Liga 1 game sneak peek: Sepsi versus U Craiova 1948

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 21.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

League round two of the Liga 1 campaign and the sides have taken their learnings from the first fixture. Here's our Sepsi - U Craiova 1948 preview:

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!

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Sepsi form and stats

The season before, Sepsi's league statistics were 11 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, ending with 6th place in the Liga 1. From these 30 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 30. Performing as the host team in the former season Sepsi delivered 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 13 conceded.

The Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

An away draw last time out for Sepsi, facing Rapid Bucuresti in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that one, a strong away victory at SSC Farul. A Super Cup match. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sepsi matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

Let's have a look at how U Craiova 1948 performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 14/20 goals scored/conceded.

U Craiova 1948 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FCSB (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-3.

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Voluntari (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of U Craiova 1948 when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Sepsi wins - draws - U Craiova 1948 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948S. Sidibe
S. Sidibe
1 goals

Sepsi missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sepsi U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Sepsi Last season U Craiova 1948
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   19 40
12 6   Won W   4 15
11 5   Drew D   8 12
16 8   Lost L   7 13
53 29   Scored S   18 50
44 20   Conceded C   19 40
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 92%
72% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 62%
51% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 40%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 18%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
54% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
28% 26%   Failed to Score F T   37% 28%
 
4.5 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.3
3.8 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.5
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
5 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.5 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 10.9
4.4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.3
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
9.1 8.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 10.9
4.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 SSC Farul 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Otelul 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 UTA Arad 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Universitatea Cluj 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Petrolul 52 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rapid Bucuresti 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sepsi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hermannstadt 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 CSM Iasi 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 10 6 3 1 22 13 5 5 0 0 16 7 5 1 3 1 6 6 9 53
2 FCSB 10 5 2 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 8 8 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 46
3 CFR Cluj 10 2 4 4 11 14 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 1 1 3 4 7 -3 42
4 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 4 3 15 14 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 9 8 1 40
5 Rapid Bucuresti 10 3 3 4 17 20 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 10 15 -3 38
6 Sepsi 10 2 2 6 10 14 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 1 1 3 4 7 -4 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 SSC Farul 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Otelul 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 UTA Arad 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Universitatea Cluj 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Petrolul 52 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Rapid Bucuresti 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sepsi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hermannstadt 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 CSM Iasi 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.