With the anxious opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Liga 1 meeting of the season. U Craiova 1948 are eager to welcome CFR Cluj in front of their stadium regulars.
Both teams have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an active fixture!
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The previous season, U Craiova 1948's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, resulting in 12th spot in the Liga 1. In these 30 matches they scored 31 goals and let in 35. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season U Craiova 1948 managed 5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 16 conceded.
U Craiova 1948 faced defeat in their previous match, away at SSC Farul (1-2).
Before that game, the home loss against Sepsi with the scoreline 0-5.CFR Cluj form and stats
Let's have a look at how CFR Cluj performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 22/9 goals scored/conceded.
Cluj are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Rapid Bucuresti (placed 14th).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former two meetings between these two contenders are: zero wins for U Craiova 1948, zero draws and two wins for CFR Cluj. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the profiles has been Deac with 2 goals scored against U Craiova 1948 in these 2 meetings.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Sidibe 1 goals | ![]() J. de Sousa Matias 1 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| U Craiova 1948 | Last season | CFR Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 13 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 32 | 66 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 69% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 41% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 35% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 15% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 44% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 35% | ||
| 33% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 57% | ||
| 36% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Arges | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FCSB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Botosani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Petrolul 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepsi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Botosani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -28 | -23 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | -25 | -46 |