This could be another interesting encounter at Complexul Sportiv Raional in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 is in 9th position and receive Universitatea Craiova in 12th position. Learn more about the match here!
- U Craiova 1948 have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga 1
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Universitatea Craiova could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Zorya, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Universitatea Craiova.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
The hosts won their first Liga 1 game here at Complexul Sportiv Raional, lifting spirits. Home statistics for U Craiova 1948 last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 4 games.
An away draw last time out for U Craiova 1948, facing FCSB in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Craiova had a home game versus CFR Cluj which ended with a victory 3-1.Early season league goal statistics from U Craiova 1948's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 5 away games resulted in 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for Universitatea Craiova, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Zorya in the Europa Conference League. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Rapid Bucuresti.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zorya in just four days.
Universitatea Craiova have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero U Craiova 1948 victories, zero draws and two Universitatea Craiova wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Baiaram with 2 goals scored against Craiova in these 2 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Van Durmen 2 goals | A. Compagno 2 goals |  S. Sidibe 1 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 29% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 27% |
| 12.7 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 12.3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
- U Craiova 1948 have the most points from losing position (4) in Liga 1
| U Craiova 1948 | Last season | Universitatea Craiova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 41 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 24 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Scored | S | 36 | 79 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 98% | ||
| 69% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | ||
| 41% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 51% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 34% | ||
| 15% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 22% | ||
| 44% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 33% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 46% | ||
| 36% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Botosani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Arges | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | FCSB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Petrolul 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 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 | Sepsi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Botosani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -28 | -23 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | -25 | -46 |
