Universitatea Craiova will battle it out with Botoşani in this Liga 1 game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova have only played one Liga 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
Universitatea are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus FCSB.
Ahead of that match, Universitatea Craiova won a home game hosting Arges (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Universitatea have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost zero.
Universitatea Craiova has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Botoşani form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 5 matches.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Botoşani goalkeeper Eduard Adrian Pap is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Botoşani, whose manager M. Croitoru could celebrate last time after the Liga 1 win against Voluntari. Mihai Roman came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Voluntari last time out, making the manager M. Croitoru feel like a tactical genius.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs FCSB.We have checked recent matches where Botoşani have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, one draw and four defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Botoşani has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Universitatea victories, three draws and two Botoşani wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 1 goals |   M. Roman 1 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Botoşani missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | Botoşani | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 27 | 52 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 33 | 54 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 92% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 10% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 25% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | ||
| 32% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11.5 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Botoşani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Medias | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Arges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 54 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 45 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 41 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 33 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 31 |