The SSC Farul & Universitatea Craiova bosses Hagi and Radoi are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this important game in the top area of the Liga 1 standings.
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals (45) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Universitatea Craiova have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SSC Farul form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 11 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Farul for SSC Farul. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Happy days for SSC Farul in their previous game, a fixture away at FCSB (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Finally, a league victory after three games without one. Manager Hagi felt very clever after Borza scored the winning goal against FCSB, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 27th minute.
Ahead of that match, Farul lost 0-3 at home to CFR Cluj.This is expected to be a close game, with SSC Farul perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SSC Farul as a small favourite), we find 4 games. SSC Farul has won 0 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Farul manager Hagi has got the team scoring with 24 from 11 home games in the league. SSC Farul have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Ivan (2) scored in Universitatea's previous match, the home game against Hermannstadt that ended 2-0.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Botoşani wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.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: 1 win for Universitatea Craiova, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Some information for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Universitatea as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest meetings involving these sides have all finished as Universitatea Craiova wins. More of the same or streak broken?The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Universitatea Craiova - SSC Farul 4-3.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Alibec 10 goals |   A. Ivan 6 goals |  A. Crețu 5 goals |
SSC Farul missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| SSC Farul | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 45 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 24 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 61% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 35% |
| 30% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 9% | 13% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 35% | 55% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 17% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 12.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.6 | 12.5 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 39% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 26% |
| 10 | 6.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.2 | 8.7 |
| 4.3 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- 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.
- SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Universitatea Craiova have scored away.
- SSC Farul have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (13) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals (45) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+21) 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 | CFR Cluj | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | FCSB | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 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 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Botoşani | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Arges | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 15 |
