Game preview: Home supporters have big expectations when SSC Farul welcome U Craiova 1948

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Farul (15500 seats)

This match was marked in the calendar a long time ago by club members of both teams, as it's the premier Liga 1 game of the season. Both SSC Farul and U Craiova 1948 are ready for a bright start to their season.

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SSC Farul form and stats

The previous season, SSC Farul's league statistics were 14 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, producing 4th place in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 21. Playing at their own stadium in the last season SSC Farul delivered 10-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 8 conceded.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Farul matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for SSC Farul, who have participated in seven training matches. SSC Farul have won 2 of these, drawn 3 and were beaten in 2 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 12th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 17/19 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, U Craiova 1948 have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are {0 U Craiova 1948 wins}, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

SSC Farul-U Craiova 1948 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: SSC Farul one win, U Craiova 1948 zero wins, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

SSC Farul missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SSC Farul U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SSC Farul Last season U Craiova 1948
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 39
16 11   Won W   6 13
8 3   Drew D   5 11
16 6   Lost L   9 15
47 26   Scored S   25 45
37 16   Conceded C   24 46
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 87%
60% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 69%
25% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 41%
12% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 21%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 15%
22% 15%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
42% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 33%
45% 40%   Failed to Score F T   35% 36%
 
5.3 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.2
4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.9
1.5 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.3
4 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.8 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.9
4.1 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.4
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%
 
9.2 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.9
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4

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 CFR Cluj 10 6 1 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 10 6 9 57
2 FCSB 10 8 1 1 24 7 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 4 1 0 11 4 17 56
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 7 0 3 22 9 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 3 0 2 11 5 13 48
4 Voluntari 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 1 3 3 9 -5 35
5 SSC Farul 10 2 2 6 5 16 5 1 2 2 2 8 5 1 0 4 3 8 -11 32
6 Arges 10 1 0 9 3 26 5 0 0 5 2 16 5 1 0 4 1 10 -23 27

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 Puebla 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 6
2 Pachuca 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Juarez 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 4
4 León 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Toluca 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 Monterrey 2 1 0 1 6 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
7 Cruz Azul 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
8 Santos Laguna 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Tigres UANL 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Atlético San Luis 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Pumas UNAM 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
12 Atlas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 America 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Guadalajara 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Tijuana 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
16 Necaxa 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Queretaro 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Mazatlan 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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.