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Universitatea Craiova v Sparta Prague : Europa Conference match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 11th Dec, 17:45 BST, Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (Craiova), Craiova

Universitatea Craiova and their boss will be looking to get one over on Brian Priske Pedersen and his Sparta Prague side on Thursday evening, as the pair clash at the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (Craiova) in the Europa Conference. Analysing both sides' last 20 Europa Conference matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Universitatea Craiova and Sparta will score at least a couple of goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither or Brian Priske Pedersen has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s recently either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.44 equating to roughly a 75% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Sparta coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Universitatea Craiova 36%	-	7/4
Draw 26%	-	11/5
Sparta 38%	-	13/8
Draw 1-1 12%	-	5/1
Sparta 1-0 9%	-	6/1
Universitatea Craiova 1-0 9%	-	6/1
Sparta 2-1 8%	-	9/1
Universitatea Craiova 2-1 8%	-	9/1
Draw 0-0 7%	-	6/1
Sparta 2-0 6%	-	10/1
Universitatea Craiova 2-0 6%	-	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	-	14/1
Sparta 3-1 4%	-	18/1
Universitatea Craiova 3-1 4%	-	22/1
Sparta 3-0 3%	-	20/1
Universitatea Craiova 3-0 3%	-	22/1
Sparta 3-2 3%	-	28/1
Universitatea Craiova 3-2 2%	-	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	11/8
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	8/15
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	11/10
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	21/20
No 1st Goal 4%	-	11/2
BTTS - Yes 55%	-	21/20
BTTS - No 45%	-	8/11
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	19/4
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	18/5
BTTS - Away Win 18%	-	19/4
Home/draw 62%	-	10/21
Away/draw 64%	-	4/9
Home/away 74%	-	7/20
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	4/9
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	8/5
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	7/2
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	2/11
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	-	8/1
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	-	1/20
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	-	18/1
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	-	1/300
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	1/11
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	11/2
Home DNB 54%	-	10/11
Away DNB 56%	-	4/5
Universitatea Craiova win to nil 19%	-	-
Sparta win to nil 20%	-	-
Universitatea Craiova / Universitatea Craiova 18%	-	17/5
Universitatea Craiova / Sparta 3%	-	25/1
Universitatea Craiova / Draw 6%	-	12/1
Draw / Universitatea Craiova 14%	-	19/4
Draw / Sparta 14%	-	19/4
Draw / Draw 19%	-	16/5
Sparta / Universitatea Craiova 3%	-	22/1
Sparta / Sparta 19%	-	16/5
Sparta / Draw 6%	-	12/1

Win / draw / win Europa Conference table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Universitatea Craiova Sparta
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Samsunspor	4	3	1	0	7	10	-	-	-	-
2	Strasbourg	4	3	1	0	3	10	-	-	-	-
3	Celje	4	3	0	1	4	9	-	-	-	-
4	Shakhtar	4	3	0	1	3	9	-	-	-	-
5	Mainz	4	3	0	1	2	9	w 1-0F	-	-	-
6	Rakow	4	2	2	0	5	8	-	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	-
7	AEK Larnaca	4	2	2	0	5	8	-	-	-	-
8	Drita	4	2	2	0	2	8	-	-	-	-
9	Jagiellonia	4	2	2	0	2	8	-	-	-	-
10	AEK	4	2	1	1	5	7	-	Dec 18	-	-
11	Sparta	4	2	1	1	3	7	Dec 11	-	-	-
12	R.Vallecano	4	2	1	1	2	7	-	-	-	-
13	Lausanne	4	2	1	1	2	7	-	-	-	-
14	SK Sigma	4	2	1	1	0	7	-	-	-	-
15	Universitatea Craiova	4	2	1	1	0	7	-	-	-	Dec 11
16	Lech Poznan	4	2	0	2	3	6	-	-	-	-
17	Fiorentina	4	2	0	2	3	6	-	-	-	-
18	C Palace	4	2	0	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
19	Hsk Zrinjski Mostar	4	2	0	2	-1	6	-	-	-	-
20	AZ Alkmaar	4	2	0	2	-3	6	-	-	-	-
21	Omnia Nicosia	4	1	2	1	1	5	-	-	-	-
22	Kuopio PS	4	1	2	1	1	5	-	-	-	-
23	Noah	4	1	2	1	0	5	d 1-1F	-	-	-
24	Rijeka	4	1	2	1	0	5	-	-	-	l 1-0A
25	Skendija 79	4	1	1	2	-2	4	-	-	-	-
26	Lincoln Red Imps	4	1	1	2	-6	4	-	-	-	-
27	Dynamo Kyiv	4	1	0	3	-1	3	-	-	-	-
28	L. Warsaw	4	1	0	3	-2	3	-	-	-	w 0-1F
29	S. Bratislava	4	1	0	3	-3	3	-	-	-	-
30	Hamrun Spartans	4	1	0	3	-3	3	-	-	-	-
31	Häcken	4	0	2	2	-2	2	-	-	-	-
32	Breiðablik	4	0	2	2	-5	2	-	-	-	-
33	Aberdeen	4	0	2	2	-7	2	-	-	Dec 18	-
34	Shelbourne	4	0	1	3	-4	1	-	-	-	-
35	Shamrock	4	0	1	3	-6	1	-	-	w 4-1F	-
36	Rapid Wien	4	0	0	4	-10	0	-	w 0-1F	-	-
37	Sarajevo							w 4-0F	l 2-1A	-	-
38	Spartak Trnava							w 3-0F	l 4-3F	-	-
39	Istanbul							w 3-1A	w 1-2F	-	-
40	Aktobe							-	-	w 4-0F	l 2-1A
41	Ararat-Armenia							-	-	w 4-1A	w 1-2F
42	Riga							-	-	w 2-0F	l 1-0A

