Both teams are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Universitatea Craiova having a 5 point edge on Sepsi in the league table. Bring it on!
- Sepsi have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1
This should be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Sepsi form and stats
Sepsi's struggle is real here at Stadionul Municipal with only 7 points collected from 7 Liga 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. Sepsi has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bergodi and the players.
Sepsi's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus FCSB (placed 6th).
Before that one, a strong away win at Petrolul 52. A Romania Cup game. This is expected to be a close game, with Sepsi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sepsi as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Sepsi has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Sepsi in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 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 5 from 7 matches.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Universitatea play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting UTA Arad (placed 13th).
Previously, the Romania Cup win away at Hermannstadt. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Universitatea Craiova in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Universitatea Craiova, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Universitatea Craiova when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Universitatea Craiova have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sepsi have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without losing (4-4-0) when playing Universitatea Craiova.The two combatants have played earlier this season: Universitatea Craiova - Sepsi 2-2. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Rondón Fernández 5 goals |   A. Ivan 4 goals |  A. Tudorie 3 goals |
Sepsi missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Sepsi | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 47% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 12.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.8 | 13.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 28% | 33% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 8.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
- Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Universitatea Craiova have scored away.
- Sepsi have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Liga 1
- Sepsi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Universitatea Craiova have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | FCSB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Botosani | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Arges | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | UTA Arad | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
