Otelul Galati 1-1 Universitatea Craiova — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Romania - 1st Division, 16 Aug 2026

📅16/08/2026 · 🕒18:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
29%
3.69
Draw
27%
3.35
Away
44%
1.89
Under/Over 2.5
Under
53%
1.8
Over
47%
1.91
Both Teams to Score
Yes Pick
54%
1.82
No
46%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1
27%
2.98
2-3
43%
1.73
4-5
21%
3.58
6+
9%
15.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
14%
1/2
12%
1/X
7%
X/1
9%
X/2
14%
X/X
9%
2/1
6%
2/2
18%
2/X
11%
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Otelul Galati The Market 27%
Head to Head
AWAY Universitatea Craiova The Market 53%
Strong Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Great Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Average
1.23 Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better 1.97
1.34 Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better 1.15
Strong Attackvs comparable teams Strong
Average Defensevs comparable teams Weak
46% Ball Possession 54%
11 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
272 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 331 · 80%
15.6 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 24.2
19.5 Crosses 18.9
1.4 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Otelul Galati
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Universitatea Craiova
0.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
0.67 xG 0.90
47% Ball Possession 53%
9 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 4
301 Passes 337
73% Pass Accuracy 76%
15 Box Touches 21
21 Crosses 17
2 Yellow Cards 2
05.02.2026 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova 1-0 HT 0-0 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
20.09.2025 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati 1-0 HT 1-0 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova ROM
14.02.2025 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova 2-1 HT 0-0 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROM
05.10.2024 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati 1-1 HT 1-1 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova ROM
04.04.2024 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova 0-1 HT 0-0 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati ROK
26.11.2023 Otelul Galati Otelul Galati 1-3 HT 1-0 Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Craiova ROM
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Otelul Galati
1-1
AWAY Universitatea Craiova
0.81 xG 0.87
12 Total Shots 12
2 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 1
406 Passes 183
29 Box Touches 14
22 Crosses 11
2 Yellow Cards 5
REVIEW Otelul Galati vs Universitatea Craiova
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Otelul Galati and Universitatea Craiova shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Half-time: 0-0.

Our pre-match lean was Universitatea Craiova at 44%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. Small consolation: at 1.89 (roughly 53%) the price was further off than we were.

The goals picture was genuinely open: 47% for over 2.5, 54% on both teams scoring. At 1.88 (~53%), the BTTS-no price was shorter than our number — the market leaned harder than we did.

On the day, shots finished 12-12, expected goals 0.81 to 0.87.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Universitatea Craiova led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Scoring in those meetings ran 0.83 a game for Otelul Galati against 1.17 for Universitatea Craiova.

Otelul Galati vs Universitatea Craiova Result & Final Score

Otelul Galati 1-1 Universitatea Craiova in the Romania - 1st Division on 16/08/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Otelul Galati vs Universitatea Craiova Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated an Universitatea Craiova win the most likely single outcome at about 44%, with the full match-result split Otelul Galati 29%, draw 27%, Universitatea Craiova 44%. The final score 1-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Universitatea Craiova) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Universitatea Craiova) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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