Universitatea Craiova have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Lokomotivi Tbilisi. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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!
It's quite the trip for Universitatea Craiova when visiting Lokomotivi as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Lokomotivi Tbilisi have to build on here at Mikheil Meskhis Sakhelobis Stadionis Satadarigo Moedani in the Erovnuli Liga.
The Lokomotivi goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 217 minutes without conceding a goal in the Erovnuli Liga.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi manager G. Tchiabrishvili and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Samtredia in the Erovnuli Liga. A strong away win before that one, visiting Dila and winning 1-0.
Lokomotivi Tbilisi has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Lokomotivi have conceded 9 from these games.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Universitatea Craiova playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Universitatea has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against FCSB.
Two travels in a row for Universitatea, whose manager C. Bergodi could celebrate last time after the Liga 1 win against Sepsi. Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus CFR Cluj.
After this away game Universitatea return home for a Liga 1 game against Astra. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Universitatea Craiova has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotivi Tbilisi-Universitatea Craiova H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Lokomotivi Tbilisi zero wins, Universitatea Craiova zero wins, two draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Sikharulidze 4 goals | T. Shonia 2 goals |  G. Gabadze 1 goals |
Lokomotivi Tbilisi missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 21 | 41 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 168 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 234 | ||
| 67 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 115 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Batumi | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Saburtalo | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Dila | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Telavi | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 7 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 8 | Samtredia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 9 | Chikhura | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 5 |
| 10 | Norchi Dinamo | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |