FC U Craiova vs Oţelul Galaţi Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

FC U Craiova

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FC U Craiova will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-1 Liga I success vs Dinamo Bucharest.

Matches involving FC U Craiova have proved to be exciting ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a grand total of 25 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 15 of these belonging to FC U Craiova. With no two games being the same, time will tell whether that pattern will be maintained in this next match.

Oţelul Galaţi

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In their previous fixture, Oţelul Galaţi drew 0-0 in the Liga I match with Rapid Bucharest.

In that game, Oţelul Galaţi had 43% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For their opponents, Rapid Bucureşti got 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Tibor Selymes's Oţelul Galaţi have converted 6 times throughout their most recent sextet of matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 6.

👥 Head to head

The previous league game between these clubs was Liga I match day 31 on 05/05/2011 when it ended Oţelul Galaţi 2-1 FC U Craiova.

📰 Team News: FC U Craiova

The FC U Craiova boss Adrian Mutu will be grateful to have no fitness concerns at all coming into this match thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Moses Abbey, Ionut Zanfir, Hristu Sofianu and Alexandru Voda.

We are thinking that Studenții may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Robert Dimitrie Popa, Gabriel Compagnucci, Leo Lacroix, Danny Henriques, Matheus Mascarenhas, Constantin Albu, Vlad Achim, Sekou Sidibe, William Baeten, Benjamin van Durmen and Aurelian Chitu.

ℹ️ Team News: Oţelul Galaţi

Owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the Oţelul Galaţi manager Tibor Selymes does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash.

It’s our belief that Oţelarii will likely play in a 4-3-3 formation, starting the game with Cosmin Dur-Bozoanca, Mihai Adascalitei, Diego Zivulic, Dragan Lovric, Milen Zhelev, Teles, Ariel Lopez, Juri Cisotti, Frederic Maciel, Alexandru Pop and Stefan Bodisteanu.

🔮 Prediction

Oţelul Galaţi may not find it easy to score goals against this FC U Craiova outfit who we think will score & stay on top.

We’re therefore expecting a good tussle with a 1-0 win for FC U Craiova at the end of the 90 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:26 17/09/2023