The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Viitorul are in the 8th position while the guesting Hermannstadt worry at 14th.
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1
Viitorul form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Viitorul at their home stadium (Stadionul Central) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Viitorul will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 1 game against Gaz Metan Medias (placed 12th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Botosani (1-2).
Viitorul are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew three and lost zero.
Viitorul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Central with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Hermannstadt form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hermannstadt, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose). Hermannstadt has drawn their two previous away games.
Hermannstadt might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. CSM Iasi proved too strong as Hermannstadt slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Municipal. A 2-2 draw at Arges's stadium before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Hermannstadt played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hermannstadt have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Hermannstadt struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Viitorul won four games, one match ended with a draw and Hermannstadt has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourTop Goalscorers
  K. Luckassen 6 goals |  G. Iancu 4 goals |   D. Mayoral Lastras 3 goals |
Viitorul missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Viitorul | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 46% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 23% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 11.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 27% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 39% |
- All of Viitorul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1
- Hermannstadt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Hermannstadt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viitorul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Viitorul have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viitorul 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 | FCSB | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Chindia Targoviste | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Botosani | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Viitorul | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | Astra | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Gaz Metan Medias | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Hermannstadt | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | CSM Iasi | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -21 | 14 |
| 16 | Arges | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 11 |