Liga 1: FCSB expected to win home against Sepsi

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul CNAF

FCSB and Sepsi are both riding high in the Liga 1 with their 1st and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (36) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi has the most points from losing position (9) in Liga 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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FCSB form and stats

Home games in the Liga 1 have been a walk in the park for FCSB so far, with 18 points won from 6 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

FCSB are returning here after visiting Universitatea Craiova in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Dennis Man (2) scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at CFR Cluj.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier FCSB matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and one defeat (from six games).

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of FCSB is on fire here. A stunning 21 from 6 league matches. FCSB have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sepsi collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Liga 1. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Momentum is building for Sepsi in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

217 minutes! That's how long the Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Sepsi are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Liga 1 against UTA Arad (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Gaz Metan Medias with the score of 3-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sepsi playing away, we found seven games. Results were four away wins, two draws and one home win.

The travelling fans enjoy Sepsi's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Sepsi in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): FCSB seven wins, one draw and Sepsi one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBD. Man
D. Man
12 goals
FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
9 goals
SepsiP. Šafranko
P. Šafranko
4 goals

FCSB missing players

Sepsi missing players

FCSB Sepsi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 0 Played P 2 7 14
11 6 0 Won W 0 4 7
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
3 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
36 21 0 Scored S 0 13 23
14 3 0 Conceded C 2 7 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
71% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 71% 50%
36% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
36% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
57% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 36%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.7 12
7.1 8.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.3 4.9
36% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 34%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of FCSB's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FCSB has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most points (18) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (21) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals (36) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Liga 1
  • FCSB has the the best goal difference (+22) 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • FCSB have won all their matches at home so far.
  • FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FCSB is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Sepsi has the most points from losing position (9) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 14 11 0 3 36 14 6 6 0 0 21 3 8 5 0 3 15 11 22 33
2 Universitatea Craiova 14 10 1 3 19 9 7 4 0 3 8 6 7 6 1 0 11 3 10 31
3 CFR Cluj 14 9 3 2 18 6 7 3 2 2 6 4 7 6 1 0 12 2 12 30
4 Sepsi 14 7 5 2 23 12 7 3 3 1 10 5 7 4 2 1 13 7 11 26
5 Academica Clinceni 14 6 6 2 15 9 7 4 1 2 7 4 7 2 5 0 8 5 6 24
6 Chindia Targoviste 14 5 4 5 10 10 6 2 1 3 5 8 8 3 3 2 5 2 0 19
7 Viitorul 13 4 5 4 19 18 7 2 3 2 12 12 6 2 2 2 7 6 1 17
8 Botosani 14 4 5 5 20 21 6 1 3 2 7 6 8 3 2 3 13 15 -1 17
9 UTA Arad 14 4 5 5 13 19 6 1 2 3 5 8 8 3 3 2 8 11 -6 17
10 Dinamo Bucuresti 14 4 3 7 17 17 8 2 3 3 10 8 6 2 0 4 7 9 0 15
11 Hermannstadt 13 3 6 4 16 20 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 1 4 2 8 12 -4 15
12 Voluntari 14 4 2 8 19 24 8 3 1 4 12 12 6 1 1 4 7 12 -5 14
13 Astra 14 3 4 7 15 21 8 2 2 4 11 12 6 1 2 3 4 9 -6 13
14 Gaz Metan Medias 14 4 1 9 18 26 6 1 1 4 7 12 8 3 0 5 11 14 -8 13
15 CSM Iasi 14 3 2 9 13 35 8 2 2 4 9 16 6 1 0 5 4 19 -22 11
16 Arges 14 2 4 8 12 22 8 2 2 4 9 12 6 0 2 4 3 10 -10 10

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.