OVIDIU. SSC Farul conquers U Craiova 1948 1-0 after R. Deaconu scored just 1 goal (9′). U Craiova 1948 was definitely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Stadionul Central stadium in Ovidiu on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrei Moroiţă with the assistance of Romică Bîrdeș and Ionel Valentin Dumitru. The 4th official was Valentin Porumbel. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.78 degrees Celsius or 37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

U Craiova 1948 had a strong ball possession 63% while SSC Farul was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

U Craiova 1948 was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, SSC Farul was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

SSC Farul shot 22 times, 11 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, U Craiova 1948 shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SSC Farul received 2 yellow cards (Damien Dussaut and Cristian Ganea). Talking about the opposition, U Craiova 1948 received 4 yellow cards (Gabriel Compagnucci, William Baeten, Aurelian Chitu and Giovanni Costantino).

Standings

After this contest, SSC Farul has 36 points like CFR Cluj and Rapid Bucuresti to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, U Craiova 1948 will stays with 27 points like Otelul to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, SSC Farul will play away with FCSB on the 3rd of February with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of FCSB (0 draws).

U Craiova 1948 will host Dinamo Bucureşti on the 3rd of February with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of U Craiova 1948 (1 draw).

SSC Farul – Formation

SSC Farul started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gheorghe Hagi decided to play with the following team: Enes Sali, Alexandru Buzbuchi (7.0), Damien Dussaut (7.7), Ionut Larie (7.9), Mihai Popescu (7.7), David Kiki (7.3), Ronaldo Deaconu (7.9), Diogo Queirós (7.5), Constantin Grameni (7.5), Constantin Budescu (7.7), Louis Munteanu (7.7) and Rivaldinho (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ionut Vina (7.9), Kevin Boli (6.7), Narek Grigoryan (7.5), Cristian Ganea (6.4), Gabriel Danuleasa, Dragos Nedelcu (6.8), Luca Andronache, Ionuț Cojocaru, Stefan Musat, Gustavo Marins, Darius Grosu and Nicolas Popescu.

Substitutions

SSC Farul made 5 changes: Constantin Budescu for Narek Grigoryan (56′), Constantin Grameni for Ionut Vina (56′), Rivaldinho for Cristian Ganea (72′), Diogo Queirós for Dragos Nedelcu (62′) and David Kiki for Kevin Boli (62′).

Player of the match: Ronaldo Deaconu​

The player that probably impressed the most for SSC Farul was Ronaldo Deaconu.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 24 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

U Craiova 1948 – Formation

U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Giovanni Costantino played with: Ionut Gurau (9.7), Radu Negru (6.4), Gabriel Compagnucci (6.7), Léo Lacroix (7.7), Andrea Padula (7.0), Vlad Achim (7.7), Dragos Albu (6.7), William Baeten (6.8), Juan Bauza (7.3), Alexandru Blidar (6.6), Aurelian Chitu (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Amar Kvakic (6.4), Jibril Ibrahim, Matheus Mascarenhas (6.8), Vlad Pop, Mario Ilie, Robert Popa, Sekou Sidibe (6.8), Samuel Asamoah and Vladislav Blanuta (6.8).

U Craiova 1948 could not rely on the presence of Amar Kvakic (injured).

Substitutions

U Craiova 1948 made 4 changes: Alexandru Blidar for Vladislav Blanuta (46′), William Baeten for Sekou Sidibe (72′), Gabriel Compagnucci for Amar Kvakic (88′) and Andrea Padula for Matheus Mascarenhas (88′).

Player of the match: Ionut Gurau​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for U Craiova 1948 was the goalkeeper: Ionut Gurau. His rating is 9.69. He performed 10 saves.

Results of the day

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

• SSC Farul – U Craiova 1948 – 1-0