Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Universitatea Craiova welcomes Chindia Târgovişte

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 06.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Hanul Doctorului (30944 seats)

Universitatea Craiova perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Chindia Târgovişte can look both up and down from their 9th position.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga 1 game only four days ago.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Universitatea Craiova, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1, so far this season.

Universitatea are returning here after visiting Hermannstadt in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Nicușor Bancu scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Academica Clinceni with the scoreline 0-1.

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.

Universitatea Craiova are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Universitatea have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga 1, in their Liga 1 matches away.

Târgovişte are looking to quickly end their 223 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.

Târgovişte failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 1 home match vs FCSB (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that match, the Târgovişte manager E. Săndoi faced defeat when travelling to UTA Arad and losing 0-1.

You'll want to know how Chindia Târgovişte managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and two home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Târgovişte's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. Târgovişte are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Universitatea victory, three draws and two Chindia Târgovişte wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UniversitateaE. Koljič
E. Koljič
6 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Cicâldău
A. Cicâldău
4 goals
Universitatea CraiovaN. Bancu
N. Bancu
2 goals

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Universitatea Craiova Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 5 9
8 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 1 1 Lost L 1 2 4
14 5 0 Scored S 0 2 5
4 2 1 Conceded C 1 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 78%
44% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 33%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 11%
56% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 56%
11% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 56%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
122 58 12 Total Shots T S 14 42 73
48 23 3 Shots on Target S O 5 10 22
29% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 23%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored more than double the goals of Chindia Târgovişte.
  • 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 Universitatea Craiova 9 8 0 1 14 4 4 3 0 1 5 2 5 5 0 0 9 2 10 24
2 FCSB 9 7 0 2 24 9 4 4 0 0 14 2 5 3 0 2 10 7 15 21
3 CFR Cluj 9 5 3 1 10 5 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 18
4 Sepsi 9 4 3 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 15
5 UTA Arad 9 3 5 1 10 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 3 0 7 5 2 14
6 Viitorul 9 3 4 2 15 13 5 1 3 1 9 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 13
7 Academica Clinceni 9 3 4 2 8 6 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 13
8 Botosani 9 3 2 4 14 13 4 1 1 2 6 5 5 2 1 2 8 8 1 11
9 Chindia Târgovişte 9 3 2 4 5 7 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 2 2 -2 11
10 Gaz Metan Medias 9 3 1 5 12 13 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 2 0 3 7 7 -1 10
11 Voluntari 9 3 1 5 10 13 5 2 0 3 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 6 -3 10
12 Hermannstadt 9 2 4 3 10 14 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 -4 10
13 CSM Iasi 9 3 0 6 11 24 5 2 0 3 8 13 4 1 0 3 3 11 -13 9
14 Arges 9 2 2 5 9 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 8
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 8 1 2 5 7 11 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 0 3 5 7 -4 5
16 Astra 8 1 1 6 9 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 3 0 0 3 1 7 -8 4

Read more about Liga 1

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.