Home advantage could prove decisive in Sepsi - U Craiova 1948 battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

Sepsi and U Craiova 1948 have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf phrase. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the Liga 1.

Insights:
  • Sepsi have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last game. Let's wish for an enthusiastic game!

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Sepsi form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Sepsi have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

Sepsi lost their last game at Rapid Bucuresti (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten through five league matches. Sepsi lost the game against Rapid Bucuresti in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Universitatea Cluj.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sepsi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Sepsi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Municipal with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Sepsi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

There's been little loot from U Craiova 1948's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

U Craiova 1948's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus UTA Arad that finished 1-1.

Before that, Craiova travelled to Petrolul 52 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

U Craiova 1948 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Low on goals? 12 of this club's latest 15 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

The visiting U Craiova 1948 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Craiova in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other before this campaign: U Craiova 1948 - Sepsi 1-0. 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 games between these teams sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

SepsiM. Rondón Fernández
M. Rondón Fernández
8 goals
SepsiA. Tudorie
A. Tudorie
7 goals
SepsiC. Matei
C. Matei
4 goals

Sepsi missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Sepsi U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
8 5 0 Lost L 1 5 10
35 17 3 Scored S 1 12 22
20 8 1 Conceded C 2 14 25
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 68%
50% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 32%
23% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 14%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 55%
32% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
36% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 23%
 
5 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5.1 5.9
3.3 2.2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 4.5
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.9 12.2 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.6 10.8
5 5.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 4.2
32% 30% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 29% 24%
 
7.9 8.2 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 11.6 11.2
3.5 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 5.4 4.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sepsi have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 21 13 6 2 42 19 10 8 2 0 24 4 11 5 4 2 18 15 23 45
2 CFR Cluj 21 14 2 5 34 19 11 8 0 3 20 9 10 6 2 2 14 10 15 44
3 FCSB 22 12 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 11 6 1 4 15 12 12 41
4 Rapid Bucuresti 22 12 5 5 30 19 11 8 3 0 20 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 41
5 Universitatea Craiova 22 11 5 6 27 22 11 7 2 2 17 11 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 38
6 Sepsi 22 9 5 8 35 20 11 4 2 5 17 8 11 5 3 3 18 12 15 32
7 Petrolul 52 22 9 3 10 21 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 11 4 0 7 9 15 -4 30
8 Voluntari 22 6 8 8 20 22 11 4 3 4 11 8 11 2 5 4 9 14 -2 26
9 Hermannstadt 22 9 6 7 26 21 11 5 1 5 16 12 11 4 5 2 10 9 5 24
10 U Craiova 1948 22 6 6 10 22 25 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 2 4 5 12 14 -3 24
11 Botosani 22 5 9 8 18 34 11 3 5 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -16 24
12 Arges 21 6 5 10 17 30 11 4 3 4 11 14 10 2 2 6 6 16 -13 23
13 Universitatea Cluj 22 5 7 10 16 24 11 4 4 3 10 9 11 1 3 7 6 15 -8 22
14 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 6 10 22 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 21
15 UTA Arad 22 4 8 10 19 30 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 1 4 6 6 15 -11 20
16 Mioveni 22 2 6 14 14 35 11 1 4 6 5 12 11 1 2 8 9 23 -21 12

Read more about Liga 1

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.