Delightful dogfight as daring Universitatea Craiova duel with determined SSC Farul

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 07.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CFR, Craiova

This pair of squads are revelling in a fine season so far and occasions like today could be key. Get ready for Universitatea Craiova - SSC Farul!

Insights:
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most scored goals (54) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1

SSC Farul could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

Universitatea Craiova are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Universitatea Craiova has won five games in a row. The CFR Cluj match was the last time out without a victory.

The Universitatea Craiova goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 233 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

A strong away win for Universitatea Craiova against Mioveni the last match, as Marković (2) and Baiaram were on target.

Before that, Universitatea had a home game versus Chindia Targoviste which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Universitatea Craiova handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Universitatea are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Universitatea Craiova have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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SSC Farul form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for SSC Farul, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. SSC Farul goalkeeper Mihai Marian Aioani is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from de Nooijer and Nedelcu secured the home win 2-0 against Botoşani in their previous game.

Preceding that game was the away victory against FCSB with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Farul have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were five victories, five draws and two defeats.

SSC Farul find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Farul as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the sides faced each other previously this season; SSC Farul - Universitatea Craiova 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
15 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
11 goals
Universitatea CraiovaJ. Markovic
J. Markovic
9 goals

Universitatea Craiova missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Universitatea Craiova SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
15 9 1 Won W 1 4 14
6 3 1 Drew D 0 5 6
8 2 1 Lost L 2 5 9
54 29 6 Scored S 2 18 42
29 9 4 Conceded C 2 12 20
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 90%
69% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 62%
48% 43% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 24%
34% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
24% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
48% 36% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 24%
41% 64% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 48%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 38%
 
5.3 5.6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.1 5.7
3.2 2.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.5 3.8
2.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.1 15.4 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.9 11.1
5.1 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 4.3
37% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 33%
 
7.2 6.9 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 7.9 8.2
3 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most scored goals (54) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Universitatea Craiova is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga 1

  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 29 23 4 2 44 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 15 11 2 2 22 9 29 73
2 FCSB 29 17 8 4 53 28 14 10 3 1 37 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 25 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 29 15 6 8 54 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 25 51
4 SSC Farul 29 14 6 9 42 20 15 10 1 4 24 8 14 4 5 5 18 12 22 48
5 Voluntari 29 13 8 8 31 26 15 9 3 3 21 11 14 4 5 5 10 15 5 47
6 Botoşani 29 11 13 5 32 26 14 6 6 2 16 10 15 5 7 3 16 16 6 46
7 Argeş 29 13 6 10 26 21 15 7 3 5 13 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 5 45
8 UTA Arad 29 8 13 8 22 19 14 5 5 4 10 8 15 3 8 4 12 11 3 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 29 8 13 8 33 31 14 4 7 3 13 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 2 37
10 Sepsi 29 8 12 9 31 28 14 5 5 4 17 13 15 3 7 5 14 15 3 36
11 U Craiova 1948 29 8 9 12 30 33 15 5 5 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 16 17 -3 33
12 Chindia Targoviste 29 7 11 11 19 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -4 32
13 Mioveni 29 6 11 12 18 34 15 4 6 5 10 14 14 2 5 7 8 20 -16 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 29 4 5 20 23 62 15 4 3 8 17 28 14 0 2 12 6 34 -39 17
15 Academica Clinceni 29 3 5 21 21 63 15 2 3 10 12 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -42 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 29 6 6 17 21 42 14 2 6 6 11 17 15 4 0 11 10 25 -21 10

Table
  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 29 23 4 2 44 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 15 11 2 2 22 9 29 73
2 FCSB 29 17 8 4 53 28 14 10 3 1 37 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 25 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 29 15 6 8 54 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 25 51
4 SSC Farul 29 14 6 9 42 20 15 10 1 4 24 8 14 4 5 5 18 12 22 48
5 Voluntari 29 13 8 8 31 26 15 9 3 3 21 11 14 4 5 5 10 15 5 47
6 Botoşani 29 11 13 5 32 26 14 6 6 2 16 10 15 5 7 3 16 16 6 46
7 Argeş 29 13 6 10 26 21 15 7 3 5 13 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 5 45
8 UTA Arad 29 8 13 8 22 19 14 5 5 4 10 8 15 3 8 4 12 11 3 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 29 8 13 8 33 31 14 4 7 3 13 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 2 37
10 Sepsi 29 8 12 9 31 28 14 5 5 4 17 13 15 3 7 5 14 15 3 36
11 U Craiova 1948 29 8 9 12 30 33 15 5 5 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 16 17 -3 33
12 Chindia Targoviste 29 7 11 11 19 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -4 32
13 Mioveni 29 6 11 12 18 34 15 4 6 5 10 14 14 2 5 7 8 20 -16 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 29 4 5 20 23 62 15 4 3 8 17 28 14 0 2 12 6 34 -39 17
15 Academica Clinceni 29 3 5 21 21 63 15 2 3 10 12 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -42 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 29 6 6 17 21 42 14 2 6 6 11 17 15 4 0 11 10 25 -21 10

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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.