In this 28th week match, on Saturday Feb 26th, Gaz Metan Mediaş plays host to U Craiova 1948 in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Gaz Metan Mediaş recorded a 0-4 loss against Dinamo Bucureşti. Mirko Ivanovski struck first for Dinamo Bucureşti in the 20th minute on a feed from Cosmin Gabriel Matei, then Bordusanu added another in the 38th minute on a feed from Antoni Ivanov At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gaz Metan Mediaş couldn’t manage to score, and Dinamo Bucureşti took the shutout win. Gaz Metan Mediaş looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 13th placed U Craiova 1948 is fresh off their 1-1 draw against UTA Arad. Andrea Compagno struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 56th minute, then Easton Ongaro tied it up for UTA Arad in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. U Craiova 1948 is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
U Craiova 1948 and Gaz Metan Mediaş last played eachother at the Paksi Fc Stadion on Oct 22nd. U Craiova 1948 was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Claudiu Cristian Balan struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 47th minute, then Alexandru Raicea added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Gaz Metan Mediaş couldn’t muster any offence and U Craiova 1948 ran away with the shutout win.
U Craiova 1948 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Claudiu Cristian Balan and Andrea Compagno each having 2 goals in their last five. Christian Irobiso and Mihai Daniel Lixandru are the top scorers for Gaz Metan Mediaş in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.