Preview: 14 points divide the contenders before this game, Voluntari the sharpest side. Can U Craiova 1948 shorten the gap?
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The visiting Voluntari played their last game only four days ago, a Romania Cup match. That game, against SCM Gloria Buzau, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Voluntari.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what U Craiova 1948 have to build on here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the Liga 1.
U Craiova 1948 are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 219 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Balan).
Craiova travelled for their previous game, a trip to Dinamo Bucuresti that ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, U Craiova 1948 lost 0-2 at home to CFR Cluj.This is expected to be a close game, with U Craiova 1948 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 three games. U Craiova 1948 has won three of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Craiova have scored 5 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. U Craiova 1948 have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Voluntari form and stats
3-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Voluntari in their Liga 1 matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Voluntari, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus SCM Gloria Buzau in the Romania Cup last time out.
Before that, Voluntari travelled to Botosani and returned home with a draw after the Liga 1 game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Voluntari, two draws and three defeats.
The visiting Voluntari have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 8 games. Voluntari's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H meeting ended Voluntari - Craiova 2-1, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  V. Raţă 6 goals |   C. Balan 4 goals | C. Costin 4 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Voluntari missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 8 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | 28% |
| 10.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15.8 | 13.7 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | FCSB | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Botosani | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Arges | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | SSC Farul | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 17 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | -25 | 9 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -27 | 4 |