📏 Form Guide

FC U Craiova

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FC U Craiova will be looking for an improved result here following a 4-1 Liga 1 Play Offs loss in their previous game against Botoșani.

In that match, FC U Craiova managed 46% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for FC U Craiova was Vladislav Blănuță (20'). On the other side, Botoșani got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Sebastian Mailat (75') and Eduard Florescu (90') scored for Botoșani.

It has been seldom in recent times where FC U Craiova haven’t conceded. In fact, FC U Craiova have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 12 goals on the way.

Dinamo Bucharest

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Dinamo Bucharest come into this match following on from a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs win as they beat CSM Politehnica Iași in their last outing.

In that match, Dinamo Bucharest had 63% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. On the other side, Politehnica Iași had 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The strike force from Dinamo Bucharest have had real problems scoring goals in their past six clashes, netting the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, Dinamoviștii have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 5. That trend might not be sustained into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/05/2011 shows that FC U Craiova have won 4 of these games and Dinamo Bucharest 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 from Studenții and 4 being from Dinamoviștii. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was Liga I match day 24 on 02/02/2024 which ended up with the score at FC U Craiova 2-1 Dinamo Bucharest.

In that game, FC U Craiova managed 46% possession and 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Yassine Bahassa (13') and Juan Bauza (52').

On the other side, Dinamo Bucharest got 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Dennis Politic (63') scored.

📰 Team News: FC U Craiova

The FC U Craiova manager Giovanni Constantino will be grateful not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash with a completely healthy group to choose from.

In our view, Studenții may well opt for a 4-4-2 system for this game, handing starts to Ion-Cristian Gurau, Gabriel Compagnucci, Rokas Lekiatas, Leo Lacroix, Andrea Padula, William Baeten, Vlad Achim, Constantin Albu, Sekou Sidibe, Jibril Ibrahim and Vladislav Blanuta.

ℹ️ Team News: Dinamo Bucharest

Owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Dinamo Bucharest boss Ovidiu Burcă does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash.

We believe Dinamoviștii seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation, starting the game with Adnan Golubovic, Razvan Patriche, Darko Velkovski, Josue Homawoo, Gabriel Moura, Domagoj Pavicic, Eddy Gnahore, Ionut Amzar, Hakim Abdallah, Goncalo Gregorio and Dennis Politic.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Dinamo Bucharest are likely to put a goal past this FC U Craiova outfit, but that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for FC U Craiova by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:01 20/04/2024