Club members at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Hermannstadt struggling in the 13th spot. The opposing U Craiova 1948 will try to shield their higher league spot in this one.
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Hermannstadt form and stats
All-inclusive Liga 1 statistics at home this season for Hermannstadt are 5-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).
Hermannstadt enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rapid Bucuresti's place. The match ended 1-0 with Balaure scoring. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after going winless in seven consecutive matches.
Ahead of that match, Hermannstadt lost 0-1 at home to Universitatea Cluj.It should be considered that a peek at the 11 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Hermannstadt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-5-6 (14 played).
U Craiova 1948 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ion-Cristian Gurau. It's been 204 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.
Ganea scored in U Craiova 1948's previous match, the home game against Botosani that ended 1-0.
Before that, Craiova travelled to Chindia Targoviste and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.U Craiova 1948 have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
U Craiova 1948 - Hermannstadt 1-1 was the output when these two contenders last met, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 10 goals | B. Alhassan 6 goals |   A. Chițu 4 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Hermannstadt | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 31 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 62% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 69% |
| 34% | 43% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 41% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 38% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | 52% |
| 34% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 21% | 28% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 29% | 24% |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 8.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 28% |
| 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | 4 |
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- U Craiova 1948 is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | SSC Farul | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 61 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 60 |
| 3 | FCSB | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 54 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 52 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 51 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Petrolul 52 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 33 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Botosani | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 27 |
| 15 | Arges | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 21 |
