Soccer game preview: Home crowds with high expectations before FCSB - U Craiova 1948

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

FCSB - U Craiova 1948. 2nd position meets 14th position. Nothing is certain - get a comprehensive match preview here!

Insights:
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (44) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1

FCSB 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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FCSB form and stats

FCSB have been very solid at home in the Liga 1 so far, with 29 points collected from 11 matches (9-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. FCSB haven’t lost a league-game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus CFR Cluj, 160 days ago.

FCSB are returning here after visiting Dinamo Bucureşti and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Popescu, Stoica and Oaidă scored the goal(s).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus CFR Cluj that ended 3-3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FCSB as they are travelling to their away game against Academica Clinceni in the Liga 1. That match is three days after this one.

FCSB are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (32 goals in 11 games). 12 goals have been conceded.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-3-6 (11 played).

The fans enjoyed U Craiova 1948's previous game versus Argeş (placed 8th), a 1-0 win played at home.

A 2-3 defeat away at SSC Farul before that.

After this away game U Craiova 1948 return home for a Liga 1 game against Botoşani. That game is only four sleeps after this.

13 goals have been conceded by Craiova in these games. U Craiova 1948 has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; U Craiova 1948 - FCSB 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
9 goals
FCSBO. Popescu
O. Popescu
6 goals
FCSBI. Stoica
I. Stoica
6 goals

FCSB missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

FCSB U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
15 9 4 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
2 0 0 Lost L 2 6 11
44 32 14 Scored S 4 11 18
20 12 3 Conceded C 6 13 24
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 83%
65% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 57%
57% 91% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 26%
35% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 9%
26% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 9%
52% 82% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 45% 35%
43% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 35%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 48%
 
4.4 4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 3.8
3.3 2.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.9 4.9
2.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.3 12.7 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.6 9.1
4.8 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 2.7
40% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 30%
 
8.6 8.3 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.4 9.7
3.4 3.2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5 3.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of FCSB's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FCSB have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FCSB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FCSB have scored more than double the goals of U Craiova 1948.
  • FCSB have the most points from losing position (12) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (32) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (44) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB 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

  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 23 19 2 2 36 12 12 11 1 0 20 5 11 8 1 2 16 7 24 59
2 FCSB 23 15 6 2 44 20 11 9 2 0 32 12 12 6 4 2 12 8 24 51
3 Voluntari 23 12 5 6 28 21 12 8 2 2 18 9 11 4 3 4 10 12 7 41
4 Botoşani 23 9 11 3 23 20 11 4 5 2 10 10 12 5 6 1 13 10 3 38
5 Universitatea Craiova 23 10 5 8 38 26 11 7 2 2 25 8 12 3 3 6 13 18 12 35
6 SSC Farul 22 10 5 7 26 15 11 8 1 2 19 6 11 2 4 5 7 9 11 35
7 Rapid Bucuresti 23 8 9 6 27 23 12 4 5 3 11 8 11 4 4 3 16 15 4 33
8 Argeş 23 9 4 10 21 20 11 4 2 5 10 11 12 5 2 5 11 9 1 31
9 Sepsi 23 6 11 6 24 20 12 4 5 3 15 11 11 2 6 3 9 9 4 29
10 UTA Arad 23 6 10 7 18 17 11 3 4 4 7 8 12 3 6 3 11 9 1 28
11 Mioveni 23 6 7 10 16 28 11 4 3 4 8 9 12 2 4 6 8 19 -12 25
12 Chindia Targoviste 23 5 9 9 13 17 12 2 5 5 8 12 11 3 4 4 5 5 -4 24
13 Gaz Metan Medias 23 6 5 12 19 28 11 2 5 4 9 11 12 4 0 8 10 17 -9 23
14 U Craiova 1948 23 5 7 11 18 24 12 3 4 5 7 11 11 2 3 6 11 13 -6 22
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 23 3 3 17 16 48 12 3 3 6 11 19 11 0 0 11 5 29 -32 12
16 Academica Clinceni 22 2 5 15 16 44 11 1 3 7 7 16 11 1 2 8 9 28 -28 11

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.