Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Petrolul 52 & U Craiova 1948 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
Petrolul 52 was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Romania Cup.The story so far in the Liga 1 for Petrolul 52 at their home stadium (Stadionul Ilie Oană) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Petrolul 52's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Universitatea Cluj. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Petrolul lost 0-2 at Sepsi's place.Petrolul 52 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Petrolul 52 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the round of 16.There's been little loot from U Craiova 1948's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Craiova play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Universitatea Craiova.
A 0-2 loss hosting FCSB before that.U Craiova 1948 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Craiova have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Petrolul 52-U Craiova 1948 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Petrolul 52 one win, U Craiova 1948 two wins, zero draws. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  G. Grozav 5 goals |  C. Irobiso 5 goals |   S. Sidibe 3 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Petrolul 52 | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 31 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | ||
| 10.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 12 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Arges | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
