Match details. UEFA Conference League, League Stage - 1. Kick-off is Thu 15 Oct, 17:45 Lagos time. It is played at Complex Sportiv Craiova. The referee is D. Smajc.
What's at stake. CS Universitatea Craiova are 33rd on 0 points after 0 games, level on points with Kauno Žalgiris, level on points with FC Iberia 1999. A win would take them above Kauno Žalgiris. Getafe are 11th on 0 points after 0 games, level on points with Twente, level on points with KuPS. A win would take them above Twente.
Form. CS Universitatea Craiova have won six, drawn three and lost one of their last ten, 2.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W W W. Getafe have won three, drawn two and lost five of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W L D D. In this competition Getafe have gone L W.
The numbers. CS Universitatea Craiova score 1.9 and concede 0.6 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets. CS Universitatea Craiova average 20.7 shots (8.0 on target), 5.6 corners and 1.7 cards a game, with 56% of the ball. Getafe score 0.2 and concede two a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and four games without a goal. Getafe average 11.1 shots (2.8 on target), 4.2 corners and 4.2 cards a game, with 36% of the ball.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 30% against the records' 72%. On goals, their xG points to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 44%.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their xG points to an open game.
The read. No firm call: CS Universitatea Craiova are the better side, but not at this price. A draw is live. A tight game. Their goals for and against make CS Universitatea Craiova the likelier winners; CS Universitatea Craiova are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour CS Universitatea Craiova. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 44%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 3.5 Goals (the signs point different ways); Under 2.5 Goals (the signs point different ways); Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: CS Universitatea Craiova 2-0 Getafe (12% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).