Another engrossing game in the Liga 1. Universitatea Craiova is in the 2nd place from playing five matches. They welcome UTA Arad who are placed 12th from four matches.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga 1
This ground uses the playing surface grass, unlike UTA Arad's home stadium. The previous 38 games by the guests on grass have resulted in 7 wins, 16 draws and 15 losses.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Universitatea Craiova's two home games in the Liga 1 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Complexul Sportiv Raional.
A good away victory last time out for Universitatea Craiova, who won 4-1 against CSM Iasi (placed 14th).
Before that, Universitatea Craiova had a home game versus Hermannstadt which ended with a victory 1-0.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Universitatea Craiova at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
UTA Arad form and stats
The Liga 1 season is young and UTA Arad have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Fábry scored in Arad's previous match, the home game against CSM Iasi that ended 1-0. That win felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without winning.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hermannstadt's place.{2 goals} so far away for UTA Arad, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these teams: Universitatea Craiova won six, UTA Arad triumphed in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 3 goals |  J. Markovic 2 goals | A. Crețu 1 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
UTA Arad missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | UTA Arad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 8.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 17 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 28% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 11.6 | 10.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 16.5 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
- UTA Arad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga 1
- UTA Arad have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Liga 1
| Universitatea Craiova | Last season | UTA Arad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 52 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 39 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 27 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 5% | 10% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 62% | ||
| 25% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12.3 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Rapid Bucuresti | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Petrolul 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Otelul | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | CSM Iasi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 15 | Botosani | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
