Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for ASU Poli Timişoara - U Craiova 1948!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga 2.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what ASU Poli Timişoara have to build on here at Stadionul Ştiinţa in the Liga 2.
The home team returns to Stadionul Ştiinţa after being equal after 90 minutes with Comuna Recea (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Liga 2 game ended 3-3. Before that, Timişoara drew at home versus Dunărea Călăraşi.
Timişoara salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Comuna Recea, trailing 1-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in A. Ignea equalizing. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
ASU Poli Timişoara has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively Timişoara have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 2 matches, U Craiova 1948, who have the most scored goals (22) in Liga 2, have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Craiova as they haven't lost any of their last 29 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Alexandria game have they lost an away game, meaning Craiova has taken points from 16 away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. U Craiova 1948 goalkeeper Robert Popa is eager to challenge this, with his 291 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Craiova played 0-0 against Aerostar Bacau in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Petrolul 52.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Craiova are regular goalscorers on their travels. In the opposite end, Craiova have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Axente 8 goals |  I. Mera 3 goals | A. Ignea 3 goals |
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| ASU Poli Timişoara | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 20% | 20% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 | 47 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 97 |
| 33 | 20 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 20 | 41 |
| 30% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 49% |
- ASU Poli Timişoara have not yet lost a game at home.
- ASU Poli Timişoara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- U Craiova 1948 has the most scored goals (22) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 has the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 have not yet lost a game.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- U Craiova 1948 is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Metaloglobus | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sporting Turnu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Rapid Bucuresti | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timişoara | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Csikszereda | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Sirineasa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Concordia Chiajna | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Comuna Recea | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | CSM Slatina | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacau | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 21 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -17 | 3 |