Match ☆ 18 Jul 2025 · 18:30 UTC
ROU · Superliga · 2025
ROU CS Universitatea Craiova
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As of this morning · domestic league only
3–1
FT · Home win
ROU FC Argeș Pitești
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Betting odds
Closing odds (last odds before kick-off)
Betfair Exchange home win odds 1.62
Betfair Exchange draw odds 4.1
Betfair Exchange away win odds 6.6
Pinnacle home win odds 1.54
Pinnacle draw odds 4.07
Pinnacle away win odds 6.34
Market maximum home win odds 1.58
Market maximum draw odds 4.2
Market maximum away win odds 6.34
Market average home win odds 1.53
Market average draw odds 3.91
Market average away win odds 5.61
The models what they said before kick-off
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure CS Universitatea Craiova FC Argeș Pitești
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 0 1
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 30 19
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 0.00 0.21
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 30.0% 22.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 31.0% 20.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 23.5% 23.5%
Σ Nboth sides' runs added 1
Σ Eboth sides' draw debt added 0.21

These are the figures that held before kick-off: each side's record over every match it had played before 18 Jul 2025, computed exactly as the predictor computes today's. Draw score and rank are left out: both place a team against the whole field, and the field can only be scored as it stands now.

Team strength · Elo
CS Universitatea Craiova 1,784 after: 1,788
FC Argeș Pitești 1,509 after: 1,505
Rating gap +340 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 13.9% 300+ · 22,591 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.82 – 0.85 home – away
Home win 59.6%
Draw 23.7% every level score added up
Away win 16.7%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 20.3% 70% goals model · 30% Elo gap
Goals model said 23.7% form only
This Elo gap said 13.9% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

The regression · the logistic model
Logistic draw chance 17.4% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 16.6% – 17.5% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 20.3% the older published reading

A regression over five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at this Elo gap, the expected goals in the fixture and the competition's own base draw rate — with an isotonic map on top to put the level back where reality is. Held out on a decade it never saw it beat the blend above, which is why both are shown here while one is chosen. Unlike the two readings above it, this one is not leak-free: the model was fitted on all of history, this match included, so for a played match it is a description rather than a prediction.

Both figures are what the models knew before this match — neither ever reads the result it is describing, so they can be compared with what actually happened. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.

League table · Superliga · 20252026 Final standings

This edition’s latest indexed table, not the standings before this match. Both teams are highlighted.

# Team P W D L GD Pts
1 CS Universitatea Craiova Champion 40 23 11 6 +32 80
2 Universitatea Cluj 40 22 7 11 +23 73
3 CFR Cluj 40 19 12 9 +10 69
4 Dinamo București 41 17 15 9 +15 66
5 FCSB 41 17 11 13 +12 62
6 Rapid București 40 17 11 12 +11 62
7 UTA Arad 39 16 12 11 +2 60
8 FC Argeș Pitești 40 16 9 15 +5 57
9 Oțelul Galați 39 15 10 14 +9 55
10 FC Botoșani 40 14 13 13 +4 55
11 FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 39 13 10 16 -25 49
12 Farul Constanța 41 11 12 18 -1 45
13 Petrolul Ploiești 39 9 14 16 -13 41
14 FC Hermannstadt 41 9 12 20 -20 39
15 Unirea Slobozia 39 9 7 23 -21 34
16 Metaloglobus București 39 4 10 25 -45 22
17 FC Voluntari 2 1 0 1 +2 3
18 Chindia Târgoviște 2 0 2 0 0 2