U Craiova 1948 will plan to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 10 points behind Rapid Bucuresti.
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for U Craiova 1948 at their home stadium (Complexul Sportiv Raional) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The home team returns to Complexul Sportiv Raional after drawing with Universitatea Cluj (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, U Craiova 1948 won a home game hosting Sepsi (1-0).The Craiova fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rapid Bucuresti, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1, in their Liga 1 matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Rapid Bucuresti hope to make it five in this match.
249 minutes! That's how long the Rapid Bucuresti goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Bucuresti, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Voluntari (placed 12th) last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Universitatea Cluj.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rapid Bucuresti are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Craiova have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (5-1-0) against Rapid Bucuresti.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 3 goals |  B. Van Durmen 2 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 13.5 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 30% |
| 12.7 | 12.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.2 | 10.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most clean sheets (5) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rapid Bucuresti is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Arges | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | CFR Cluj | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Botosani | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | FCSB | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Mioveni | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Chindia Târgovişte | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
