It's advantage Universitatea Craiova so far with their 3rd position in the Liga 1 table, welcoming Viitorul who are placed 7th.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga 1 game only four days ago.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Universitatea Craiova so far this season. The last three games played by Universitatea Craiova, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Universitatea Craiova shared the glory with Astra in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sepsi.
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 Craiova have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost three.
There will be little rest for Universitatea Craiova after this match as they are travelling to Voluntari for a Liga 1 game in only two days.
Universitatea has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Universitatea have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Viitorul form and stats
2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Viitorul in their Liga 1 matches away.
Viitorul delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against FCSB (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Liga 1 game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to UTA Arad.
Viitorul are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
A new game in only two days for Viitorul, the Liga 1 home match versus Sepsi. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Viitorul - Universitatea 1-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Universitatea Craiova won four, Viitorul won five and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cicâldău 7 goals |   K. Luckassen 7 goals | E. Koljič 6 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Viitorul missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Viitorul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 81% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 50% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 69% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 0.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 11.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.1 | 11.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| 23% | 20% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 17% | 26% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 38 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Chindia Targoviste | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Viitorul | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Botosani | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 21 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Astra | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Argeş | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -22 | 15 |