Here's all we know about the Chindia Târgovişte - U Craiova 1948 match:

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Crucial duel in the bottom section of the Liga 1, with both Chindia Târgovişte and U Craiova 1948 experiencing more distress than bliss. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 11th and the visiting team in 12th position.

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Liga 1

Chindia Târgovişte and U Craiova 1948 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

3 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Chindia Târgovişte have to build on here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the Liga 1.

Târgovişte are confident in defense, having played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Chindia Târgovişte, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gaz Metan Medias away with the result 4-0. Popadiuc, Serban and Florea (2) found the net in that victory.

Before that, Târgovişte had a home game versus UTA Arad which ended with a victory 1-0.

Chindia Târgovişte have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Chindia Târgovişte are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches. Chindia Târgovişte has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

There's been little loot from U Craiova 1948's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

Craiova are travelling again after losing away to Sepsi in their previous match (1-2).

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Rapid Bucuresti.

U Craiova 1948 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Chindia Târgovişte - U Craiova 1948 0-3 was the output when this pair of teams formerly met, some time ago this season. The match official brandished his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Iacob (Târgovişte). Head to head statistics (for the prior two meetings): Chindia Târgovişte won zero games, one match ended with a draw and U Craiova 1948 have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one The games between these sides have sometimes been from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948C. Balan
C. Balan
8 goals
U Craiova 1948A. Compagno
A. Compagno
7 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
6 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Chindia Târgovişte U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
8 3 1 Won W 2 3 8
11 7 2 Drew D 1 4 9
11 5 1 Lost L 1 8 13
23 11 3 Scored S 5 17 31
23 14 3 Conceded C 2 19 35
80% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 87%
37% 47% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
20% 20% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 37%
13% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 13%
23% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 43%
47% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 30%
50% 47% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 40%
 
3.5 4.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.5 4
4.5 4.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5 4.9
2.2 2.2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.3
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 8.2 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.1 9.6
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.1
21% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 33%
 
9.8 9.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 10.9 9.8
3.3 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Liga 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 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Argeş 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 10

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.