Universitatea Craiova vs Petrolul Ploiesti — Liga I 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 5+ matches
Universitatea Craiova57%
Petrolul Ploiesti20%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Universitatea Craiova creates 83% more chances
Season form · 9 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over56
- Under44
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes55
- No45
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Universitatea Craiova ↓
Most likely 1–0 (10%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Universitatea Craiova at home — creates 2.10, concedes 1.27 · 9 matches
Petrolul Ploiesti away — creates 0.80, concedes 1.69 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Universitatea Craiova attack 2.10 + Petrolul Ploiesti defence 1.69 → ÷2 → 1.90
Petrolul Ploiesti attack 0.80 + Universitatea Craiova defence 1.27 → ÷2 → 1.04
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 57%?"
Universitatea Craiova at 57% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 57% does not mean "Universitatea Craiova will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Universitatea Craiova host Petrolul Ploiesti on Sunday, 22 October 2023 at 15:00. The match is part of the Liga I 2026/2027 season.
Liga I: Universitatea Craiova 1–3 Petrolul Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti beat Universitatea Craiova 3-1 in Liga I on October 22, 2023.
Goals: A. Musi (57'), G. Grozav (70'), J. Kurtič (74' pen), Marian Huja (90+1').
Universitatea Craiova controlled possession (50%) and registered 12 shots to 9.
The match was played at Complex Sportiv Craiova in Craiova.