It's advantage Universitatea Craiova so far with their 3rd position in the Liga 1 table, welcoming Dinamo Bucureşti who are placed 9th.
- Dinamo Bucureşti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo Bucureşti.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Universitatea Craiova so far this season. Three draws in a row here at Stadionul Hanul Doctorului for Universitatea, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
It's back home for Universitatea, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating CSM Iaşi away with the result 3-0. George Cimpanu and Dan Nistor found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Argeş that ended 1-1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Universitatea's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost two.
Universitatea has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Universitatea have conceded only 8 goals.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
Playing away, Dinamo Bucureşti have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.
There were no winners in Bucureşti's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs FCSB (placed 1st). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at UTA Arad.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bucureşti when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.
A quick return to home after this game, as Dinamo Bucureşti are hosting FCSB in the Romania Cup only four days away.
Dinamo Bucureşti are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Bucureşti have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dinamo Bucureşti - Universitatea 0-1 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Universitatea Craiova won five, Dinamo Bucureşti won one and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 W | 7 | 14 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 207 | 104 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 264 | ||
| 64 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 85 | ||
| 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caxias | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | São Luiz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Pelotas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Joinville | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Atletico Tubarao | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Marcilio Dias | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sao Caetano | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Brusque | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Figueirense | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Marcilio Dias | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Juventus SC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Joinville | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Concordia | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Atletico Tubarao | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 6 |