Dinamo Bucureşti vs Universitatea Craiova betting preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 16.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ştefan cel Mare (15400 seats)

Struggling Dinamo Bucureşti will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Universitatea Craiova in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats

Dinamo Bucureşti have played three Liga 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

In their previous game, the manager G. Mulţescu led his Bucureşti to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at FCSB. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Ştefan cel Mare. Before that game, the home loss against UTA Arad with the scoreline 0-1.

Bucureşti have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Dinamo Bucureşti have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

Universitatea Craiova are yet to lose a point on their Liga 1 travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.

Universitatea Craiova won their last game, 1-0 versus CSM Iaşi played at home. Prior to that result Universitatea Craiova won their away game at Argeş. The scoreline was 2-1.

Cristian Bărbuț came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against CSM Iaşi last time out, making the manager C. Bergodi feel like a tactical genius.

Universitatea have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. Universitatea are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Bucureşti wins - draws - Universitatea Craiova wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea CraiovaE. Koljič
E. Koljič
6 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Cicâldău
A. Cicâldău
3 goals
BucureştiD. Sorescu
D. Sorescu
2 goals

Dinamo Bucureşti missing players

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Dinamo Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 2 3 6
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 2 1 Scored S 6 7 12
8 3 1 Conceded C 2 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 50%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 17%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 17%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
76 50 15 Total Shots T S 28 38 84
29 20 8 Shots on Target S O 10 13 33
24% 10% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 54% 36%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Dinamo Bucureşti have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Dinamo Bucureşti have yet to win a game at home.
  • Dinamo Bucureşti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Craiova has the most points (9) away in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova has the most scored goals (7) away in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova has the the best goal difference (+9) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Universitatea Craiova have won all their games so far.
  • Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Craiova is in the best form (6-0-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Universitatea Craiova 6 6 0 0 12 3 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 3 0 0 7 2 9 18
2 FCSB 6 4 0 2 15 9 3 3 0 0 9 2 3 1 0 2 6 7 6 12
3 CFR Cluj 5 3 2 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 11
4 Voluntari 6 3 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 10
5 Hermannstadt 6 2 3 1 9 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 9
6 Sepsi 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 9
7 CSM Iaşi 6 3 0 3 10 13 3 2 0 1 7 6 3 1 0 2 3 7 -3 9
8 Botoşani 6 2 2 2 9 7 3 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 8
9 Chindia Târgovişte 6 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 0 8
10 Gaz Metan Mediaş 6 2 1 3 9 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 7
11 Academica Clinceni 5 1 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
12 UTA Arad 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
13 Dinamo Bucureşti 6 1 2 3 7 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 -1 5
14 Viitorul 5 1 2 2 7 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 5
15 Argeş 6 0 1 5 4 12 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 6 -8 1
16 Astra 6 0 1 5 5 16 4 0 1 3 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 -11 1

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.