📏 Form Guide
Universitatea Craiova WDDLWL ⚖
Universitatea Craiova will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-2 Conference League losing effort in their last game against AEK Athens.
In that game, Universitatea Craiova managed 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Universitatea Craiova, the scorers were Ștefan Baiaram (30') and Alexandru Cicâldău (59'). AEK Athens got 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Domagoj Vida (65'), Dereck Kutesa (98') and Luka Jović (104') scored for AEK Athens.
Over their prior 6 fixtures, Filipe Coelho's Universitatea Craiova have hit the target a total of 7 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 1.17.
Miercurea Ciuc LLWLLL 📉
Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against CFR Cluj in Liga I competition, Miercurea Ciuc will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Miercurea Ciuc had 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. On the other side, CFR Cluj had 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Andrei Cordea (6', 46', 90') scored for CFR Cluj.
In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Miercurea Ciuc, three or more goals have been struck. The average number of goals per game in that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for Miercurea Ciuc equalling 0.67.
↔️ Head to head
The last league game featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 6 on 17/08/2025 which ended up with the score at Miercurea Ciuc 1-2 Universitatea Craiova.
In that match, Miercurea Ciuc had 44% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target.
For their opponents, Universitatea Craiova got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Silviu Lung Jr. (3' Own goal) and Steven Nsimba (11', 69') scored.
🗞️ Team News: Universitatea Craiova
It seems likely that Studenţii will possibly opt for a 3-5-2 formation this time, utilising Pavlo Isenko, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Nikola Stevanovic, Vladimir Screciu, Carlos Mora, Alexandru Cicaldau, David Matei, Anzor Mekvabishvili, Nicusor Bancu, Assad Al Hamlawi and Stefan Baiaram.
🗞️ Team News: Miercurea Ciuc
Thanks to a mainly available group, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Miercurea Ciuc manager to be concerned with. Jozef Dolny (Knee injury) misses out for this game. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Bence Végh and Benjamin Babati.
It’s our belief that Miercurea Ciuc might make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Eduard Pap, Peter Gal-Andrezly, Maks Juraj Celic, Raul Palmes, Lorand Paszka, Attila Csuros, Szilard Veres, Anderson Ceara, Efraim Bodo, Szabolcs Dusinszki and Szabolcs Szalay.
🧠 Prediction
It looks to us like Miercurea Ciuc will need to play some great football to be scoring even one goal against a Universitatea Craiova side who will most probably dominate this game and keep it tight in defence.
We’re going for a comprehensive 3-0 margin for Universitatea Craiova at the end of the game.
Andre Moura, 12:00 22/12/2025