The Viitorul manager R. De La Barrera Fernández attacks this game with the team placed 13th so far. In the visitors dressing room Universitatea Craiova and their manager C. Bergodi are in 3rd place before this match.
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!
Viitorul form and stats
The first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Central resulted in a draw. Last season Viitorul's home game statistics were 5 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 7 games.
In their previous game, the manager R. De La Barrera Fernández led his Viitorul to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at FCSB. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Central. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus UTA Arad.
Viitorul has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Only one away game in the Liga 1 so far for Universitatea Craiova and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 1 loss from 4 travels.
193 minutes! That's how long the Universitatea goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Alexandru Cicâldău and Elvir Koljić scored in Universitatea's previous match, the home game against Astra that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lokomotivi Tbilisi's place.
It's early days yet, but Universitatea Craiova has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Viitorul won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Universitatea Craiova has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  E. Koljič 2 goals |   G. Iancu 1 goals | A. Cicâldău 1 goals |
Viitorul missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Viitorul | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 6.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| Viitorul | Last season | Universitatea Craiova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 69 | 47 | Scored | S | 25 | 58 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 57% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 17% | ||
| 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 63% | ||
| 28% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 17% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 23% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 523 | 311 | Total Shots | T S | 182 | 408 | ||
| 210 | 132 | Shots on Target | S O | 83 | 176 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Argeş | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 32 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | CSM Iaşi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 23 |