Sepsi supporters put their faith in manager L. Grozavu to deliver victory against Academica Clinceni

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 16.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

A new Liga 1 season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Sepsi and Academica Clinceni. Bring it on!

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Sepsi form and stats

Last season, Sepsi's league statistics were 10 wins, 15 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Liga 1. Over these 30 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Sepsi managed 4-8-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 15 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sepsi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Sepsi, who have participated in four training matches. Sepsi have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Academica Clinceni form and stats

Let's have a look at how Academica Clinceni performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 14 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 9 and lost 2 with 17/14 goals scored/conceded.

Academica are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Academica have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sepsi five wins, two draws and Academica Clinceni three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Sepsi missing players

Academica Clinceni missing players

Sepsi Academica Clinceni
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Sepsi Last season Academica Clinceni
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
41 21   Played P   20 40
16 8   Won W   4 13
17 9   Drew D   11 16
8 4   Lost L   5 11
55 28   Scored S   20 40
39 18   Conceded C   22 41
88% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 80%
66% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 60%
41% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 35%
20% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 15%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
51% 43%   BTTS BTTS   50% 42%
34% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 40%
27% 24%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
3.4 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.3
2.4 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.6
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.2 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 8.1
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.1
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica Clinceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chindia Targoviste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gaz Metan Medias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mioveni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 10 7 1 2 15 5 5 3 0 2 8 3 5 4 1 0 7 2 10 54
2 FCSB 10 3 3 4 13 14 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 2 1 2 7 7 -1 45
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 41
4 Sepsi 10 5 2 3 11 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 40
5 Academica Clinceni 10 3 2 5 10 15 5 3 0 2 7 7 5 0 2 3 3 8 -5 33
6 Botosani 10 3 1 6 13 18 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 7 11 -5 31

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.