On Monday Mar 7th, in week 30, SSC Farul will travel to Craiova to battle Universitatea Craiova in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 3rd placed Universitatea Craiova is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Mioveni. Jovan Markovic struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the 25th minute, then Jovan Markovic added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Gustavo Di Mauro At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mioveni couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win. Universitatea Craiova should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, SSC Farul recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Botoşani. Dragoș Nedelcu struck first for SSC Farul in the 15th minute, then Bradley de Nooijer added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Alexi Pitu In the end, Botoşani was frustrated by SSC Farul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. SSC Farul ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches SSC Farul should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Universitatea Craiova and SSC Farul last played eachother at the Stadionul Farul on the 7th of November. SSC Farul was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Adrian Petre struck first for SSC Farul in the 77th 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 SSC Farul ran away with the shutout win.
Jefté Betancor has been the most prolific scorer on SSC Farul in his last five matches with three goals. Both George Alexandru and Gustavo Di Mauro have been the hottest scorers for Universitatea Craiova in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.