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Oţelul

Vs

Universitatea Craiova

Since 24/07/2023

OŢE wins

Draws

UC wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

5 Oţelul · 8 Universi…

Goals per game

1.86

both sides combined

Over 1.5

57%

of meetings

Over 2.5

29%

of meetings

BTTS

57%

of meetings

Last meeting

1-1

16 Aug 2026

Next game

19 Dec

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Oţelul vs Universitatea Craiova: the head-to-head

The most recent clash between Oţelul and Universitatea Craiova ended in a 1-1 draw, a result that underscores how evenly matched the two sides have become since the record began in 2023. In the seven meetings that make up this history, Universitatea Craiova has edged Oţelul with three wins to one, while three games have finished level. The aggregate score shows Oţelul netting five goals against Universitatea Craiova’s eight, giving an average of 1.86 goals per game. Over half of the encounters (57%) produced at least two goals, and almost a third (29%) saw three or more goals, with both teams scoring in 57% of the matches. The most recent 1-1 draw was played on 16 August 2026 in Oţelul’s home ground. Oţelul’s home record stands at one win, two draws and one loss from four games, whereas away they have yet to win, recording one draw and two defeats from three outings. The next face-off is scheduled for 19 December 2026.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Universitatea Craiova vs Oţelul

Saturday 19 December 2026 · Romania - Liga I

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01Head-to-head record⚖

Oţelul

Universitatea Craiova

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 7 games between these two clubs

14%

win %

43%

1.86

avg goals

1.86

57%

over 1.5 %

57%

29%

over 2.5 %

29%

14%

over 3.5 %

14%

0.71

scored

1.14

conceded

0.71

57%

btts

57%

29%

clean sheet

29%

7.86

corners

7.86

5.29

cards

5.29

Top three rows are this fixture: 7 meetings, 1 to Oţelul, 3 drawn, 3 to Universitatea Craiova, at 1.86 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Oţelul

Won at home

25%

1 of 4 home meetings

Won away

0 of 3 away meetings

Drawn

43%

3 of 7 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Universitatea Craiova

Won at home

67%

2 of 3 home meetings

Won away

25%

1 of 4 away meetings

Drawn

43%

3 of 7 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Oţelul
16 Aug 2026	Romania - Liga I	Oţelul	1-1	Universitatea Craiova	D	view
05 Feb 2026	Romania - Liga I	Universitatea Craiova	1-0	Oţelul	L	view
20 Sep 2025	Romania - Liga I	Oţelul	1-0	Universitatea Craiova	W	view
14 Feb 2025	Romania - Liga I	Universitatea Craiova	2-1	Oţelul	L	view
05 Oct 2024	Romania - Liga I	Oţelul	1-1	Universitatea Craiova	D	view
26 Nov 2023	Romania - Liga I	Oţelul	1-3	Universitatea Craiova	L	view
24 Jul 2023	Romania - Liga I	Universitatea Craiova	0-0	Oţelul	D	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Oţelul · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.4

Avg scored

1.8

Avg conceded

1.6

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.23 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.37	1.50	1.73	1.27	1.00	1.73
vs Stronger (6)	0.67	2.00	1.33	2.00	0.00	2.00
vs Similar (22)	1.55	1.41	1.82	1.00	1.27	1.82
vs Weaker (2)	1.50	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	0.00
Clean sheet %	27% (-2pp vs league)

Universitatea Craiova · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

2.4

Avg scored

1.5

Avg conceded

0.9

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.23 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.37	0.87	2.07	0.71	0.75	1.00
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (20)	1.05	1.00	2.00	0.75	0.42	1.17
vs Weaker (10)	2.00	0.60	2.17	0.67	1.75	0.50
Clean sheet %	40% (+11pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Oţelul

WWWDDLDLWD

Last 10: 18 scored, 16 conceded.

Universitatea Craiova

WDLWDDWLDW

Last 10: 15 scored, 9 conceded.

Oţelul

Home · last 10

LLWWDWWDDW

5 won · 15 scored, 12 conceded

Away · last 10

WLLLDWDLLD

2 won · 13 scored, 22 conceded

Universitatea Craiova

Home · last 10

WWWWDWLWDW

7 won · 24 scored, 7 conceded

Away · last 10

DDDLLDDLDW

1 won · 6 scored, 11 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Oţelul

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored50% / 50%

Conceded0% / 100%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 31-45'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 7 meetings have goal timings on record. See Oţelul's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Universitatea Craiova

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored0% / 100%

Conceded50% / 50%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 3 games. Most goals land in 46-60'.

