U Craiova 1948 fights Mioveni in Liga 1 match

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 20.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CFR, Craiova

U Craiova 1948 are receiving Mioveni for another highly important game following their 3-0 result against 12th-placed Chindia Targoviste.

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948's results here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. When U Craiova 1948 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Dinamo Bucureşti, U Craiova 1948, Gaz Metan Medias, Academica Clinceni and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 2 of 4 matches! With Craiova having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Trică.

Craiova enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Chindia Targoviste's place. The match ended 3-0 with Compagno, Baeten and Balan scoring.

Ahead of that match, Craiova lost 1-2 at home to Academica Clinceni.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how U Craiova 1948 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Craiova here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). On the other hand, Craiova have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches. Craiova has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Mioveni form and stats

Mioveni have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-2-6 (10 played).

Rusu and Sanoh scored in Mioveni's previous match, the home game against Dinamo Bucureşti that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Dinamo Bucureşti, was very satisfying as Rusu scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting CFR Cluj's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Mioveni in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Mioveni, five draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mioveni as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Mioveni's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Mioveni - Craiova 1-0 was the score in these participants' previous head to head game, played this season. Last four meetings with these squads: Craiova won one, Mioveni were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
7 goals
U Craiova 1948C. Balan
C. Balan
5 goals
U Craiova 1948W. Baeten
W. Baeten
3 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Mioveni missing players

Total First Half Second Half
U Craiova 1948 Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
4 2 2 Won W 1 2 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
10 5 1 Lost L 1 6 10
15 6 4 Scored S 2 8 13
21 11 2 Conceded C 2 19 27
85% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 55%
25% 10% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 30%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
35% 30% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 35%
30% 30% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 25%
50% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 50%
 
3.8 4.6 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 3.6 4.1
4.8 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.8 3.8
2.5 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.7 8.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.8 9.4
2.6 2.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.4
29% 23% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 27%
 
9.9 8.8 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.6 8.2
3.7 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.5 3.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • 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 20 18 0 2 31 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 23 54
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botosani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 20 8 5 7 21 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 10 1 4 5 5 9 8 29
8 Argeş 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Mioveni 20 5 5 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 10 2 2 6 8 19 -14 20
12 Chindia Targoviste 20 4 7 9 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 2 4 4 4 5 -5 19
13 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
14 U Craiova 1948 20 4 6 10 15 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 18
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 20 3 3 14 15 41 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 0 0 10 4 27 -26 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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 CFR Cluj 20 18 0 2 31 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 23 54
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botosani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 20 8 5 7 21 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 10 1 4 5 5 9 8 29
8 Argeş 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Mioveni 20 5 5 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 10 2 2 6 8 19 -14 20
12 Chindia Targoviste 20 4 7 9 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 2 4 4 4 5 -5 19
13 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
14 U Craiova 1948 20 4 6 10 15 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 18
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 20 3 3 14 15 41 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 0 0 10 4 27 -26 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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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.