In this week 26 match on Feb 14th, Universitatea Craiova plays host to U Craiova 1948 in a clash of the Liga 1 in the anticipated Craiova derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Universitatea Craiova sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-1 blowout win against Dinamo Bucureşti. George Alexandru scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 9th minute, then Andrei Virgil Ivan added another in the 45th minute on a penalty kick. Universitatea Craiova is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed U Craiova 1948 is fresh off their 3-2 win against Botoşani. Claudiu Cristian Balan struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 15th minute on a feed from Benjamin van Durmen, but Mihai Roman II got the equalizer for Botoşani in the 17th minute , but luckily for U Craiova 1948 it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. U Craiova 1948 is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Oct 3rd, U Craiova 1948 hosted Universitatea Craiova at the Paksi Fc Stadion in their last match together. Universitatea Craiova was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Dan Nicolae Nistor scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 47th minute, then Baiaram added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Dan Nicolae Nistor At the end of 90 a dissapointed U Craiova 1948 couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win.
U Craiova 1948 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Compagno and Balan each having 2 goals in their last 5. Both Elvir Koljic and Gustavo Di Mauro have been the hottest scorers for Universitatea Craiova in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.