The visiting FCSB side should be favourites in this visit to Hermannstadt, as the away team holds a 29 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
- Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 1
- FCSB has the most scored goals (48) in Liga 1
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Romania Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Dinamo Bucureşti. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Hermannstadt form and stats
With {2 Liga 1 wins}, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Hermannstadt, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 1, are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Hermannstadt who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Voluntari, 63 days ago. Two draws in a row at home now for Hermannstadt.
Hermannstadt manager L. Ciobotariu and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus UTA Arad (placed 9th) in the Liga 1. Before that, Hermannstadt drew at home versus Gaz Metan Medias.
The Hermannstadt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Hermannstadt have conceded 16 in these home matches.
FCSB form and stats
Playing away, FCSB, who have the most scored goals (48) in Liga 1, have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.
Two away games in a row for FCSB, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Dinamo Bucureşti in the Romania Cup. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Academica Clinceni.
The travelling fans enjoy FCSB's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, FCSB have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: FCSB - Hermannstadt 5-0. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: one win for Hermannstadt, zero draws and six wins for FCSB. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Tănase 15 goals |   D. Mayoral Lastras 5 goals |  I. Cristea 4 goals |
Hermannstadt missing players
FCSB missing players
| Hermannstadt | FCSB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 48 |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 82% | 86% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 45% | 64% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 32% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| 64% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 36% | 41% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 55% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 7.5 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.7 | 14.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 35% | 34% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 31% |
- 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 (+28) in Liga 1
- FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Hermannstadt.
- Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 1
- Hermannstadt has the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga 1
- Hermannstadt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hermannstadt 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 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 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 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Botosani | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Academica Clinceni | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Gaz Metan Medias | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -9 | 28 |
| 10 | Viitorul | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Arges | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Astra | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -29 | 16 |