This fixture stars two sides dwelling in the carpet of the Liga 1, U Craiova 1948 at 12th position and Academica Clinceni in 15th. A good chance for one of the sides to improve their situation.
- Academica Clinceni have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for U Craiova 1948 are 5-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). When U Craiova 1948 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Dinamo Bucuresti, U Craiova 1948, Gaz Metan Medias, Mioveni and Chindia Târgovişte), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
It's back home for U Craiova 1948, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dinamo Bucuresti away with the result 2-1. Huyghebaert and Compagno found the net in that victory. A late climax in the match against Dinamo Bucuresti as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Compagno.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mioveni that ended 1-1.U Craiova 1948 have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. 16 goals have been conceded. U Craiova 1948 has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
There's been little loot from Academica Clinceni's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Academica Clinceni only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Academica who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Gaz Metan Medias was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Academica Clinceni have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 451 minutes ago. Alghoul was the goal scorer.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Chindia Târgovişte with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, the Academica Clinceni manager Giurescu faced defeat when travelling to Sepsi and losing 0-6.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Academica Clinceni we find six games. Results are zero Academica wins, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Academica Clinceni have conceded 34 goals in these games. When Academica Clinceni is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Dinamo Bucuresti, Gaz Metan Medias, Mioveni, Academica Clinceni and Chindia Târgovişte.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have played earlier this season: U Craiova 1948 - Academica Clinceni 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): U Craiova 1948 one win, one draw and Academica Clinceni one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Compagno 9 goals | C. Balan 8 goals | J. Cascini 7 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 36 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 37 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 43 | 77 |
| 85% | 88% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 68% | 69% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 35% | 19% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 50% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 41% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | 18% |
| 44% | 44% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 35% | 38% |
| 32% | 31% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 38% | 38% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 65% | 56% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 6.4 | 6.9 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 33% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 24% | 27% |
| 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 14.9 | 13.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
- Academica Clinceni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Academica Clinceni have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Academica Clinceni have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni have the the worst goal difference (-43) in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 76 |
| 2 | FCSB | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Arges | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 38 | -42 | 17 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -43 | 14 |
| 16 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 2 |
