul
🟥74'
Andrei Ciobanu
Foul
A. Gheorghita ↑ D. Nistor ↓
🔄74'
🟨77'
Teodor Lungu
Foul
🔄79'
D. Zator ↑ M. Zhelev ↓
🔄79'
R. Brito ↑ N. Pedro ↓
O. Mendy
⚽80'
E. Capradossi ↑ D. Mikanovic ↓
🔄84'
Alexandru Chipciu · Penalty confirmed
📺87'
A. Aliev (Pen)
⚽90'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueCluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca
RefereeSzabolcs Kovacs, Romania
CompetitionLiga I
Season2026
RoundMatchday 9
StatusMatch Finished