A home team triumph, the away team with a heroic away win or a tactical 0-0 draw? It's all possible when the mid-table teams U Craiova 1948 and Voluntari clash at Complexul Sportiv Raional.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Liga 1
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
8-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for U Craiova 1948 so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Craiova bring valid hopes of a third.
U Craiova 1948 drew their last game, 1-1 away at UTA Arad. Durmen was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against UTA Arad after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that, U Craiova 1948 had a home game versus Arges which ended with a victory 2-1.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 8 games. U Craiova 1948 has won 5 of these, 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 Complexul Sportiv Raional in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-6-6 (15 played). In general it has been a productive period now for Voluntari as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Voluntari has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Chindia Targoviste for a 2-2 draw. Drawing 2-2 against Chindia Targoviste after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Ciobotariu needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. The draw against Chindia Targoviste came from a losing position. The Voluntari manager Ciobotariu brought on Meleke as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Voluntari secured a home win against Botosani with the score 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Voluntari, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Voluntari have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the result U Craiova 1948 - Voluntari 3-3 entered in the official records. Previous six meetings featuring these teams: Craiova won two, Voluntari triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Chițu 10 goals |   A. Nemec 10 goals |  V. Damaşcan 10 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Voluntari missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 20 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 19 | 39 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 47 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 25 | 45 |
| 36 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 28 | 43 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 90% |
| 63% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | 67% |
| 39% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 41% |
| 16% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 26% | 18% |
| 5% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | 8% |
| 50% | 45% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | 49% |
| 32% | 35% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 26% | 36% |
| 26% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 11.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9 |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | 37% |
| 10.4 | 10 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 13.1 | 11.7 |
| 3.7 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 |
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Liga 1
- 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 |
