FCSB vs Universitatea Craiova: Soccer betting preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Liga 1 game of the season. FCSB look forward to welcoming Universitatea Craiova in front of their home support.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

D W W W W

FCSB form and stats

Last season, FCSB's league statistics were 20 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season FCSB managed 12-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 7 conceded.

F. Tanase was the last player to score a league goal for FCSB and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as FCSB haven't scored in 270 minutes.

An away draw last time out for FCSB, facing Botosani in a game that ended 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Botosani was the missed penalty kick from Florin Tănase in the 61st minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at CFR Cluj.

W D D D D

Universitatea Craiova form and stats

Let's have a look at how Universitatea Craiova performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 1 with 18/6 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Universitatea goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli is eager to challenge this, with his 285 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Andrei Ivan secured the home win 1-0 against Arges in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the Super Cup away draw versus CFR Cluj (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that ended 0-0.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six FCSB victories, one draw and three Universitatea Craiova wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
1 goals

FCSB missing players

Universitatea Craiova missing players

FCSB Universitatea Craiova
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
FCSB Last season Universitatea Craiova
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
23 13   Won W   10 19
8 4   Drew D   7 13
9 3   Lost L   3 8
70 41   Scored S   22 42
36 14   Conceded C   11 25
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 80%
78% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 50%
50% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 22%
25% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 10%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
40% 45%   BTTS BTTS   35% 32%
45% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 52%
20% 15%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
5.8 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.5
3.1 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
13.4 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 11.5
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.6
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepsi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Gaz Metan Medias 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Universitatea Craiova 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Botosani 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 FCSB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Chindia Targoviste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Arges 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Mioveni 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Academica Clinceni 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 10 7 1 2 15 5 5 3 0 2 8 3 5 4 1 0 7 2 10 54
2 FCSB 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 -1 45
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 41
4 Sepsi 10 5 2 3 11 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 40
5 Academica Clinceni 10 3 2 5 10 15 5 3 0 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 8 -5 33
6 Botosani 10 3 1 6 13 18 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 7 11 -5 31

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.