Liga 1 preview and statistics: FCSB - Chindia Târgovişte at Arena Naţională

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 21.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

FCSB have performed better than Chindia Târgovişte so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (48) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals (20) in Liga 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FCSB form and stats

FCSB, who have the most scored goals (48) in Liga 1, have been very solid at home in the Liga 1 so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.

F. Tanase was the last player to score a league goal for FCSB and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as FCSB haven't scored in 262 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager A. Petrea led his FCSB to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Hermannstadt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arena Naţională. Prior to that, an away loss at Dinamo Bucureşti in the Romania Cup.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FCSB home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.

FCSB are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Arena Naţională in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 11 matches. From these home matches, FCSB have conceded only 7 goals.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Liga 1, on their Liga 1 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Târgovişte's last game was the home draw against UTA Arad (1-1). Preceding that game was the away Romania Cup victory against SSC Farul with the score of 3-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Târgovişte played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Târgovişte are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Chindia Târgovişte - FCSB 0-2 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - two - zero (FCSB wins - draws - Chindia Târgovişte wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
15 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
6 goals
FCSBI. Cristea
I. Cristea
4 goals

FCSB missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

FCSB Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
15 9 3 Won W 1 4 7
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 8
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 8
48 30 10 Scored S 1 7 20
21 7 3 Conceded C 0 4 21
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 73% 87%
83% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 27% 52%
61% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 22%
30% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
22% 27% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
39% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 9% 39%
48% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 64% 39%
17% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.3 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.7 15.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.4 8.5
6.8 7.5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.3 2.9
31% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 30%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals (20) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals (7) away in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most points (28) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (30) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (48) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the the best goal difference (+27) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Chindia Târgovişte.
  • FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 23 15 3 5 48 21 11 9 1 1 30 7 12 6 2 4 18 14 27 48
2 CFR Cluj 22 14 5 3 30 12 11 5 4 2 12 7 11 9 1 1 18 5 18 47
3 Universitatea Craiova 23 12 8 3 27 13 11 5 3 3 11 8 12 7 5 0 16 5 14 44
4 Sepsi 22 8 11 3 36 23 11 4 5 2 19 12 11 4 6 1 17 11 13 35
5 Academica Clinceni 23 8 10 5 22 20 12 5 4 3 10 9 11 3 6 2 12 11 2 34
6 Botosani 22 9 6 7 33 28 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 5 2 4 18 19 5 33
7 Chindia Târgovişte 23 7 8 8 20 21 12 3 4 5 13 17 11 4 4 3 7 4 -1 29
8 UTA Arad 23 7 8 8 22 31 11 1 4 6 7 18 12 6 4 2 15 13 -9 29
9 Gaz Metan Medias 22 8 4 10 28 32 11 5 2 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 14 18 -4 28
10 Dinamo Bucureşti 23 7 5 11 23 26 12 3 4 5 12 11 11 4 1 6 11 15 -3 26
11 Arges 22 6 8 8 22 27 11 3 4 4 11 13 11 3 4 4 11 14 -5 26
12 Viitorul 23 5 10 8 29 31 11 3 5 3 19 19 12 2 5 5 10 12 -2 25
13 Astra 23 6 7 10 31 36 11 2 4 5 13 16 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 25
14 Hermannstadt 23 4 10 9 22 32 12 3 4 5 12 16 11 1 6 4 10 16 -10 22
15 Voluntari 22 5 5 12 26 36 11 3 2 6 14 17 11 2 3 6 12 19 -10 20
16 CSM Iasi 23 4 4 15 23 53 12 2 2 8 12 25 11 2 2 7 11 28 -30 16

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.