On Sun Aug 7th, in week 4, U Craiova 1948 will play host to Universitatea Craiova in a clash of the Liga 1 in the anticipated Orhei derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed U Craiova 1948 is fresh off their 1-1 draw against FCSB. Joonas Tamm scored the first goal for FCSB in the 48th minute, then Compagno tied it up for U Craiova 1948 in the 60th minute squeezing out at least the one point for U Craiova 1948. U Craiova 1948 is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while universitatea Craiova sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Rapid Bucuresti. Alexandru Ioniță scored the first goal for Rapid Bucuresti in the 50th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Universitatea Craiova couldn’t muster any offence and Rapid Bucuresti ran away with the shutout win. Universitatea Craiova looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Universitatea Craiova won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Andrei Virgil Ivan and Gustavo Di Mauro have been the hottest scorers for Universitatea Craiova in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. U Craiova 1948 is fortunate enough to have Compagno in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.