CFR Cluj greet U Craiova 1948 with expectations of winning all three points. Can they? Check our in-depth preview!
- CFR Cluj have the most scored goals (15) at home in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Europa Conference League match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, U Craiova 1948 have had more rest.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Ever since the SSC Farul game Cluj has been unbeatable here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu producing four straight wins.
CFR Cluj's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 vs KF Ballkani. The home side hope to to continue in that form. Goalkeeper Scuffet got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.64 out of ten. Scuffet topped it up with a clean sheet.
A Liga 1 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Rapid Bucuresti.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cluj matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
The manager Petrescu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dumbravita in only three days.
A decent goal production from CFR Cluj in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, CFR Cluj have conceded only 7 goals.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-4 (8 played).
U Craiova 1948 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. SSC Farul proved too strong as U Craiova 1948 slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Paksi FC Stadion.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Hermannstadt.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Craiova when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Lacking goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.
After this away game U Craiova 1948 return home for a Romania Cup game against Voluntari. That game is only three sleeps after this.
U Craiova 1948 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier on this campaign: U Craiova 1948 - Cluj 3-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two CFR Cluj victories, zero draws and one U Craiova 1948 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Deac with 3 goals scored against U Craiova 1948 in these 3 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Muhar 4 goals |  C. Deac 3 goals |   S. Sidibe 3 goals |
CFR Cluj missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| CFR Cluj | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 7% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 12.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 11.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 33% | 34% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 9.1 | 7.1 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
- CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- CFR Cluj have the most scored goals (15) at home in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | FCSB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Arges | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | Botosani | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 8 |
