On Fri Oct 28th, in week 16, U Craiova 1948 will host SSC Farul at Paksi Fc Stadion in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, U Craiova 1948 recorded a 1-1 draw against Hermannstadt. Yassine Bahassa scored the first goal for U Craiova 1948 in the 51st minute, then in the 82nd minute, Mihai Butean sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Daniel Paraschiv earning Hermannstadt a comeback draw. U Craiova 1948 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 1st placed SSC Farul is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Rapid Bucuresti. Denis Alibec struck first for SSC Farul in the 20th minute on a feed from Constantin Grameni, then Cristian Săpunaru tied it up for Rapid Bucuresti in the 52nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Rapid Bucuresti. SSC Farul is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches.
On Sun Jul 17th, SSC Farul hosted U Craiova 1948 at the Stadionul Farul in their last match together. SSC Farul won by a score of 2 to 1. Constantin Grameni struck first for SSC Farul in the 3rd minute, then Andrei Artean added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Alexi Pitu.
SSC Farul is glad to have Denis Alibec in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. U Craiova 1948 hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are George Ganea and Vlad Achim, and they each have 1 goal.