Match preview National Division: Sheriff - Dacia-Buiucani at Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena

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.

It should be mentioned that Dacia-Buiucani play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Dacia-Buiucani on grass are 10 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 28-29. You can compare this with overall results below.

Sheriff have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Dacia-Buiucani is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Sheriff form and stats

Home games in the National Division have been a walk in the park for Sheriff so far, with 47 points won from 17 matches; 15 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Sheriff has a nice streak going on as they have played 19 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Petrocub defeat 206 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 1269 minutes.

Happy days for Sheriff in their previous game, a National Division match away at Petrocub (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Floreşti.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sheriff is on fire here. A stunning 64 from 17 league matches. Defensively Sheriff have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 17 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Dacia-Buiucani form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Dacia-Buiucani playing as the away team in the National Division this season. Dacia-Buiucani love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

289 minutes! That's how long the Dacia-Buiucani goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Dacia-Buiucani go into this game after a win, the home game against Sfîntul Gheorghe that ended 1-0.

Prior to that result Dacia-Buiucani won their away game at Speranţa Nisporeni. The scoreline was 3-0.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Dacia-Buiucani have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dacia-Buiucani - Sheriff 0-4. Last three meetings between the teams: Sheriff won two, Dacia-Buiucani won zero and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Castañeda Vélez 29 goals

D. Kolovos 10 goals

V. Crîcimari 10 goals

Sheriff missing players

Dacia-Buiucani missing players

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		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Sheriff	35	32	2	1	115	6	17	15	2	0	64	2	18	17	0	1	51	4	109	98
2	Petrocub	35	25	7	3	82	18	18	14	2	2	42	7	17	11	5	1	40	11	64	82
3	Milsami	35	21	7	7	68	35	17	11	3	3	35	13	18	10	4	4	33	22	33	70
4	Sfîntul Gheorghe	35	20	4	11	62	43	17	10	2	5	31	25	18	10	2	6	31	18	19	64
5	Dacia-Buiucani	35	13	8	14	43	44	18	8	5	5	28	23	17	5	3	9	15	21	-1	47
6	Dinamo-Auto	35	11	12	12	51	58	18	7	7	4	27	21	17	4	5	8	24	37	-7	45
7	Floreşti	35	9	5	21	35	82	18	7	2	9	22	39	17	2	3	12	13	43	-47	32
8	Zimbru	35	6	6	23	39	63	17	4	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
0	0	0	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	0	2	2.5
0	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	0
0	0	0	Shots (avg)	S (	0	4	6
0	0	0	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	0	0	1.5
0%	0%	0%	Goal Efficiency	G E	0%	0%	100%

Sagrada Esperança			First Half	Petro de Luanda
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
0	0	0	Played	P	0	2	3
0	0	0	Won	W	0	0	1
0	0	0	Drew	D	0	2	2
0	0	0	Lost	L	0	0	0
0	0	0	Scored	S	0	1	2
0	0	0	Conceded	C	0	1	1
0%	0%	0%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	50%	67%
0%	0%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	50%	33%
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%	50%	33%
0%	0%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	50%	67%
0%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	50%	33%

Sagrada Esperança			Second Half	Petro de Luanda
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
0	0	0	Played	P	0	2	3
0	0	0	Won	W	0	0	1
0	0	0	Drew	D	0	0	0
0	0	0	Lost	L	0	2	2
0	0	0	Scored	S	0	0	2
0	0	0	Conceded	C	0	2	3
0%	0%	0%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	100%	100%
0%	0%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	0%	33%
0%	0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	33%
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%	33%
0%	0%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	100%	67%

Key stats in Girabola this season:

• Petro de Luanda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
• Petro de Luanda have the most scored goals (24) in Girabola
• Petro de Luanda have the the best goal difference (+14) in Girabola
• Petro de Luanda haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
• Sagrada Esperança have not yet lost a game at home.
• Sagrada Esperança have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
• Sagrada Esperança have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.