Both Gaz Metan Mediaş and Universitatea Craiova are hungry for points in this match, in spite of the away side holding a 12 point edge in the league table.
- Universitatea Craiova have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats
Gaz Metan Mediaş's results here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Gaz Metan Mediaş lost their last game at Botosani (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a defeat to FCSB (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mediaş here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Mediaş's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Universitatea Craiova playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Universitatea Craiova have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Universitatea's last game was the home draw against UTA Arad (0-0).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Voluntari.Universitatea Craiova have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Universitatea have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the sides met previously this campaign; Universitatea Craiova - Mediaş 1-0. Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two squads are: one win for Mediaş, one draw and eight wins for Universitatea Craiova. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 9 goals |  J. Markovic 6 goals |  J. de Sousa Matias 4 goals |
Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 35 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 22 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 40% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 20% |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.4 | 7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12.5 | 14.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 29% | 28% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 33% |
| 10.8 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
- Universitatea Craiova have scored more than double the goals of Gaz Metan Mediaş.
- Universitatea Craiova have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | FCSB | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Botosani | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | SSC Farul | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | Arges | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | -25 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -25 | 11 |