Universitatea Craiova have delivered excellent football so far, being 4th position in the table. Petrolul 52 can look both direction in the table from the 7th position.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Petrolul 52 have scored away.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic fixture!
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova have collected 13 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 4-1-0. After failing to beat Otelul here at Complexul Sportiv Raional, Universitatea Craiova has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Universitatea shared the glory with Voluntari in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A painful moment in the game against Voluntari was the missed penalty kick from Mitriță in the 51st minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
Before that, Universitatea Craiova had a home game versus Botosani which ended with a victory 5-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Universitatea matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
Goals decide football matches and Universitatea Craiova are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Universitatea Craiova have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Petrolul 52 playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. With three draws in a row for Petrolul the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Petrolul 52 are looking to quickly end their 397 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1. 348 minutes! That's how long the Petrolul 52 goalkeeper Lukas Zima and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There were no winners in Petrolul's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs UTA Arad (placed 14th). A strange fact; the final result 0-0 has happened three games in a row!
A 0-0 draw at CSM Iasi's stadium before that.Lacking goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Petrolul 52 as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Petrolul 52 as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Universitatea Craiova victories, zero draws and zero Petrolul 52 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Markovic 4 goals |   J. Tavares da Silva 4 goals | A. Crețu 3 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 83% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 4.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | 11.7 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 31% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 11.3 | 10 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 |
| 3.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
- Universitatea Craiova have not yet lost a game at home.
- Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Petrolul 52 have scored away.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Otelul | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 | Botosani | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
