Liga 1 match prediction: Little separates U Craiova 1948 and Voluntari in quality

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 11.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complexul Sportiv Raional (1000 seats)

This promises to be quite the absorbing contest at Complexul Sportiv Raional in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 is in 13th position and receive Voluntari in 2nd spot. Read about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Liga 1

Voluntari could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

The total Liga 1 stats playing at home this season for U Craiova 1948 are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Craiova against Botosani the last match, as Bauza were on target. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without.

Preceding that match was the home game against Universitatea Cluj that was lost 3-4.

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 10 games. U Craiova 1948 has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from U Craiova 1948's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 7 conceded.

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Voluntari form and stats

Things could have gone better for Voluntari in their Liga 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Voluntari won their last game, 2-1 versus Rapid Bucuresti played at home.

Prior to that result Voluntari won their away game at Petrolul 52. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Voluntari, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

{3 goals} so far away for Voluntari, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Craiova have not lost in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Voluntari.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariG. Merloi
G. Merloi
3 goals
U Craiova 1948S. Sidibe
S. Sidibe
2 goals
U Craiova 1948A. Chițu
A. Chițu
2 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Voluntari missing players

U Craiova 1948 Voluntari
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
5 4 1 Scored S 0 3 7
8 7 3 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.8 3.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.2
6.2 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.2
2.8 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.5 12
3.8 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.8
33% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 47%
 
16.8 14.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 0 21.5 16.2
4.8 6.5 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.5 5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Liga 1
U Craiova 1948 Last season Voluntari
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 21   Played P   20 40
15 11   Won W   5 12
12 4   Drew D   9 16
13 6   Lost L   6 12
50 32   Scored S   28 48
40 21   Conceded C   31 46
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 90%
62% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 68%
40% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 42%
18% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 20%
8% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 10%
50% 48%   BTTS BTTS   70% 50%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 35%
28% 19%   Failed to Score F T   10% 25%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.9
4.5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.3
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
5 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.9 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 9.2
4.3 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.2
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 38%
 
10.9 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.1
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 12
2 Voluntari 4 3 0 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 9
3 Sepsi 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 8
4 Universitatea Craiova 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 8
5 CFR Cluj 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 7
6 SSC Farul 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
7 Hermannstadt 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
8 Rapid Bucuresti 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 5
9 Petrolul 52 4 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 5
10 Universitatea Cluj 4 1 2 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 5 4 -2 5
11 UTA Arad 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
12 Otelul 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 3
13 U Craiova 1948 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 3
14 CSM Iasi 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 3
15 Botosani 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
16 Dinamo Bucuresti 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -6 1
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

Read more about Liga 1

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.