U Craiova 1948 get ready to host Universitatea Cluj for another appealing Liga 1 fixture here at Complexul Sportiv Raional.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948's first Liga 1 home game here at Complexul Sportiv Raional ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
The club members are hoping that U Craiova 1948 will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Sepsi (placed 4th).
Preceding that match was the home game against FCSB that was lost 1-3.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 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 1.
At Complexul Sportiv Raional, U Craiova 1948 has the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
Let's have a look at how Universitatea Cluj performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 9/26 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 4 away games resulted in 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Universitatea Cluj failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Rapid Bucuresti (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-3.
Before that, Universitatea travelled to Petrolul 52 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Universitatea Cluj in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Universitatea Cluj, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
{1 goals} so far away for Universitatea Cluj, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
U Craiova 1948-Universitatea Cluj H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: U Craiova 1948 two wins, Universitatea Cluj two wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Chitu loves to face Universitatea Cluj and have scored 5 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sidibe 1 goals |   A. Chipciu 1 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Universitatea Cluj missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Universitatea Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 14.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| U Craiova 1948 | Last season | Universitatea Cluj | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 21 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 15 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 90% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 48% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 33% | ||
| 18% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 5% | ||
| 50% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 37% | 41% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 33% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Botosani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Botosani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 11 |