From this fixture only: 3 of 7 meetings have goal timings on record. See Universitatea Craiova's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	Dinamo Bucuresti	7	14	57%	2.0	14	5	+9	2.7	71%	43%	29%	8.4	14%	5.3	57%	22.0	57%	20	8	5	7	2.0	0.7	56%
2	Rapid	7	12	43%	1.7	8	4	+4	1.7	57%	14%	14%	11.1	57%	5.9	57%	21.9	43%	30	14	3	12	1.1	0.6	50%
3	Petrolul Ploiesti	7	12	57%	1.7	7	10	-3	2.4	57%	43%	29%	8.9	29%	5.9	57%	24.4	71%	6	1	2	3	1.0	1.4	42%
4	Universitatea Craiova	7	11	43%	1.6	14	9	+5	3.3	86%	57%	57%	7.7	14%	5.3	86%	20.3	29%	37	14	10	13	2.0	1.3	60%
5	FCSB	7	11	43%	1.6	10	8	+2	2.6	71%	43%	43%	11.0	57%	4.3	71%	25.6	100%	26	12	4	11	1.4	1.1	58%
6	Corvinul Hunedoara	7	10	29%	1.4	8	4	+4	1.7	71%	29%	0%	8.3	29%	4.7	67%	24.0	57%	7	3	1	3	1.1	0.6	44%
7	Farul Constanta	7	10	29%	1.4	10	8	+2	2.6	86%	43%	29%	8.4	43%	5.0	86%	22.0	43%	11	4	2	4	1.4	1.1	48%
8	Oţelul	7	10	29%	1.4	9	8	+1	2.4	71%	43%	29%	8.9	43%	4.1	57%	24.7	71%	7	2	1	4	1.3	1.1	55%
9	Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe	7	10	29%	1.4	4	3	+1	1.0	29%	0%	0%	10.4	43%	4.3	71%	23.4	57%	6	2	1	2	0.6	0.4	49%
10	Arges Pitesti	7	10	43%	1.4	4	5	-1	1.3	29%	0%	0%	8.4	43%	5.3	71%	24.0	57%	13	4	3	6	0.6	0.7	44%
11	CFR 1907 Cluj	6	9	50%	1.5	11	10	+1	3.5	83%	83%	50%	9.7	50%	2.3	17%	21.7	50%	14	8	2	4	1.8	1.7	55%
12	Universitatea Cluj	6	9	50%	1.5	9	9	+0	3.0	83%	83%	17%	9.3	33%	5.2	67%	23.2	50%	17	7	4	5	1.5	1.5	57%
13	FC Botosani	7	7	14%	1.0	7	8	-1	2.1	57%	43%	29%	11.0	57%	7.5	100%	26.1	86%	9	4	2	3	1.0	1.1	53%
14	Uta Arad	7	6	14%	0.9	6	10	-4	2.3	57%	57%	43%	8.7	43%	4.6	86%	28.0	86%	8	4	1	4	0.9	1.4	46%
15	FC Voluntari	7	5	14%	0.7	7	18	-11	3.6	86%	86%	71%	8.1	29%	3.7	50%	21.4	57%	6	2	1	3	1.0	2.6	41%
16	Csikszereda	7	1	0%	0.1	4	13	-9	2.4	57%	43%	29%	7.4	29%	5.5	83%	29.1	100%	6	2	1	3	0.6	1.9	42%

Romania - Liga I 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Romania - Liga I stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

OţelulUniversitatea Craiova

€7.0m

squad value

€37.2m

€11.5m

attack

€39.5m

€2.0m

midfield

€14.6m

€18.6m

defence

€50.0m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Universitatea Craiova carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Oţelul

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
09 May	vs Farul Constanta	3-2	W
18 May	@ Petrolul Ploiesti	5-1	W
18 Jul	vs CFR 1907 Cluj	2-1	W
24 Jul	@ Uta Arad	2-2	D
31 Jul	vs Dinamo Bucuresti	1-1	D
09 Aug	@ Petrolul Ploiesti	0-1	L
16 Aug	vs Universitatea Craiova	1-1	D
19 Aug	@ Concordia	1-5	L
24 Aug	vs Arges Pitesti	1-0	W
28 Aug	@ FC Voluntari	2-2	D

Universitatea Craiova

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
01 Aug	vs Petrolul Ploiesti	4-0	W
06 Aug	@ KuPS	1-1	D
09 Aug	vs Arges Pitesti	0-1	L
13 Aug	vs KuPS	2-1	W
16 Aug	@ Oţelul	1-1	D
20 Aug	vs Ararat-Armenia	1-1	D
23 Aug	vs FC Voluntari	3-1	W
27 Aug	@ Ararat-Armenia	0-1	L
31 Aug	@ Rapid	1-1	D
03 Sep	@ FC Bacau	2-1	W