Liga 1: U Craiova 1948 thought to top Argeş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Complexul Sportiv Raional (1000 seats)

U Craiova 1948 have delivered 8 home wins so far, Argeş have won 2 away. Who enhances their records after this one?

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) 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.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

8-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for U Craiova 1948 so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for U Craiova 1948, as their goalkeeper Ion-Cristian Gurau has completely shut out the opponents for 278 minutes in the Liga 1.

The U Craiova 1948 coach Napoli and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hermannstadt.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chindia Targoviste.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Craiova's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 2.

It should be noted that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

U Craiova 1948 has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Craiova are not conceding a lot of goals here at Complexul Sportiv Raional in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Argeş form and stats

There's been little loot from Argeş's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Argeş only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

There were no winners in Argeş's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs UTA Arad. Argeş's last match (vs UTA Arad) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Garita. Garita was the key player in the comeback draw against UTA Arad, being brought on as a substitute in the 46th minute and scoring two goals to make the result 2-2.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Mioveni.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Argeş playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 3 home wins.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 22 goals have been conceded by Argeş in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other already this season, with the final score U Craiova 1948 - Argeş 1-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): U Craiova 1948 three wins, zero draws and Argeş one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
12 goals
U Craiova 1948A. Chițu
A. Chițu
8 goals
CraiovaY. Bahassa
Y. Bahassa
5 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Argeş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
U Craiova 1948 Argeş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 19 7 Played P 5 19 37
14 10 4 Won W 0 3 8
10 3 2 Drew D 2 5 10
12 6 1 Lost L 3 11 19
44 27 9 Scored S 1 12 27
34 17 4 Conceded C 9 27 50
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 89%
61% 58% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 63% 62%
39% 42% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 32% 32%
17% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 16% 19%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
47% 42% 43% BTTS BTTS 20% 37% 35%
33% 37% 43% Clean Sheets C S 20% 26% 27%
28% 21% 14% Failed to Score F T 80% 47% 49%
 
5.4 6.1 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.8 3.4
4.4 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.9 4.6
1.8 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.4 11.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5.4 6.1 7.8
4.3 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.2 2.8
28% 29% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 26%
 
10.6 10.2 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 12.6 11.6
3.7 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • U Craiova 1948 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Argeş 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Argeş 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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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.