Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates U Craiova 1948 and Dunărea Călăraşi in quality

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (2000 seats)

It's still early in the Liga 2 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the U Craiova 1948 - Dunărea Călăraşi preview!

The hosts Craiova saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ripensia Timisoara, was also a home game here at Stadionul Municipal. The away team is better rested.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

U Craiova 1948 have only played one Liga 2 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 8 matches. The U Craiova 1948 fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul Municipal and will expect new points from this game. U Craiova 1948 has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Craiova has a nice streak going on as they have played 22 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the CS U Craiova II defeat 498 days ago.

The U Craiova 1948 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ripensia Timisoara in Liga 2 and win 4-1. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Csikszereda the opponent.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the U Craiova 1948 at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga 2, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 12 matches.

264 minutes! That's how long the Dunărea Călăraşi goalkeeper Stefan Krell and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Călăraşi won their last game, 3-0 versus Comuna Recea played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at CSM Slatina.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Dunărea Călăraşi in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Călăraşi, five draws and three defeats.

1 goal so far away for Dunărea Călăraşi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Dunărea CălăraşiG. Rusu
G. Rusu
9 goals
Dunărea CălăraşiB. Şandru
B. Şandru
4 goals

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Dunărea Călăraşi missing players

U Craiova 1948 Dunărea Călăraşi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 4 0 Scored S 0 1 4
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.5
3.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 6.5
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
25 10 0 Total Shots T S 0 10 20
10 5 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 9
50% 80% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 44%
U Craiova 1948 Last season Dunărea Călăraşi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
16 8   Played P   12 24
13 5   Won W   3 9
3 3   Drew D   4 7
0 0   Lost L   5 8
40 20   Scored S   13 32
9 4   Conceded C   17 32
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 83%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 50%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 29%
31% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
38% 38%   BTTS BTTS   58% 62%
62% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 17%
6% 12%   Failed to Score F T   33% 25%
 
7.5 9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.7
2.6 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5
1.5 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
123 39   Total Shots T S   112 223
59 14   Shots on Target S O   49 91
32% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dunărea Călăraşi 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Rapid Bucuresti 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 SSC Farul 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 U Craiova 1948 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
5 Concordia Chiajna 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Csikszereda 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 ASU Poli Timisoara 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Petrolul 52 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
9 Universitatea Cluj 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Şirineaşa 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 Unirea Slobozia 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
12 SCM Gloria Buzau 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Mioveni 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Metaloglobus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
15 Sporting Turnu 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 CSM Slatina 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
18 Aerostar Bacău 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Ripensia Timisoara 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Comuna Recea 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
21 Şcolar Reşiţa 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 U Craiova 1948 16 13 3 0 40 9 8 5 3 0 20 4 8 8 0 0 20 5 31 42
2 Soimii Lipova 17 9 5 3 35 15 9 6 2 1 22 5 8 3 3 2 13 10 20 32
3 Crisul Chisineu Cris 17 9 4 4 24 19 9 6 2 1 13 6 8 3 2 3 11 13 5 31
4 Progresul Pecica 17 8 5 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 22 11 8 3 3 2 6 7 10 29
5 Horezu 16 8 3 5 22 15 8 7 0 1 16 5 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 27
6 Dumbravita 17 7 5 5 35 23 8 4 1 3 17 9 9 3 4 2 18 14 12 26
7 Hunedoara 17 8 2 7 34 31 8 4 1 3 18 14 9 4 1 4 16 17 3 26
8 Ghiroda 17 7 3 7 32 25 9 5 2 2 22 12 8 2 1 5 10 13 7 24
9 Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei 17 6 6 5 31 29 9 2 4 3 15 18 8 4 2 2 16 11 2 24
10 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 17 5 8 4 26 20 8 3 4 1 11 7 9 2 4 3 15 13 6 23
11 Viitorul Daesti 17 6 5 6 38 39 8 3 3 2 17 15 9 3 2 4 21 24 -1 23
12 Cetate Deva 17 5 6 6 19 19 8 2 2 4 8 12 9 3 4 2 11 7 0 21
13 ACS Poli Timisoara 17 5 2 10 20 35 9 4 1 4 13 14 8 1 1 6 7 21 -15 17
14 Filiasi 16 4 3 9 24 36 8 2 2 4 13 16 8 2 1 5 11 20 -12 15
15 National Sebis 27 4 2 21 20 72 13 2 1 10 10 34 14 2 1 11 10 38 -52 14
16 Gilortul 16 3 2 11 14 37 8 3 2 3 10 13 8 0 0 8 4 24 -23 11
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 UTA Arad 24 16 5 3 55 13 12 11 1 0 31 1 12 5 4 3 24 12 42 53
2 Sporting Turnu 23 12 6 5 39 25 11 7 4 0 21 9 12 5 2 5 18 16 14 42
3 Arges 24 11 8 5 36 25 12 6 4 2 20 14 12 5 4 3 16 11 11 41
4 Petrolul 52 24 11 8 5 26 20 12 6 4 2 14 6 12 5 4 3 12 14 6 41
5 Metaloglobus 24 11 7 6 31 22 12 7 3 2 16 4 12 4 4 4 15 18 9 40
6 Mioveni 23 10 9 4 36 22 12 5 4 3 21 15 11 5 5 1 15 7 14 39
7 Rapid Bucuresti 23 10 7 6 32 20 12 6 4 2 16 7 11 4 3 4 16 13 12 37
8 Dunărea Călăraşi 25 10 7 8 35 32 13 7 3 3 22 15 12 3 4 5 13 17 3 37
9 SCM Gloria Buzau 24 10 6 8 37 27 12 6 3 3 23 12 12 4 3 5 14 15 10 36
10 Şirineaşa 23 10 6 7 32 25 12 6 3 3 17 13 11 4 3 4 15 12 7 36
11 SSC Farul 23 9 6 8 27 20 11 9 1 1 21 5 12 0 5 7 6 15 7 33
12 ASU Poli Timisoara 23 8 8 7 20 13 12 4 6 2 9 4 11 4 2 5 11 9 7 32
13 Ripensia Timisoara 24 7 10 7 35 36 12 5 3 4 21 17 12 2 7 3 14 19 -1 31
14 Universitatea Cluj 23 5 12 6 29 26 11 3 6 2 16 11 12 2 6 4 13 15 3 27
15 Concordia Chiajna 23 7 6 10 21 30 12 7 3 2 15 12 11 0 3 8 6 18 -9 27
16 Csikszereda 24 6 7 11 18 33 12 4 6 2 14 15 12 2 1 9 4 18 -15 25
17 Şcolar Reşiţa 23 6 6 11 30 36 11 4 2 5 16 20 12 2 4 6 14 16 -6 24
18 Sportul Snagov 24 2 3 19 16 62 12 2 2 8 12 29 12 0 1 11 4 33 -46 9
19 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 23 1 5 17 10 53 11 0 4 7 3 19 12 1 1 10 7 34 -43 8
20 Juventus Bucuresti 13 2 0 11 8 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 3 21 -25 6

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.