Evenly matched teams: Universitatea Craiova vs SSC Farul match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 20.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CFR, Craiova

The Universitatea Craiova & SSC Farul bosses Reghecampf and Hagi are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this key match in the higher area of the Liga 1 table.

Insights:
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most scored goals (55) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova as Universitatea Craiova have scored 30 goals to get 33 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 10-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Universitatea Craiova faced defeat in their previous match, away at CFR Cluj (1-2).

Erik lost again This is expected to be a close game, with Universitatea Craiova perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Universitatea Craiova as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Universitatea Craiova has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Universitatea have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SSC Farul form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of SSC Farul playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

SSC Farul had fun at their own home (Stadionul CFR, Craiova) last time out, beating Arges 1-0. Larie scored.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Voluntari.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by SSC Farul in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Farul, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

The visiting SSC Farul have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SSC Farul are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; SSC Farul - Universitatea 0-3. The referee had use for red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Petre (SSC Farul). Last three meetings involving these squads: Universitatea Craiova won two, SSC Farul were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
15 goals
Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
13 goals
Universitatea CraiovaJ. Markovic
J. Markovic
13 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
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
22 13 3 Won W 2 5 16
6 3 1 Drew D 0 5 8
11 3 2 Lost L 4 9 15
73 37 10 Scored S 5 20 46
37 12 7 Conceded C 6 17 33
97% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 90%
69% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 59%
51% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 11% 23%
33% 26% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 5% 10%
21% 26% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
44% 32% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 26% 21%
46% 63% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 32% 44%
13% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 46%
 
4.8 5.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.2 5.2
3.4 2.7 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.6 4.1
2.4 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.6 14.6 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 10.7
4.9 4.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 4.1
38% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 29%
 
7.5 7.1 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 8.8 9.1
2.9 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 (55) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the the best goal difference (+21) at home 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 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Targoviste 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

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 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Targoviste 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

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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.