CRAIOVA. SSC Farul managed to find the solution against Universitatea Craiova to win 2-1. I. Cojocaru was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Universitatea Craiova to strike first with an early goal of Ș. Baiaram at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 21′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ionuț Cojocaru gave the win to SSC Farul in the 45′ minute scoring a double.
The match was played at the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (Craiova) stadium in Craiova on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Marcel Bîrsan with the help of Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and George Florin Neacșu. The 4th official was Sorin Dan Vădana. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 24.24 degrees Celsius or 75.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 15 Total 15
- 4 On Target 9
- 9 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 117 Attack 99
- 73 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 9 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Universitatea Craiova was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. SSC Farul that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Universitatea Craiova was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, SSC Farul succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Universitatea Craiova shot 15 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, SSC Farul shot 15 times, 9 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Universitatea Craiova received 4 yellow cards (Mihai Căpățînă, Elvir Koljic, Nicuşor Bancu and Jovan Marković). Talking about the opposition, SSC Farul received 4 yellow cards (Mihai Popescu, D. Sîrbu, Diogo Queirós and Cristian Ganea).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Universitatea Craiova stays with 49 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, SSC Farul will has 43 points to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
Universitatea Craiova – Formation
Universitatea Craiova
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68'
4'
Universitatea Craiova started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov decided to play with the following team: Laurențiu Popescu , Mihai Căpățînă , D. Maldonado , Juraj Badelj , Nicuşor Bancu , Alexandru Creţu , Alexandru Mateiu , Anzor Mekvabishvili , Ș. Baiaram , Jovan Marković and Alexandru Mitriţă .
The home team had on the bench: Ștefan Vlădoiu , Andrei Ivan , Lyes Houri , Jalen Blesa, David Lazar, Basilio Ndong, Pyry Soiri, Elvir Koljic , Alexandru Cîmpanu, Gjoko Zajkov , Ș. Bană and Marian Danciu.
Substitutions
Universitatea Craiova made 5 changes: Alexandru Mateiu for Lyes Houri (46′), D. Maldonado for Gjoko Zajkov (56′), Alexandru Creţu for Ștefan Vlădoiu (66′), Jovan Marković for Andrei Ivan (57′) and Anzor Mekvabishvili for Elvir Koljic (78′).
Player of the match: Ș. Baiaram
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Universitatea Craiova was Ș. Baiaram.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11.
SSC Farul – Formation
SSC Farul
SSC Farul started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Gheorghe Hagi played with: Alexandru Buzbuchi , Ionuț Larie , Diogo Queirós , Gustavo Marins , Mihai Popescu , Ionuț Vînă , Constantin Grameni , Cristian Ganea , Narek Grigoryan , Louis Munteanu and Ionuț Cojocaru .
They had on the bench: G. Dănuleasă , Rivaldinho , Dragoș Nedelcu , Luca Andronache, D. Sîrbu , Carlo Casap, Ștefan Mușat, Darius Grosu, Nicolas Popescu, Luca Banu and A. Stoian .
Substitutions
SSC Farul made 5 changes: Narek Grigoryan for D. Sîrbu (66′), Gustavo Marins for Alexandru Stoian (66′), Cristian Ganea for G. Dănuleasă (46′), Ionuț Cojocaru for Rivaldinho (65′) and Louis Munteanu for Dragoș Nedelcu (75′).
Player of the match: Ionuț Cojocaru
The player that probably impressed the most for SSC Farul was Ionuț Cojocaru.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
