U Craiova 1948 perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. ASU Poli Timişoara can look both up and down from their 9th position.
- U Craiova 1948 have the the best goal difference (+15) in Liga 2
- ASU Poli Timişoara have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga 2
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Liga 2 games here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco for U Craiova 1948. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 290 minutes.
Craiova manager E. Trică and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mioveni in the Liga 2. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Scolar Resita.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Craiova have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
The manager E. Trică will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Csikszereda in only three days.
Craiova have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Ion Oblemenco with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Craiova have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga 2, on their Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
ASU Poli Timişoara have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 244 minutes ago. D. Codrea was the goal scorer.
Timişoara are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dunarea Calarasi. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Concordia Chiajna's place.
We have checked recent matches where Timişoara have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, three draws and zero defeats.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Timişoara have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was ASU Poli Timişoara - Craiova 0-0, played this season. U Craiova 1948-ASU Poli Timişoara H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Craiova zero wins, ASU Poli Timişoara one win, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Axente 8 goals |  I. Mera 3 goals | A. Ignea 3 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | ASU Poli Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 70% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 55% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 25% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 25% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 45% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 7.1 | 8.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 36% | 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 32% |
- ASU Poli Timişoara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ASU Poli Timişoara have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga 2
- ASU Poli Timişoara have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga 2
- ASU Poli Timişoara have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 have the the best goal difference (+15) in Liga 2
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Dunarea Calarasi | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 3 | Mioveni | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Csikszereda | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sirineasa | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | SSC Farul | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 31 |
| 11 | Metaloglobus | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 12 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 15 | Comuna Recea | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Unirea Slobozia | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Sporting Turnu | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 18 | Scolar Resita | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | CSM Slatina | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 13 |
| 21 | Aerostar Bacau | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 10 |