CRAIOVA. U Craiova 1948 defeated Sepsi to win 2-1. A goal from L. Lacroix was decisive in the 90min. It was U Craiova 1948 to strike first with a goal of Vladislav Blanuta at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Léo Lacroix gave the win to U Craiova 1948 in the 90′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (Craiova) stadium in Craiova on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Rareș George Vidican with the support of Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe and Andrei Gabriel Constantinescu. The 4th official was Iuliana Elena Demetrescu. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.61 degrees Celsius or 40.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

U Craiova 1948 was in firm control of the ball 55% while Sepsi was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

U Craiova 1948 was putting more pressure with 95 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why U Craiova 1948 won the match​.

U Craiova 1948 shot 18 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Sepsi shot 9 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

U Craiova 1948 received 2 yellow cards (Yassine Bahassa and Matheus Mascarenhas). On the other side, Sepsi received 1 yellow card (Adnan Aganović).

Standings

After this encounter, U Craiova 1948 will have 18 points to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Sepsi will stay with 20 points like Otelul and Voluntari to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, U Craiova 1948 will host CSM Iaşi on the 28th of February with a 0-0 head to head record.

Sepsi will play away agasint Botoşani on the 28th of February with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Botoşani (6 draws).

U Craiova 1948 – Formation

U Craiova 1948 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Giovanni Costantino decided to play with the following team: Radu Negru, Ionut Gurau (7.0), Andrea Padula (6.7), Gabriel Compagnucci (7.0), Léo Lacroix (8.1), Matheus Mascarenhas (7.7), Vlad Achim (7.0), Benjamin Van Durmen (6.7), William Baeten (7.5), Aurelian Chitu (7.5), Yassine Bahassa (7.1) and Vladislav Blanuta (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dragos Albu (6.7), Sekou Sidibe (7.0), Sorin Mogosanu, Jibril Ibrahim, Juan Bauza (6.6), Danny Henriques, Alexandru Blidar, Vlad Pop and Gabriel Buta.

Substitutions

U Craiova 1948 made 3 changes: William Baeten for Juan Bauza (63′), Vlad Achim for Dragos Albu (75′) and Yassine Bahassa for Sekou Sidibe (74′).

Player of the match: Léo Lacroix​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for U Craiova 1948 was Léo Lacroix.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 41 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 2.

Sepsi – Formation

Also Sepsi adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Liviu Ciobotariu played with: Florin Stefan, Denis Florin Renta, Roland Niczuly (7.7), Denis Ciobotariu (7.5), Mihai Bălașa (7.0), Branislav Niňaj (6.8), Bogdan Oteliță (6.8), Isnik Alimi (7.5), Ion Gheorghe (7.3), Marius Ștefănescu (7.0), Cosmin Matei (8.1) and Adnan Aganović (7.0), Pavol Šafranko (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dinu Moldovan, Ákos Kecskés, Jonathan Rodriguez (6.6), Nicolae Păun (6.6), Vitalie Damaşcan (6.7), Darius Oroian, Sherif Kallaku, Roland Varga (6.8) and Mario Rondon (6.4).

Substitutions

Sepsi made 5 changes: Pavol Šafranko for Mario Rondon (77′), Adnan Aganović for Vitalie Damaşcan (63′), Isnik Alimi for Jonathan Rodriguez (77′), Ion Gheorghe for Nicolae Păun (77′) and Marius Ștefănescu for Roland Varga (83′).

Player of the match: Cosmin Matei​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sepsi was Cosmin Matei.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 36 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• Rapid Bucuresti – Universitatea Cluj – 2-3
• U Craiova 1948 – Sepsi – 2-1