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Win / draw / win form

Universitatea Craiova have not lost in 9 consecutive home european games

Sparta have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 12

Conceded

6 / 12

Clean sheets

6 / 12

Failed to score

2 / 12

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Universitatea Craiova	1 - 0	Mainz
Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Noah
Universitatea Craiova	3 - 1	Istanbul
Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Spartak Trnava
Universitatea Craiova	4 - 0	Sarajevo
Universitatea Craiova	3 - 2	Maribor
Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Beer Sheva
Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Luhansk
Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Vllaznia Shkoder
Universitatea Craiova	0 - 0	Laci
Universitatea Craiova	0 - 2	AEK
Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	RB Leipzig

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 0	Mainz
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 0	Rapid Wien
H	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Noah
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 2	Rakow
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 1	Istanbul
A	Universitatea Craiova	2 - 1	Istanbul
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 4	Spartak Trnava
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Spartak Trnava
H	Universitatea Craiova	4 - 0	Sarajevo
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 2	Sarajevo
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 2	Maribor
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 2	Maribor
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 0	Beer Sheva
H	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Beer Sheva
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Luhansk
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 1	Luhansk
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Vllaznia Shkoder
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Vllaznia Shkoder
H	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 0	Laci
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 1	Laci

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
L. Warsaw	0 - 1	Sparta
Rijeka	0 - 0	Sparta
Riga	1 - 0	Sparta
Ararat-Armenia	1 - 2	Sparta
Aktobe	2 - 1	Sparta
Leverkusen	2 - 0	Sparta
Feyenoord	4 - 2	Sparta
Man City	5 - 0	Sparta
Stuttgart	1 - 1	Sparta
Malmö	0 - 2	Sparta
FCSB	2 - 3	Sparta
Shamrock	0 - 2	Sparta
Liverpool	6 - 1	Sparta
Galatasaray	3 - 2	Sparta
Aris	1 - 3	Sparta
Rangers	2 - 1	Sparta
Real Betis	2 - 1	Sparta
D. Zagreb	3 - 1	Sparta
Kobenhavn	0 - 0	Sparta
Viking	2 - 1	Sparta

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sparta	1 - 0	L. Warsaw
H	Sparta	0 - 0	Rakow
A	Sparta	0 - 0	Rijeka
H	Sparta	4 - 1	Shamrock
A	Sparta	0 - 1	Riga
H	Sparta	2 - 0	Riga
A	Sparta	2 - 1	Ararat-Armenia
H	Sparta	4 - 1	Ararat-Armenia
H	Sparta	4 - 0	Aktobe
A	Sparta	1 - 2	Aktobe
A	Sparta	0 - 2	Leverkusen
H	Sparta	0 - 1	Inter
A	Sparta	2 - 4	Feyenoord
H	Sparta	0 - 6	A.Madrid
H	Sparta	1 - 2	Brest
A	Sparta	0 - 5	Man City
A	Sparta	1 - 1	Stuttgart
H	Sparta	3 - 0	Salzburg
H	Sparta	2 - 0	Malmö
A	Sparta	2 - 0	Malmö

Goal Statistics

Sparta Prague's defensive record is to be admired, B. Priske Pedersen's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive Europa Conference outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for Universitatea Craiova makes sense in this context.

	Universitatea Craiova 15th	Sparta 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Universitatea Craiova will score no more than 1 goal	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Sparta will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
12 home / away league games	=0 Universitatea Craiova’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-6 Sparta’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.9 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	0.7 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa Conference - 2025/2025 season

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Games scored	14		16
Failed to score	6		4
Scored first	12		10
Goals scored	28		33
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.7
Avg. shots per game	11		11
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.4
KickOff rating		+10%

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Games conceded	12		13
Clean sheets	8		7
Conceded first	7		8
Goals conceded	19		20
Avg. goals conceded	1		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		7
Conversion rate against	10%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.3		0.5
KickOff rating		+10%

The line-ups for the Europa Conference match between Universitatea Craiova v Sparta will show here when available.

