It's the first game of the new season for Universitatea Craiova and Argeş. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Last season, Universitatea Craiova's league statistics were 16 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Universitatea Craiova managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 8 conceded.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Universitatea Craiova matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, one draw and three defeats (from nine games).
Universitatea Craiova have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 1 victories, 3 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Universitatea Craiova have scored 4 goals and conceded 3 times.
Argeş form and stats
Let's have a look at how Argeş performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 15/24 goals scored/conceded.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Argeş when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning one game.
It's a day of discovery for Argeş as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Argeş have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Argeş has scored 4 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - five - zero (Universitatea Craiova wins - draws - Argeş wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Universitatea Craiova missing players
Argeş missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | Argeş | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 43 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 41% | ||
| 10% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 10% | ||
| 32% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 51% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 23% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 31% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.5 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Academica Clinceni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Argeş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Botosani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chindia Targoviste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FCSB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gaz Metan Medias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rapid Bucuresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | SSC Farul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Universitatea Craiova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Voluntari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 54 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 45 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 41 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 33 |
| 6 | Botosani | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 31 |