This match stars two squads dwelling in the basement of the Liga 1, Chindia Târgovişte at 16th position and U Craiova 1948 in 16th. A decent opportunity for one of the teams to upgrade their situation.
- Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they had a match only three days ago in the Liga 1. That game was an away game at Dinamo Bucureşti, so at least Chindia Târgovişte are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga 1 this season. Chindia Târgovişte have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadionul Ilie Oană.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 298 minutes without scoring a league goal. Popa was the last player to find the net.
Târgovişte lost their last game at Dinamo Bucureşti (placed 15th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The penalty miss from Popa in the defeat against Dinamo Bucureşti was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Before that game, the home loss against CFR Cluj with the scoreline 0-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Târgovişte as they are travelling to their away game against Academica Clinceni in the Liga 1. That match is three days after this one.
Târgovişte aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. 9 goals have been conceded. Târgovişte has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-5 (9 played). Two points from the last two away games for Craiova, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Craiova in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting Academica Clinceni, 1-2.
A loss against Voluntari was the result prior to that, in a home game.After this away game U Craiova 1948 return home for a Liga 1 game against Mioveni. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Craiova when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Craiova in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have battled previously this season: U Craiova 1948 - Târgovişte 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  D. Popa 4 goals |  C. Balan 4 goals |  D. Popadiuc 3 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 84% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 16% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 21% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 37% |
| 42% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 58% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 3 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.7 | 7.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 21% | 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| 10.7 | 10.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
- Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga 1
- Chindia Târgovişte have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Liga 1
- Chindia Târgovişte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | FCSB | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 43 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Botosani | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | SSC Farul | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | Arges | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Gaz Metan Medias | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | -25 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -25 | 10 |