Struggling Baloteşti will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying CS U Craiova II in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Baloteşti form and stats
Baloteşti have played 7 3. Liga: Series 3 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). It's trouble wherever Baloteşti are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Baloteşti, their manager C. Niţă and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Baloteşti fans got no joy from their last match, a 3. Liga: Series 3 game also here at Stadionul Baloteşti: A 3-4 defeat against Voluntari II (placed 12th). Prior to that, an away loss at Flacara Moreni.
A goal frenzy last time out for Baloteşti, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Voluntari II. Fun stuff to watch!
Goals decide football matches and Baloteşti are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
CS U Craiova II form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga: Series 3.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 3. Liga: Series 3 home defeat versus Progresul Spartac with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result CS U Craiova II won their away game at Voluntari II. The scoreline was 2-1.
The visiting CS U Craiova II have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, CS U Craiova II have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Baloteşti and CS U Craiova II have met before this season: CS U Craiova II - Baloteşti 1-1.Top Goalscorers
 V. Mihai 10 goals |  C. Predescu 4 goals |
Baloteşti missing players
CS U Craiova II missing players
| Baloteşti | CS U Craiova II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 31 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 87% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 53% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 33% |
| 40% | 14% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| 6.1 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 78 | 68 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 33 | 124 |
| 29 | 28 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 15 | 50 |
| 48% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 33% | 44% |
- All of Baloteşti's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Baloteşti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baloteşti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- CS U Craiova II has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
- CS U Craiova II have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- CS U Craiova II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- CS U Craiova II is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Progresul Spartac | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 34 |
| 2 | CSM Slatina | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | CS U Craiova II | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Flacara Moreni | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Alexandria | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Vedita Colonesti | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 | Unirea Bascov | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Blejoi Vispeşti | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Olimpic Cetate | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | SR Municipal Brasov | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Pucioasa | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Voluntari II | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Astra II | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Baloteşti | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | -14 | 11 |
| 15 | Tractorul Cetate | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 34 | -34 | 10 |
| 16 | Sporting Rosiori | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | -23 | 9 |