Faithful supporters at Stadionul Municipal haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with Hermannstadt decaying in the 11th spot. The guesting U Craiova 1948 will attempt to defend their higher league spot in this one.
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Hermannstadt 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.
Hermannstadt form and stats
The total Liga 1 results playing at home this season for Hermannstadt are 6-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).
Hermannstadt lost their last game at UTA Arad after a 0-1 scoreline. Until that game this team had gone seven consecutive league games without being beaten.
Ahead of that match, Hermannstadt won a home game hosting Argeş (2-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Hermannstadt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hermannstadt as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Hermannstadt has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 16 league matches, 13 have seen two goals or less.
Hermannstadt has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Hermannstadt have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for U Craiova 1948 so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).
188 minutes! That's how long the U Craiova 1948 goalkeeper Ion-Cristian Gurau and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
U Craiova 1948 won their last game, 1-0 versus Chindia Targoviste played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Botosani.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Craiova in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for U Craiova 1948, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. U Craiova 1948 have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the sides played each other previously this season; Hermannstadt - U Craiova 1948 1-0. Previous two meetings featuring these squads: Hermannstadt won one, U Craiova 1948 were winners in zero and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 13 goals |   A. Chițu 8 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Hermannstadt | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 16 | 35 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 38 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 44 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 92% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 64% | 65% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 63% |
| 33% | 41% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 8% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | 17% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 42% | 47% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 49% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 26% |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 |
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | SSC Farul | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botosani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Argeş | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
