Balanced ball game between U Craiova 1948 and UTA Arad expected

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CFR, Craiova

Here's every single thing you should learn, and even more, ahead of the U Craiova 1948 - UTA Arad match!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

UTA Arad play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture occurs on grass. The latest results for UTA Arad when playing on grass are 16 wins, 17 draws and 8 defeats from 41 matches. They have scored 50 goals and conceded 36 times on these occasions.

There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Liga 1 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Universitatea Craiova, so at least Craiova are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what U Craiova 1948 have to build on here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the Liga 1. Two home wins in a row for U Craiova 1948 bring valid hopes of a third.

U Craiova 1948 lost their last game at Universitatea Craiova (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Botosani in a game that was won 3-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Craiova perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with U Craiova 1948 as a small favourite), we find six games. U Craiova 1948 has won four of these, drawn one and lost one.

U Craiova 1948 aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the league, with only 10 goals from 13 games.

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UTA Arad form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, UTA Arad have produced an overall stat of 3-7-3 so far. Two points from the last two away games for UTA Arad, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

UTA Arad have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 193 minutes ago. Miculescu was the goal scorer. The Arad goalkeeper Florin Iacob is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 284 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in UTA Arad's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Dinamo Bucuresti (placed 15th).

Before that, Arad travelled to CFR Cluj and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by UTA Arad in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for UTA Arad, eight draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of UTA Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Arad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other already this season, with the result UTA Arad - U Craiova 1948 1-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948C. Balan
C. Balan
7 goals
UTA AradD. Miculescu
D. Miculescu
7 goals
U Craiova 1948W. Baeten
W. Baeten
4 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

UTA Arad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
U Craiova 1948 UTA Arad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 7
8 4 2 Drew D 2 7 12
12 5 0 Lost L 0 3 7
23 10 3 Scored S 6 11 19
30 13 2 Conceded C 2 9 17
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 62% 69%
62% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 46% 38%
31% 15% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 23%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 8%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 31% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 27%
31% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 62% 58%
46% 46% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 46%
 
3.7 4.3 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4 4.7
5.2 4.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.5 3.6
2.3 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9 9 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.7 11.3
2.7 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4 4.2
33% 29% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 21% 18%
 
9.8 8.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.5 9
4 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3 2.7
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • UTA Arad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 20 4 2 39 14 13 11 2 0 20 5 13 9 2 2 19 9 25 64
2 FCSB 26 17 7 2 52 24 13 10 3 0 37 16 13 7 4 2 15 8 28 58
3 Botosani 26 11 11 4 31 23 13 6 5 2 16 10 13 5 6 2 15 13 8 44
4 Voluntari 26 12 7 7 28 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 15 4 43
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 12 6 8 47 28 13 8 3 2 28 9 13 4 3 6 19 19 19 42
6 SSC Farul 25 11 6 8 30 17 13 9 1 3 22 7 12 2 5 5 8 10 13 39
7 Arges 26 11 5 10 24 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 13 5 3 5 12 10 3 38
8 Rapid Bucuresti 26 8 12 6 29 25 13 4 6 3 12 9 13 4 6 3 17 16 4 36
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 27 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 2 7 4 10 11 5 33
10 UTA Arad 26 7 12 7 19 17 13 4 5 4 8 8 13 3 7 3 11 9 2 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 10 10 17 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 28
12 Mioveni 26 6 9 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 9 10 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 27
13 U Craiova 1948 26 6 8 12 23 30 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 26
14 Gaz Metan Medias 26 6 6 14 21 33 13 2 6 5 11 14 13 4 0 9 10 19 -12 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 3 4 19 17 58 13 3 3 7 12 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -41 13
16 Academica Clinceni 25 2 5 18 16 50 12 1 3 8 7 19 13 1 2 10 9 31 -34 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 26 20 4 2 39 14 13 11 2 0 20 5 13 9 2 2 19 9 25 64
2 FCSB 26 17 7 2 52 24 13 10 3 0 37 16 13 7 4 2 15 8 28 58
3 Botosani 26 11 11 4 31 23 13 6 5 2 16 10 13 5 6 2 15 13 8 44
4 Voluntari 26 12 7 7 28 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 15 4 43
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 12 6 8 47 28 13 8 3 2 28 9 13 4 3 6 19 19 19 42
6 SSC Farul 25 11 6 8 30 17 13 9 1 3 22 7 12 2 5 5 8 10 13 39
7 Arges 26 11 5 10 24 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 13 5 3 5 12 10 3 38
8 Rapid Bucuresti 26 8 12 6 29 25 13 4 6 3 12 9 13 4 6 3 17 16 4 36
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 27 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 2 7 4 10 11 5 33
10 UTA Arad 26 7 12 7 19 17 13 4 5 4 8 8 13 3 7 3 11 9 2 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 10 10 17 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 28
12 Mioveni 26 6 9 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 9 10 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 27
13 U Craiova 1948 26 6 8 12 23 30 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 26
14 Gaz Metan Medias 26 6 6 14 21 33 13 2 6 5 11 14 13 4 0 9 10 19 -12 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 3 4 19 17 58 13 3 3 7 12 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -41 13
16 Academica Clinceni 25 2 5 18 16 50 12 1 3 8 7 19 13 1 2 10 9 31 -34 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.