A home team triumph, the away team claims the win or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table inhabitants Petrolul 52 and U Craiova 1948 battle at Stadionul Ilie Oană.
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Liga 1
Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Liga 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rapid Bucuresti.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Petrolul 52 at their home stadium (Stadionul Ilie Oană) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Petrolul 52 are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Petrolul faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rapid Bucuresti (1-3). The penalty miss from da Silva in the defeat against Rapid Bucuresti was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Preceding that fixture, a home loss in the Romania Cup against U Craiova 1948.
The Petrolul 52 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Petrolul have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
244 minutes! That's how long the U Craiova 1948 goalkeeper Ion-Cristian Gurau and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Craiova are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Arges (placed 11th). Chițu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Arges last time out, making the manager Napoli feel like a tactical genius.
Earlier, the Romania Cup win away at Petrolul 52.
Lacking goals? 10 of this club's latest 13 league rounds have had two goals or less.
U Craiova 1948 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score U Craiova 1948 - Petrolul 52 0-1 entered in the official records. Petrolul-U Craiova 1948 H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Petrolul 52 one win, U Craiova 1948 three wins, zero draws. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Grozav 6 goals |  C. Irobiso 5 goals |   S. Sidibe 3 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Petrolul 52 | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 65% |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 3.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 9.8 | 11.2 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 35% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 24% |
| 10.3 | 7.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly more corners at 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 (6) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | FCSB | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 35 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Arges | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 22 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Botosani | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -22 | 8 |
