The Liga 1 overall standings tell a tale about these sides so far, with Universitatea Craiova leading UTA Arad by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
- Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Liga 1
Universitatea's stadium, Stadionul CFR, Craiova, has a grass surface. UTA Arad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for UTA Arad when playing on grass; 9 wins, 14 draws and 15 losses from 38 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 38.
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!
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova have performed here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova this season with 10 wins from 14 Liga 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. After failing to beat U Craiova 1948 here at Stadionul CFR, Craiova, Universitatea Craiova has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Iulian-Laurentiu Popescu not having conceded a league goal in 220 minutes.
It's back home for Universitatea Craiova, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Petrolul 52 away with the result 1-0. Ivan found the net in that victory.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arges in a game that was won 1-0.It should be noted that a look at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
A decent goal production from Universitatea in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Universitatea Craiova have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
UTA Arad form and stats
UTA Arad have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-5-8 (14 played).
UTA Arad had fun at their own home (Stadionul CFR, Craiova) last time out, beating FCSB 3-1. Postolachi and Ubbink scored. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league games without victory.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CFR Cluj wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Observe! Both sides have scored in 18 of this club's latest 23 league matches.
The attacking power of Arad when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, UTA Arad have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended UTA Arad - Universitatea 1-2, played this season. Previous nine meetings featuring these squads: Universitatea Craiova won five, UTA Arad triumphed in three and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 10 goals |   V. Postolachi 6 goals | A. Crețu 5 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 35 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| 26 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 90% |
| 59% | 64% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 79% |
| 31% | 36% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 48% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 66% |
| 34% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11.7 | 13.7 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 26% |
| 8.9 | 7.4 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- UTA Arad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- UTA Arad have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the fewest points (8) away in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals at home as UTA Arad have scored away.
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 61 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 60 |
| 3 | FCSB | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 54 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 52 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 51 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Petrolul 52 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 33 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 27 |
| 15 | Arges | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 21 |
