Carrying a 1 point lead in the league table, CSM Iaşi followers yearn to see their gladiators collect all points from this game vs U Craiova 1948.
- CSM Iaşi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
Little time to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a Liga 1 match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, U Craiova 1948 have had more rest.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, CSM Iaşi have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Iaşi's last game was hosting Sepsi (placed 12th) and winning 1-0. The victory against Sepsi came after Figueiredo's winning goal. The CSM Iaşi manager Grozavu was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Prior to that, an away loss at Rapid Bucuresti.This is expected to be a close game, with CSM Iaşi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with CSM Iaşi as a small favourite), we find 6 games. CSM Iaşi has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Iaşi have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
There were no winners in U Craiova 1948's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Hermannstadt (placed 6th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CFR Cluj wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with U Craiova 1948 playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were {2 U Craiova 1948 wins}, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
7 goals have been conceded by U Craiova 1948 in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Chițu 7 goals |   A. Roman 3 goals |  L. de Souza Figueiredo 3 goals |
CSM Iaşi missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| CSM Iaşi | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 75% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 50% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 11.6 | 12.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 27% | 19% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 21% | 30% |
| 11.4 | 10 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
- CSM Iaşi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga 1
- 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 | FCSB | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Otelul | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | CSM Iaşi | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Botosani | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
