It's time for episode two of the FCSB - Saburtalo 2nd Qualifying Round battle

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 28.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round between FCSB and Saburtalo. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

These teams have little in common geographically as Saburtalo have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

The hosts FCSB saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Rapid Bucuresti.

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FCSB form and stats

Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round.

When playing at home in the Liga 1, FCSB have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.

No payout for FCSB in their previous match, an away game at Rapid Bucuresti that ended in defeat 0-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FCSB home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for FCSB, as the Liga 1 home game vs U Craiova 1948 is only four days away.

At Arena Naţională, FCSB has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Saburtalo form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Partizani Tirana in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League.

Saburtalo have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Erovnuli Liga, after 2-3-5 (10 played). When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-0D-1L. This is both home and away.

The club members enjoyed Saburtalo's previous fixture versus FCSB, a Europa Conference League win (1-0) played at home.

hometeam won

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Saburtalo as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Saburtalo have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other already this season, with the match result Saburtalo - FCSB 1-0 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

SaburtaloI. Sikharulidze
I. Sikharulidze
10 goals
SaburtaloS. Nonikashvili
S. Nonikashvili
3 goals
SaburtaloI. Tabatadze
I. Tabatadze
3 goals

FCSB missing players

Saburtalo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FCSB Saburtalo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
16 8   Won W   4 11
4 2   Drew D   4 7
5 2   Lost L   5 7
52 27   Scored S   11 30
20 10   Conceded C   13 23
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
72% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   38% 52%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 36%
40% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
32% 33%   BTTS BTTS   23% 32%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 44%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   46% 36%
 
6.7 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5
2.1 1.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.2
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
15.1 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 10.8
6.5 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5
27% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 24%
 
7.5 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   8.3 8.8
3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Botosani 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sepsi 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 4
4 Hermannstadt 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
5 U Craiova 1948 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
6 Rapid Bucuresti 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
7 Voluntari 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 CFR Cluj 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
9 Argeş 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 3
10 Universitatea Craiova 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Universitatea Cluj 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 FCSB 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
13 Chindia Targoviste 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Petrolul 52 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 UTA Arad 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Mioveni 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Batumi 20 14 5 1 55 14 11 9 2 0 40 11 9 5 3 1 15 3 41 47
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 20 11 5 4 39 20 10 7 3 0 22 5 10 4 2 4 17 15 19 38
3 Samgurali 20 10 6 4 33 19 10 6 3 1 19 9 10 4 3 3 14 10 14 36
4 Dila 20 10 4 6 24 18 10 8 1 1 17 7 10 2 3 5 7 11 6 34
5 Saburtalo 20 8 6 6 27 22 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 2 3 5 9 13 5 30
6 Telavi 20 6 7 7 21 17 9 3 4 2 9 5 11 3 3 5 12 12 4 25
7 Torpedo Kutaisi 20 7 3 10 21 34 10 5 1 4 14 13 10 2 2 6 7 21 -13 24
8 Sioni 20 5 6 9 22 36 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 2 2 6 9 21 -14 21
9 Gagra 20 5 4 11 22 38 10 4 2 4 14 17 10 1 2 7 8 21 -16 19
10 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 20 1 0 19 16 62 10 1 0 9 3 20 10 0 0 10 13 42 -46 3

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Batumi 20 14 5 1 55 14 11 9 2 0 40 11 9 5 3 1 15 3 41 47
2 Dinamo Tbilisi 20 11 5 4 39 20 10 7 3 0 22 5 10 4 2 4 17 15 19 38
3 Samgurali 20 10 6 4 33 19 10 6 3 1 19 9 10 4 3 3 14 10 14 36
4 Dila 20 10 4 6 24 18 10 8 1 1 17 7 10 2 3 5 7 11 6 34
5 Saburtalo 20 8 6 6 27 22 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 2 3 5 9 13 5 30
6 Telavi 20 6 7 7 21 17 9 3 4 2 9 5 11 3 3 5 12 12 4 25
7 Torpedo Kutaisi 20 7 3 10 21 34 10 5 1 4 14 13 10 2 2 6 7 21 -13 24
8 Sioni 20 5 6 9 22 36 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 2 2 6 9 21 -14 21
9 Gagra 20 5 4 11 22 38 10 4 2 4 14 17 10 1 2 7 8 21 -16 19
10 Lokomotivi Tbilisi 20 1 0 19 16 62 10 1 0 9 3 20 10 0 0 10 13 42 -46 3

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