Season ticket holders at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Astra languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Academica Clinceni will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Astra and Academica Clinceni should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Astra form and stats
Astra have played 5 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Astra's previous game was a Liga 1 match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus CSM Iasi (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Arges.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Astra played a great game against CSM Iasi and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Valentin Gheorghe was on the receiving end of a red card in the Astra-CSM Iasi match, being sent off in the 52nd minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 4-0 victory.
The Astra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Astra have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
1-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Academica Clinceni, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1, in their Liga 1 matches away.
Academica go into this game after a win, the home game against Sepsi that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Universitatea Craiova.
The attacking power of Academica when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Academica Clinceni's manager I. Poenaru has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Astra wins - draws - Academica Clinceni wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gheorghe 2 goals |  C. Budescu 2 goals |   R. Patriche-Nichita 2 goals |
Astra missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| Astra | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 62% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | 41 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 73 |
| 26 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 32% |
- Academica Clinceni has the most clean sheets (6) in Liga 1
- Academica Clinceni have not yet lost a game away.
- Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- All of Astra's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Astra has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Liga 1
- Astra has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
- Astra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Astra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Academica Clinceni have scored away.
- Astra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | FCSB | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Botosani | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Academica Clinceni | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Viitorul | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 13 | Arges | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Gaz Metan Medias | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Astra | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 4 |