Liga 1: Universitatea Craiova believed to win home match versus Argeş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

Universitatea Craiova are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture against Argeş, if the league positions are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco as Universitatea Craiova have scored 21 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco after three straight home wins.

Universitatea Craiova lost their last game at Voluntari (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that, Universitatea Craiova played out a draw 1-1 when visiting FCSB.

Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Universitatea as they are travelling to their away game against Petrolul 52 in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.

The Universitatea Craiova fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 13 league matches. Universitatea Craiova have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-4-7 (13 played).

Argeş might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FCSB proved too strong as Argeş slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting CFR Cluj's place.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Argeş have conceded 21 goals in these games. Argeş has visited these top teams four times, and 4 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Argeş - Universitatea 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Universitatea Craiova six wins, one draw and Argeş three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
9 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
8 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Crețu
A. Crețu
5 goals

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Argeş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Universitatea Craiova Argeş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
13 9 3 Won W 0 2 6
6 2 1 Drew D 0 4 8
8 2 0 Lost L 4 7 13
33 21 5 Scored S 4 9 21
26 11 1 Conceded C 11 21 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
63% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 67%
33% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 37%
11% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 22%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
44% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 41%
30% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 26%
26% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 44%
 
5.7 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.5
2.7 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.9
2.5 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 13.8 16 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 5.8 7.8
4.5 5.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.1 2.8
27% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 33% 28%
 
9 7.7 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 14.4 12.4
3.4 3.4 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.9 5.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
  • Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 17 7 3 50 25 13 10 2 1 28 8 14 7 5 2 22 17 25 58
2 CFR Cluj 26 17 2 7 41 23 13 9 0 4 23 11 13 8 2 3 18 12 18 53
3 FCSB 27 15 6 6 45 31 13 6 5 2 25 17 14 9 1 4 20 14 14 51
4 Rapid Bucuresti 27 14 7 6 37 22 14 10 3 1 27 11 13 4 4 5 10 11 15 49
5 Universitatea Craiova 27 13 6 8 33 26 13 9 2 2 21 11 14 4 4 6 12 15 7 45
6 Sepsi 27 11 8 8 44 25 14 6 3 5 24 11 13 5 5 3 20 14 19 41
7 U Craiova 1948 27 10 6 11 33 31 14 7 2 5 19 13 13 3 4 6 14 18 2 36
8 Petrolul 52 26 10 3 13 24 34 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 0 9 9 22 -10 33
9 Botosani 27 7 10 10 27 40 13 4 6 3 17 12 14 3 4 7 10 28 -13 31
10 Chindia Targoviste 27 7 9 11 31 39 13 3 6 4 16 19 14 4 3 7 15 20 -8 30
11 Voluntari 27 7 8 12 24 31 14 5 3 6 13 11 13 2 5 6 11 20 -7 29
12 Universitatea Cluj 27 6 10 11 22 33 14 5 6 3 14 11 13 1 4 8 8 22 -11 28
13 Hermannstadt 27 9 8 10 28 28 13 5 3 5 17 13 14 4 5 5 11 15 0 26
14 Argeş 27 6 8 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 18 13 2 4 7 9 21 -18 26
15 UTA Arad 27 5 9 13 24 36 14 4 4 6 17 19 13 1 5 7 7 17 -12 24
16 Mioveni 27 3 9 15 20 41 13 1 6 6 6 13 14 2 3 9 14 28 -21 18

Table
  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 27 17 7 3 50 25 13 10 2 1 28 8 14 7 5 2 22 17 25 58
2 CFR Cluj 26 17 2 7 41 23 13 9 0 4 23 11 13 8 2 3 18 12 18 53
3 FCSB 27 15 6 6 45 31 13 6 5 2 25 17 14 9 1 4 20 14 14 51
4 Rapid Bucuresti 27 14 7 6 37 22 14 10 3 1 27 11 13 4 4 5 10 11 15 49
5 Universitatea Craiova 27 13 6 8 33 26 13 9 2 2 21 11 14 4 4 6 12 15 7 45
6 Sepsi 27 11 8 8 44 25 14 6 3 5 24 11 13 5 5 3 20 14 19 41
7 U Craiova 1948 27 10 6 11 33 31 14 7 2 5 19 13 13 3 4 6 14 18 2 36
8 Petrolul 52 26 10 3 13 24 34 13 6 3 4 15 12 13 4 0 9 9 22 -10 33
9 Botosani 27 7 10 10 27 40 13 4 6 3 17 12 14 3 4 7 10 28 -13 31
10 Chindia Targoviste 27 7 9 11 31 39 13 3 6 4 16 19 14 4 3 7 15 20 -8 30
11 Voluntari 27 7 8 12 24 31 14 5 3 6 13 11 13 2 5 6 11 20 -7 29
12 Universitatea Cluj 27 6 10 11 22 33 14 5 6 3 14 11 13 1 4 8 8 22 -11 28
13 Hermannstadt 27 9 8 10 28 28 13 5 3 5 17 13 14 4 5 5 11 15 0 26
14 Argeş 27 6 8 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 18 13 2 4 7 9 21 -18 26
15 UTA Arad 27 5 9 13 24 36 14 4 4 6 17 19 13 1 5 7 7 17 -12 24
16 Mioveni 27 3 9 15 20 41 13 1 6 6 6 13 14 2 3 9 14 28 -21 18

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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.