Delightful dogfight as daring Sepsi duels with determined Academica Clinceni

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Argeş.

Sepsi form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Sepsi have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Sepsi has five draws from their last five matches. Sepsi have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Sepsi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Argeş that ended 1-1. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Dinamo Bucuresti the opponent.

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 five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.

A decent goal production from Sepsi in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Academica Clinceni form and stats

3-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Academica Clinceni in their Liga 1 matches away.

Academica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Octavian Gabriel Valceanu. It's been 196 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

There were no winners in Academica's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Universitatea Craiova (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus FCSB at their stadium, the result 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Academica Clinceni have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were three victories, one draw and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Academica Clinceni have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. 11 goals have been conceded by Academica in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Academica Clinceni - Sepsi 2-0. Sepsi-Academica Clinceni H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Sepsi four wins, Academica Clinceni two wins, one draw. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

P. Šafranko 6 goals

T. Chunchukov 4 goals

B. Mitrea 3 goals

Sepsi missing players

Academica Clinceni missing players

		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	23	15	3	5	48	21	11	9	1	1	30	7	12	6	2	4	18	14	27	48
2	CFR Cluj	23	14	6	3	30	12	12	5	5	2	12	7	11	9	1	1	18	5	18	48
3	Universitatea Craiova	23	12	8	3	27	13	11	5	3	3	11	8	12	7	5	0	16	5	14	44
4	Sepsi	23	8	12	3	37	24	11	4	5	2	19	12	12	4	7	1	18	12	13	36
5	Botosani	23	10	6	7	35	29	12	5	4	3	17	10	11	5	2	4	18	19	6	36
6	Academica Clinceni	23	8	10	5	22	20	12	5	4	3	10	9	11	3	6	2	12	11	2	34
7	Chindia Targoviste	23	7	8	8	20	21	12	3	4	5	13	17	11	4	4	3	7	4	-1	29
8	UTA Arad	23	7	8	8	22	31	11	1	4	6	7	18	12	6	4	2	15	13	-9	29
9	Gaz Metan Medias	23	8	4	11	29	34	11	5	2	4	14	14	12	3	2	7	15	20	-5	28
10	Argeş	23	6	9	8	23	28	12	3	5	4	12	14	11	3	4	4	11	14	-5	27
11	Dinamo Bucuresti	23	7	5	11	23	26	12	3	4	5	12	11	11	4	1	6	11	15	-3	26
12	Viitorul	23	5	10	8	29	31	11	3	5	3	19	19	12	2	5	5	10	12	-2	25
13	Astra	23	6	7	10	31	36	11	2	4	5	13	16	12	4	3	5	18	20	-5	25
14	Hermannstadt	23	4	10	9	22	32	12	3	4	5	12	16	11	1	6	4	10	16	-10	22
15	Voluntari	23	5	6	12	26	36	11	3	2	6	14	17	12	2	4	6	12	19	-10	21
16	CSM Iasi	23	4	4	15	23	53	12	2	2	8	12	25	11	2	2	7	11	28	-30	16