Universitatea Craiova Europa Conference squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	5	3	5
P Isenko	A Hamlawi	S. Pereira Nunes Silva	N Bancu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Isenko GLK	10			3 -
O Romanchuk DEF	10	2	1	2 -
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID	10		3	3 -
T Băluță MID	10	1	1	2 -
A Cicaldau MID	10	3		1 -
A Hamlawi FWD	10	5	1	1 -
N Bancu DEF	9		2	5 -
A Cretu MID	9		1	-
A Mekvabishvili MID	9		3	-
C Mora FWD	9	2	3	2 -
S Baiaram FWD	9	3		1 -
J. Badelj DEF	8			1 -
L Houri MID	8		1	2 -
V Screciu MID	8			1 1
A Labe FWD	8	2		-
V Mogos DEF	5			-
N Stevanovic DEF	4			-
F Ştefan DEF	2			-
J Marković FWD	2			-
B Ndong DEF	1			-
L. Băsceanu MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	9	3	4
A Hamlawi	S Baiaram	S. Pereira Nunes Silva	T Băluță

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Hamlawi FWD	5	4	1	1
A Cicaldau MID	3	4		1
S Baiaram FWD	3	9
O Romanchuk DEF	2	1	1	1
C Mora FWD	2	3	3	2
A Labe FWD	2	5
T Băluță MID	1	4	1	4
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID		2	3	2
N Bancu DEF		2	2	3
A Cretu MID		1	1
A Mekvabishvili MID		1	3	4
L Houri MID		1	1	2
F Ştefan DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
331	15	43
O Romanchuk	C Mora	C Mora

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Romanchuk DEF	331	12	32
V Screciu MID	250	11	31
J. Badelj DEF	240	10	21
N Bancu DEF	238	14	35
T Băluță MID	218	10	22
P Isenko GLK	208		8
A Cicaldau MID	204	7	27
C Mora FWD	171	15	43
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID	163	9	33
S Baiaram FWD	140	5	39
A Mekvabishvili MID	138	11	19
A Hamlawi FWD	119	5	39
A Labe FWD	74	2	18
V Mogos DEF	58	5	16
N Stevanovic DEF	58	1	7
L Houri MID	51	4	9
F Ştefan DEF	33	3	6
A Cretu MID	23	5	10
L. Băsceanu MID	1

Sparta Europa Conference squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	3	3	3
P Jensen	A Rrahmani	A Preciado	A Rrahmani

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Jensen GLK	10			-
A Rrahmani FWD	10	3		3 -
S Eneme MID	9			1 -
M Ryneš MID	9	1	2	3 -
J Kuchta FWD	9	3	2	1 -
V Birmancevic FWD	9	3	2	1 -
L Haraslin FWD	9	1	1	2 -
A Preciado DEF	8	1	3	1 -
E. Aririerisim DEF	8			2 -
P Vydra MID	8	1		-
K Kairinen MID	8	1		-
P Kaderabek DEF	7		1	-
A Sörensen DEF	7	1		1 -
J Zeleny DEF	7			1 -
A. Ševínský DEF	7		1	3 -
J Mercado FWD	5			-
K Milla FWD	5			-
M Suchomel MID	4	1		1 -
M Andersen MID	4			-
E Cobbaut DEF	3			-
L Sadilek MID	3	1	2	-
E Krasniqi FWD	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	3	3	1
A Rrahmani	V Birmancevic	A Preciado	J Kuchta

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Rrahmani FWD	3
J Kuchta FWD	3		2	1
V Birmancevic FWD	3	3	2
M Ryneš MID	1		2
L Haraslin FWD	1	3	1
A Preciado DEF	1	1	3
P Vydra MID	1	2
K Kairinen MID	1			1
A Sörensen DEF	1	1
M Suchomel MID	1	1
L Sadilek MID	1	1	2	1
E Krasniqi FWD	1
P Kaderabek DEF			1
A. Ševínský DEF		2	1	1
K Milla FWD		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
314	7	18
J Zeleny	A Rrahmani	V Birmancevic

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Zeleny DEF	314	2	15
A. Ševínský DEF	281	5	15
P Jensen GLK	156		2
K Kairinen MID	150	5	7
E. Aririerisim DEF	128	4	6
P Kaderabek DEF	122	6	12
A Sörensen DEF	114	2	6
V Birmancevic FWD	108	5	18
P Vydra MID	93	4	10
A Rrahmani FWD	77	7	8
M Ryneš MID	77	3	10
L Sadilek MID	75	3	4
S Eneme MID	66	2	5
A Preciado DEF	65	2	14
M Suchomel MID	60	2	7
J Mercado FWD	60	4	9
J Kuchta FWD	57	3	9
L Haraslin FWD	47	2	13
K Milla FWD	16	1	5