U Craiova 1948 have travelled here for an entertaining duel versus the hosts Botoşani. Get smart on the game with this full Liga 1 preview!
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
This should be an action-packed game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Botoşani form and stats
A Liga 1 draw at home so far for Botoşani. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 5 matches.
An away draw last time out for Botoşani, facing Rapid Bucuresti in a game that ended 2-2.
In the match before that, Botoşani hosted Petrolul 52 and drew the game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botoşani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Botoşani at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga 1 were 1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 4 fixtures.
Home advantage was not enough for U Craiova 1948 in their previous game as they lost hosting Universitatea Cluj, 3-4. An off the wall fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for U Craiova 1948, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this game be as gleeful?
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sepsi wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by U Craiova 1948 in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for U Craiova 1948, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
U Craiova 1948 have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last six meetings): Botoşani won two games, two matches ended with a tie and U Craiova 1948 have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sidibe 2 goals |  A. Chițu 2 goals |   V. Pinson 1 goals |
Botoşani missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Botoşani | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 12.7 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 16.3 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga 1
| Botoşani | Last season | U Craiova 1948 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 40 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 18 | 50 | ||
| 49 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 40 | ||
| 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 92% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 62% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 40% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 18% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 41% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 30% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 28% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botoşani | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Otelul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Botoşani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 11 |
