The league table in Liga 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Universitatea Craiova leading Academica Clinceni by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
Academica Clinceni could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
As mentioned below, Universitatea Craiova are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Liga 1 games.
The Universitatea goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
A good away victory last time out for Universitatea, who won 1-0 against Dinamo Bucuresti (placed 14th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Arges with a 2-1 scoreline.
Universitatea are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Universitatea Craiova in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Defensively Universitatea Craiova have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
Things could have gone better for Academica Clinceni in their Liga 1 away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. It's three draws from Academica's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Academica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Octavian Gabriel Valceanu. It's been 360 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.
There were no winners in Academica Clinceni's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs FCSB (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Gaz Metan Medias.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Academica played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Academica as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Universitatea, three draws and zero wins for Academica Clinceni. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Koljič 6 goals | A. Cicâldău 4 goals |   R. Patriche-Nichita 2 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 46 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 58 |
| 36 | 20 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 36% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 26% |
- Academica Clinceni have not yet lost a game away.
- Academica Clinceni have yet to win a game away.
- Universitatea Craiova has the the best goal difference (+10) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored in all their matches so far.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored more than double the goals of Academica Clinceni.
- Universitatea Craiova have won all their games so far.
- Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitatea Craiova is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | FCSB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Chindia Targoviste | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Viitorul | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Botosani | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | UTA Arad | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Arges | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
| 16 | Astra | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 1 |