The season has been rough for U Craiova 1948 up to now, while CFR Cluj have enjoyed success. Will the away side take a new scalp at Stadionul CFR, Craiova?
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
Both squads have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The total Liga 1 stats playing at home this season for U Craiova 1948 are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Craiova drew their last game, also a home match. Sepsi (placed 12th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Before that, Craiova played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Rapid Bucuresti.Craiova have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Craiova have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CFR Cluj form and stats
CFR Cluj's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed CFR Cluj collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Liga 1. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
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. CFR Cluj goalkeeper Otto Hindrich is eager to challenge this, with his 305 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for CFR Cluj, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Dinamo Bucureşti (placed 15th) in the Liga 1 last time out.
It was a Europa Conference League defeat before that one as the away game against AZ wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.CFR Cluj are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: CFR Cluj - Craiova 3-2.Top Goalscorers
  C. Balan 4 goals |   C. Deac 4 goals |  C. Petrila 4 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 60% |
| 47% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 7.7 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 39% |
| 10.3 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 8.9 | 7.4 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 2 |
- CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CFR Cluj have scored more than double the goals of U Craiova 1948.
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | FCSB | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Argeş | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Sepsi | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Mioveni | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 13 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 | -24 | 8 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -22 | 4 |