The first of two encounters in the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round, as the hometeam SSC Farul will try to edge Sheriff in their own ballpark.
There have been little to rest for the home side, as they played a Super Cup game only four days earlier. This match was also played here at Stadionul Central. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sheriff have had more rest.
SSC Farul form and stats
The Farul fans got no joy from their last fixture, a Super Cup duel also played here at Stadionul Central: A 0-1 defeat against Sepsi.
In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus CFR Cluj with a 2-1 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SSC Farul handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Farul are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Hermannstadt awaits in three days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for SSC Farul, who have participated in five training matches. SSC Farul have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 4 games.
Sheriff form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round, when Viktoria Plzen drew the shortest straw.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to CSF Balti in their previous outing. The Moldovan Cup duel ended 0-0.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Milsami.Head 2 Head
SSC Farul missing players
Sheriff missing players
| SSC Farul | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | ||
