Universitatea Craiova travel to Petrolul 52 and Centrul de Fotbal Buftea brimming with hope and confidence, but the home side is hard to beat. More info on the game here!
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Petrolul 52 and Universitatea Craiova.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 have played 14 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Petrolul to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Petrolul 52 in their previous match, an away game at FCSB that ended in defeat 1-4.
Ahead of that match, Petrolul 52 lost 2-5 at home to CFR Cluj.Petrolul 52 has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Petrolul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Universitatea Craiova won their last game, 1-0 versus Arges played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Voluntari wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Lacking goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of Universitatea when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Universitatea Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other before this campaign: Universitatea Craiova - Petrolul 52 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 9 goals |   G. Grozav 7 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 43 | 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 61% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 32% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 14% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 32% |
| 32% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 25% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 7.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.1 | 11.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 27% |
| 10.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.3 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- Petrolul 52 have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova 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 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 61 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 59 |
| 3 | FCSB | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 52 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 33 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Botosani | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -14 | 31 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Arges | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 24 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 28 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -24 | 18 |
