Liga 1: Chindia Târgovişte - Universitatea Craiova pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Tue 29.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Struggling Chindia Târgovişte will be hoping to pull off a small shock when they play hard-driving Universitatea Craiova in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home regulars will have not-so-high expectations.

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Chindia Târgovişte so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Târgovişte.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Chindia Târgovişte, who played 1-1 against SSC Farul. That match was also played at this venue (Stadionul Ilie Oană).

A 1-1 scoreline against Arges before that, played at home in the Romania Cup.

The Chindia Târgovişte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Chindia Târgovişte defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Universitatea Craiova playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

Universitatea are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Rapid Bucuresti (placed 3rd). Drawing 2-2 against Rapid Bucuresti after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Radoi needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Before that game, 1-1 away against Ocna Mures in the Romania Cup.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting U Craiova 1948 in just four days.

As opposed to that, Universitatea Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Chindia Târgovişte four wins, one draw and Universitatea Craiova four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Popadiuc
D. Popadiuc
7 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
4 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
4 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Chindia Târgovişte Universitatea Craiova
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 3 8 17
5 2 1 Won W 2 3 9
5 3 2 Drew D 1 2 4
7 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
21 10 4 Scored S 5 8 22
22 12 5 Conceded C 3 9 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 59%
47% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 41%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 53%
29% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
18% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
3.8 5.1 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 6.1 5.6
4.6 2.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.2 2.7
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.7 3.1 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 10.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.8 13.2
4.8 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 5
26% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 23% 26%
 
10.4 8.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.2 9.5
4.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Craiova 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 18 12 5 1 33 14 9 7 2 0 16 4 9 5 3 1 17 10 19 41
2 CFR Cluj 16 11 1 4 27 15 9 7 0 2 18 8 7 4 1 2 9 7 12 34
3 Rapid Bucuresti 18 10 3 5 22 16 9 6 3 0 14 7 9 4 0 5 8 9 6 33
4 Universitatea Craiova 17 9 4 4 22 18 9 6 2 1 14 9 8 3 2 3 8 9 4 31
5 Hermannstadt 17 7 6 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 10 8 9 3 5 1 9 6 5 27
6 FCSB 16 7 5 4 25 21 8 4 4 0 16 11 8 3 1 4 9 10 4 26
7 Petrolul 52 18 8 2 8 17 20 9 4 2 3 9 9 9 4 0 5 8 11 -3 26
8 Sepsi 18 7 4 7 28 14 9 3 1 5 14 6 9 4 3 2 14 8 14 25
9 Voluntari 18 5 6 7 14 18 9 3 2 4 7 7 9 2 4 3 7 11 -4 21
10 Arges 18 6 3 9 14 26 9 4 1 4 8 11 9 2 2 5 6 15 -12 21
11 Chindia Târgovişte 17 5 5 7 21 22 8 2 3 3 10 12 9 3 2 4 11 10 -1 20
12 Botosani 17 4 8 5 14 21 8 2 4 2 7 7 9 2 4 3 7 14 -7 20
13 Universitatea Cluj 18 4 6 8 13 19 9 3 3 3 8 8 9 1 3 5 5 11 -6 18
14 UTA Arad 18 4 5 9 16 24 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 1 2 6 5 14 -8 17
15 U Craiova 1948 18 4 4 10 17 23 9 3 1 5 8 10 9 1 3 5 9 13 -6 16
16 Mioveni 18 1 5 12 10 27 9 0 4 5 4 11 9 1 1 7 6 16 -17 8

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.