A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Universitatea Craiova and Voluntari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco. 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Universitatea Craiova here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Universitatea Craiova lost their last game at Astra (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Botosani.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Universitatea Craiova home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Universitatea Craiova in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Universitatea Craiova are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-6 (10 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Voluntari, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The FCSB game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Voluntari failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 1 home match vs Viitorul (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gaz Metan Mediaş wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Voluntari played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
The attacking power of Voluntari when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. For Voluntari, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Voluntari - Universitatea Craiova 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 7 Universitatea Craiova victories, 2 draws and 1 Voluntari win. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Cicâldău 5 goals |  N. Bancu 3 goals |  M. Roman 3 goals |
Universitatea Craiova missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Universitatea Craiova | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 29 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 63% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 63% |
| 25% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 50% | 26% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 11% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 47% |
| 25% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 53% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 225 | 121 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 87 | 183 |
| 83 | 50 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 33 | 66 |
| 35% | 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 21% | 18% |
- Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored more than double the goals of Voluntari.
- Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Voluntari has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Voluntari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Astra | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 38 |
| 3 | Viitorul | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | FCSB | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Botosani | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | CSM Iaşi | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -13 | 19 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 8 |
| 15 | Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Crisul Chisineu Cris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |