U Craiova 1948 supporters put their faith in manager Napoli to deliver victory against Chindia Târgovişte

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complexul Sportiv Raional (1000 seats)

Showdown between U Craiova 1948 - Chindia Târgovişte! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this game should be cracking!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948 have collected 26 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 8-2-5.

The U Craiova 1948 coach Napoli and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Botosani. Bauza felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Botosani as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 27th minute.

In the match before that, U Craiova 1948 hosted Voluntari and drew the game 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Craiova handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

U Craiova 1948 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Craiova have conceded only 13 goals.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

There's been little loot from Chindia Târgovişte's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Chindia Târgovişte only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

The followers enjoyed Chindia Târgovişte's previous match versus UTA Arad, a 2-1 win played at home.

Prior to that match, the Târgovişte manager Petrea faced defeat when travelling to Arges and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Chindia Târgovişte have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

22 goals have been conceded by Târgovişte in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Chindia Târgovişte - U Craiova 1948 0-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last h2h match, played this season. Numbers for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for U Craiova 1948, three draws and one win for Chindia Târgovişte. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
9 goals
CraiovaA. Chițu
A. Chițu
8 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popadiuc
D. Popadiuc
7 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

U Craiova 1948 Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 18 6 Played P 4 18 35
13 9 4 Won W 2 5 9
9 3 2 Drew D 1 3 11
12 6 0 Lost L 1 10 15
43 26 9 Scored S 7 16 36
34 17 3 Conceded C 4 24 47
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
65% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 61% 74%
41% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 39% 43%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 17%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 9%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 54%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 28% 20%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 31%
 
5.6 6.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.4 3.8
4.3 4.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.3 4.3
1.9 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
10.6 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 9.9 10.3
4.3 4.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4 4.2
29% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 24%
 
10.6 10.4 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.6 9.3
3.7 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Târgovişte 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 Arges 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

Read more about Liga 1

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.