Home advantage could prove decisive in U Craiova 1948 - UTA Arad battle

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting UTA Arad have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-17-16 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga 1. That game, against SSC Farul, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for UTA Arad.

U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948's results here at Complexul Sportiv Raional in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

U Craiova 1948 drew their last game, 1-1 away at CSM Iasi (placed 11th). Ibrahim was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against CSM Iasi after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Craiova have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Betting people who prefer looking for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for U Craiova 1948 as they are travelling to their away game against SCM Zalau in the Romania Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Craiova are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for U Craiova 1948 with 16 goals conceded in these matches.

UTA Arad form and stats

UTA Arad have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 0-4-3 (7 played). UTA Arad has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 43 days ago, in the Universitatea Cluj fixture.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to SSC Farul (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

Arad are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

After this away game UTA Arad return home for a Romania Cup game against Universitatea Craiova. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of UTA Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Arad have conceded 11 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

A. Chițu 7 goals

B. Van Durmen 3 goals

S. Sidibe 3 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

UTA Arad missing players