Liga 1 match prediction: Little separates U Craiova 1948 and SSC Farul in quality

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complexul Sportiv Raional (1000 seats)

U Craiova 1948 have some lost ground to recover from their 14th spot, and the job starts vs SSC Farul. Read more!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (18) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SSC Farul have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against HJK, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SSC Farul.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what U Craiova 1948 have to build on here at Complexul Sportiv Raional in the Liga 1.

The Craiova crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-5 to Rapid Bucuresti here at Complexul Sportiv Raional. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Chițu has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Outstanding!

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Petrolul 52 (3-4).

Goals decide football matches and U Craiova 1948 are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. Craiova's defense is seriously deficient as 13 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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SSC Farul form and stats

SSC Farul are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 1, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Two away games in a row for SSC Farul, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus HJK in the Europa Conference League.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Universitatea Craiova in the Liga 1.

SSC Farul have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

SSC Farul have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing Craiova.

Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948A. Chițu
A. Chițu
6 goals
U Craiova 1948S. Sidibe
S. Sidibe
3 goals
SSC FarulI. Larie
I. Larie
3 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

SSC Farul missing players

U Craiova 1948 SSC Farul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
5 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
14 10 3 Scored S 0 4 11
18 13 1 Conceded C 0 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
71% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 67%
43% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
71% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 67%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.1 3.2 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 3.2
6.6 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 4.7
2.3 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 14.8
5 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6.2
40% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 30%
 
15.4 15 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.3 12.5
5 6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of U Craiova 1948's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • SSC Farul have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • SSC Farul have scored in all their matches so far.
  • SSC Farul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • U Craiova 1948 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • U Craiova 1948 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • U Craiova 1948 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SSC Farul have scored away.
  • U Craiova 1948 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (18) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most scored goals (10) at home in Liga 1
  • 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 FCSB 6 5 0 1 11 5 3 3 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 15
2 Universitatea Craiova 7 4 2 1 11 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 4 2 1 1 7 4 7 14
3 CFR Cluj 6 4 1 1 13 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 7 5 6 13
4 Petrolul 52 7 3 3 1 12 10 4 2 1 1 8 8 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 12
5 Rapid Bucuresti 7 3 2 2 14 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 11
6 Voluntari 7 3 1 3 12 14 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 1 2 6 9 -2 10
7 Sepsi 5 2 3 0 6 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 9
8 SSC Farul 6 3 0 3 11 10 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 9
9 Hermannstadt 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 8
10 Dinamo Bucuresti 7 2 2 3 7 11 4 1 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 5 5 -4 8
11 Universitatea Cluj 7 1 4 2 12 15 3 0 1 2 4 8 4 1 3 0 8 7 -3 7
12 UTA Arad 6 2 1 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 7
13 Otelul 7 0 6 1 5 7 4 0 3 1 4 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 -2 6
14 U Craiova 1948 7 2 0 5 14 18 4 1 0 3 10 13 3 1 0 2 4 5 -4 6
15 Botosani 7 0 3 4 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 4 8 -5 3
16 CSM Iaşi 6 1 0 5 6 13 2 0 0 2 2 7 4 1 0 3 4 6 -7 3

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.