The home crowds look for a win in this match, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. SSC Farul are in 6th position while the guesting U Craiova 1948 fret at 14th.
- SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
SSC Farul form and stats
SSC Farul have performed here at Stadionul Central this season with 7 wins from 10 Liga 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
SSC Farul enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dinamo Bucuresti's place. The match ended 2-0 with Betancor and Ganea scoring.
Preceding that match was a defeat to CFR Cluj (0-2).A decent goal production from SSC Farul in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. SSC Farul have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Craiova goalkeeper Robert Popa is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in U Craiova 1948's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Mioveni (placed 12th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Chindia Targoviste.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by U Craiova 1948 in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
U Craiova 1948 - Farul 1-1 was the result in these contenders' last H2H match, played this season. Last two meetings with these sides: SSC Farul won zero, U Craiova 1948 were winners in zero and we saw two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Betancor Sánchez 11 goals |  A. Petre 5 goals |  C. Balan 5 goals |
SSC Farul missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| SSC Farul | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 16 | 12 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 19% | 30% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| 5% | 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 5% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 19% | 10% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 52% | 70% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 43% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.7 | 11.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 35% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 28% |
| 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
- SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | FCSB | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Arges | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 21 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 27 | -28 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -26 | 11 |
