Both U Craiova 1948 and Hermannstadt are thirsting for points in this fixture, in spite of the away side carrying a 7 point advantage in the standings.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Craiova and Hermannstadt.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for U Craiova 1948 are 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When U Craiova 1948 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like CFR Cluj, SSC Farul, Universitatea Craiova and Rapid Bucuresti), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Ganea was the last player to score a league goal for U Craiova 1948 and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as U Craiova 1948 haven't scored in 233 minutes.
The Craiova coach Croitoru and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Dinamo Bucuresti in the Romania Cup.
Heartbreak before that as U Craiova 1948 lost 0-1 at Botosani's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how U Craiova 1948 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Not much happening? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had two goals or less.
From these home matches, Craiova have conceded only 5 goals. When U Craiova 1948 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, UTA Arad, Botosani and Chindia Targoviste), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Hermannstadt form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. It's a growing despair in Hermannstadt as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Paraschiv was the last player to score for the away team. Hermannstadt haven't scored a league goal in the last 234 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Romania Cup home defeat versus Universitatea Craiova with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A 0-2 loss hosting Rapid Bucuresti before that.They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Alhassan 6 goals | D. Paraschiv 6 goals |   S. Sidibe 3 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 57% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 69% |
| 36% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 14% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 23% |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 33% |
| 11.9 | 12 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 10.8 | 10.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | FCSB | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Arges | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Botosani | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
