Finally! The Liga 1 season opener for these participants, whom look forward to battling for points again. Will Universitatea Craiova or Sepsi get that important first victory?
Both participants have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an active game!
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Last season, Universitatea Craiova's league results were 16 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, ending with 3rd spot in the Liga 1. From these 30 matches they scored 55 goals and gave away 29. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Universitatea Craiova delivered 10-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 9 conceded.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Universitatea have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Universitatea Craiova, who have participated in five training matches. Universitatea Craiova have won 2 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 1 game.
Sepsi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sepsi performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 12 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 14/15 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Sepsi in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sepsi, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Just as the home team, Sepsi have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Sepsi wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Universitatea Craiova wins - draws - Sepsi wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Universitatea Craiova missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | Sepsi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 41 | 21 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 79 | 43 | Scored | S | 20 | 54 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 87% | ||
| 71% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 69% | ||
| 51% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 16% | 33% | ||
| 34% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 23% | ||
| 22% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 46% | ||
| 46% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 31% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.6 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 57 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 35 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 32 |
| 6 | Arges | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -23 | 27 |
