Chindia Târgovişte v FCSB preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 02.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici (8500 seats)

Chindia Târgovişte will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind FCSB.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga 1, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Liga 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Chindia Târgovişte faced defeat in their previous match, away at UTA Arad (0-1). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Gaz Metan Medias.

The manager E. Săndoi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Universitatea Craiova in only four days.

The Târgovişte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 3 in 3 matches. Chindia Târgovişte have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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FCSB form and stats

Playing away, FCSB, who have the most scored goals (22) in Liga 1, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

FCSB have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Andrei Daniel Vlad. It's been 228 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

FCSB won their last game, 5-0 versus Hermannstadt played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Academica Clinceni with the score of 2-0.

As you can tell from the results above, FCSB was very dominant against Hermannstadt, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Sergiu Buş, Dennis Man, Olimpiu Moruțan, Florin Tănase and Iulian Cristea providing the goals.

FCSB have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 8 goals from 4 away matches. In the opposite end, FCSB have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Târgovişte won zero, FCSB won one and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBD. Man
D. Man
7 goals
FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
6 goals
FCSBO. Moruţan
O. Moruţan
3 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

FCSB missing players

Chindia Târgovişte FCSB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 2 4 8
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
5 3 0 Scored S 3 8 22
5 3 0 Conceded C 2 7 9
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
12% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 88%
12% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 38%
12% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 38%
62% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 62%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
69 27 0 Total Shots T S 24 56 98
19 9 0 Shots on Target S O 9 24 49
26% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 39%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of FCSB's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals (5) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (22) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Chindia Târgovişte.
  • FCSB 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 Târgovişte 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 Voluntari 8 3 1 4 9 11 5 2 0 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 10
11 Hermannstadt 8 2 4 2 10 13 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 1 2 2 5 9 -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 Gaz Metan Medias 8 2 1 5 10 12 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 5 6 -2 7
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 8 1 2 5 7 11 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 0 3 5 7 -4 5
15 Arges 8 1 2 5 7 14 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 0 1 3 2 8 -7 5
16 Astra 8 1 1 6 9 17 5 1 1 3 8 10 3 0 0 3 1 7 -8 4

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.