Only a few games have been played in the Liga 1 so far, with Universitatea Craiova placed 1st and CSM Iaşi sitting in the 9th position.
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
As mentioned below, Universitatea Craiova are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Liga 1 games.
It's back home for Universitatea, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arges away with the result 2-1. Alexandru Cicâldău and Elvir Koljić found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Voluntari.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Universitatea home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.
At Stadionul Hanul Doctorului, Universitatea Craiova has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
CSM Iaşi are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga 1, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two travels in a row for Iaşi, whose manager D. Pancu could celebrate last time after the Liga 1 win against UTA Arad. A loss against Gaz Metan Medias was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where CSM Iaşi played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, CSM Iaşi has managed 3 goals and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Universitatea wins - draws - CSM Iaşi wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Koljič 6 goals | A. Cicâldău 3 goals |  N. Bancu 1 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
CSM Iaşi missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | CSM Iaşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | 28 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 26 | 53 |
| 28 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 22% |
- Universitatea Craiova has the most scored goals (11) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova is in the best form (5-0-0)
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | CSM Iaşi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 58 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 30 | 57 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 63% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 57% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 20% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 408 | 226 | Total Shots | T S | 161 | 367 | ||
| 176 | 93 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 158 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | FCSB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Botosani | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Academica Clinceni | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Gaz Metan Medias | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | CSM Iaşi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Viitorul | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Chindia Targoviste | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Arges | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 | Astra | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 1 |