Game week two of the Liga 1 season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Universitatea Craiova - Astra preview:
The hosts Universitatea Craiova saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Lokomotivi Tbilisi, so at least Universitatea Craiova are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The fans are hoping that Universitatea will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Europa League game against Lokomotivi Tbilisi. Before that match, a Liga 1 win away at Sepsi.
Last season, Universitatea Craiova's league statistics were 14 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Liga 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Universitatea Craiova managed 9-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 12 conceded.
Astra form and stats
Home advantage was not enough for Astra in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting FCSB, 0-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gaz Metan Medias with the score of 4-0.
Let's have a look at how Astra performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Universitatea Craiova-Astra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Universitatea six wins, Astra three wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Koljič 1 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Astra missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Astra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | Astra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 58 | 33 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 65% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 35% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 63% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 26% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 408 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 140 | 327 | ||
| 176 | 93 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 124 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSM Iaşi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |