Football match betting preview: U Craiova 1948 vs Voluntari

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CFR, Craiova

Data, trends, results, player info, head-2-head, team selections and much more: Tipsway offers all you should know on U Craiova 1948 - Voluntari!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948 have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for U Craiova 1948, who won 3-1 against Universitatea Cluj. Chițu was absolutely essential when Craiova beat Universitatea Cluj 3-1, scoring three goals.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against UTA Arad in the Romania Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how U Craiova 1948 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Craiova has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. U Craiova 1948 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-6-6 (15 played).

Voluntari played 1-1 against UTA Arad in their previous match.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Arges with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Voluntari, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.

21 goals have been conceded by Voluntari in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported scoreline featuring both these participants is the U Craiova 1948 - Voluntari 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Craiova victories, zero draws and three Voluntari wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
9 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
8 goals
U Craiova 1948A. Chițu
A. Chițu
7 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Voluntari missing players

U Craiova 1948 Voluntari
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 17 4 Played P 3 16 33
13 9 2 Won W 1 4 9
7 2 0 Drew D 1 6 12
12 6 2 Lost L 1 6 12
40 23 6 Scored S 3 17 32
31 14 2 Conceded C 3 21 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
66% 59% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 81% 64%
41% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 36%
16% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
3% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
50% 41% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 45%
28% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 36%
25% 24% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 30%
 
5.6 6.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.2 3.8
4.3 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.7
1.9 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.9 12.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 8.6 8.5
4.4 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 2.7
28% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 39% 36%
 
10.5 10.3 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 14.1 12.3
3.8 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.2 4.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Voluntari 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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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.