Gaz Metan Mediaş vs Universitatea Craiova betting preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan (7814 seats)

Struggling Gaz Metan Mediaş will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Universitatea Craiova in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Gaz Metan Mediaş have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Mediaş with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Chindia Targoviste game, 33 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Mediaş manager M. Teja might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Mediaş lost their last game at FCSB (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to UTA Arad (1-2).

The defeat against FCSB was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by F. Tanase).

The Mediaş fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the Liga 1.

Universitatea are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Liga 1 against Botosani (placed 5th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chindia Targoviste at their stadium, the result 1-0.

After this away game Universitatea Craiova return home for a Liga 1 game against UTA Arad. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Universitatea Craiova have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. Universitatea Craiova's manager C. Papură has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 6 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Universitatea Craiova - Gaz Metan Mediaş 3-1. Gaz Metan Mediaş-Universitatea Craiova H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mediaş one win, Universitatea Craiova eight wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea CraiovaA. Cicâldău
A. Cicâldău
8 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşN. Dumitru Cardoso
N. Dumitru Cardoso
7 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşR. Deaconu
R. Deaconu
6 goals

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gaz Metan Mediaş Universitatea Craiova
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 13 26
8 5 0 Won W 4 7 14
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
14 6 4 Lost L 0 1 4
30 15 3 Scored S 10 16 29
38 17 9 Conceded C 2 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 85%
81% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 46% 46%
54% 46% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 23%
19% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 8% 8%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
62% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 35%
15% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 54% 50%
23% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.5 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 8.5 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.2 13.2
3.5 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.6 5.3 5.1
33% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 23% 22%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most matches under the total-line (19) 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 FCSB 26 18 3 5 52 21 13 11 1 1 32 7 13 7 2 4 20 14 31 57
2 CFR Cluj 26 17 6 3 37 12 13 6 5 2 17 7 13 11 1 1 20 5 25 57
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 8 4 29 14 13 7 3 3 13 8 13 7 5 1 16 6 15 50
4 Sepsi 26 9 13 4 39 26 13 4 6 3 19 13 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 40
5 Botosani 26 10 7 9 35 32 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 5 3 5 18 20 3 37
6 Academica Clinceni 26 8 13 5 24 22 13 5 5 3 11 10 13 3 8 2 13 12 2 37
7 Chindia Targoviste 26 9 8 9 22 22 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 5 4 4 8 5 0 35
8 Arges 26 8 9 9 26 34 13 4 5 4 14 15 13 4 4 5 12 19 -8 33
9 UTA Arad 26 8 9 9 24 33 13 1 5 7 7 19 13 7 4 2 17 14 -9 33
10 Astra 26 8 8 10 36 38 13 4 4 5 17 17 13 4 4 5 19 21 -2 32
11 Viitorul 25 6 11 8 35 32 12 3 6 3 20 20 13 3 5 5 15 12 3 29
12 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 8 4 14 30 38 13 5 2 6 15 17 13 3 2 8 15 21 -8 28
13 Dinamo Bucuresti 25 7 5 13 23 33 13 3 4 6 12 16 12 4 1 7 11 17 -10 26
14 Voluntari 25 6 6 13 28 37 12 3 2 7 14 18 13 3 4 6 14 19 -9 24
15 Hermannstadt 26 4 10 12 24 37 13 3 4 6 13 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -13 22
16 CSM Iasi 25 4 4 17 24 57 13 2 2 9 12 27 12 2 2 8 12 30 -33 16

Table
  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 26 18 3 5 52 21 13 11 1 1 32 7 13 7 2 4 20 14 31 57
2 CFR Cluj 26 17 6 3 37 12 13 6 5 2 17 7 13 11 1 1 20 5 25 57
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 8 4 29 14 13 7 3 3 13 8 13 7 5 1 16 6 15 50
4 Sepsi 26 9 13 4 39 26 13 4 6 3 19 13 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 40
5 Botosani 26 10 7 9 35 32 13 5 4 4 17 12 13 5 3 5 18 20 3 37
6 Academica Clinceni 26 8 13 5 24 22 13 5 5 3 11 10 13 3 8 2 13 12 2 37
7 Chindia Targoviste 26 9 8 9 22 22 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 5 4 4 8 5 0 35
8 Arges 26 8 9 9 26 34 13 4 5 4 14 15 13 4 4 5 12 19 -8 33
9 UTA Arad 26 8 9 9 24 33 13 1 5 7 7 19 13 7 4 2 17 14 -9 33
10 Astra 26 8 8 10 36 38 13 4 4 5 17 17 13 4 4 5 19 21 -2 32
11 Viitorul 25 6 11 8 35 32 12 3 6 3 20 20 13 3 5 5 15 12 3 29
12 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 8 4 14 30 38 13 5 2 6 15 17 13 3 2 8 15 21 -8 28
13 Dinamo Bucuresti 25 7 5 13 23 33 13 3 4 6 12 16 12 4 1 7 11 17 -10 26
14 Voluntari 25 6 6 13 28 37 12 3 2 7 14 18 13 3 4 6 14 19 -9 24
15 Hermannstadt 26 4 10 12 24 37 13 3 4 6 13 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -13 22
16 CSM Iasi 25 4 4 17 24 57 13 2 2 9 12 27 12 2 2 8 12 30 -33 16

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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.