Sănătatea Cluj vs Unirea Dej prediction and preview

23 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Over 2.5 GoalsOdds 1.50Market probability 63%

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Sănătatea Cluj host Unirea Dej in the Liga III - Serie 8 (Romania) on 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Over 2.5 Goals — more than 2.5 goals in the match. It was published at odds of 1.50, which the bookmaker market rated at about 63% once the bookmaker margin is removed.

Going into the match, Sănătatea Cluj had won 3, drawn 4 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches, scoring 14 and conceding 9. Unirea Dej had won 1, drawn 2 and lost 7 of their last 10, with 7 scored and 17 conceded.

Both teams scored in 4 of Sănătatea Cluj's last 10 and 4 of Unirea Dej's last 10; 3 and 4 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Sănătatea Cluj averaged 1.67 goals scored and 1.00 conceded across 9 matches; away from home Unirea Dej averaged 1.17 scored and 1.33 conceded across 6.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.79 goals from Sănătatea Cluj and 0.46 from Unirea Dej. From that it rates a home win at 69%, a draw at 23% and an away win at 8%, against 83%, 12% and 5% implied by the 1X2 prices. For the published pick itself the model gives 39%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Sănătatea Cluj (green) and Unirea Dej (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form80% – 20%

Attack89% – 11%

Defence54% – 46%

Head-to-head50% – 50%

Goals38% – 63%

Overall strength64% – 35%

Form before the match

Team	Last 5	Scored	Conceded	BTTS	O2.5
Sănătatea Cluj	WDLWD	1.40	0.90	40%	30%
Unirea Dej	LDLLW	0.70	1.70	40%	40%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

Other markets we priced

Market	Our probability	Odds
1st Half Over 0.5 Goals	76%	1.22
Over 2.5 Goals	63%	1.50
Sănătatea Cluj HT & FT	63%	1.50
Sănătatea Cluj 1st Half Win	63%	1.44
BTTS No	59%	1.58
1st Half Under 1.5 Goals	58%	1.62
3-0	16%	6.00

Probabilities are derived from bookmaker prices with the margin removed. They are estimates, not guarantees.