The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Sepsi will try to edge Aktobe in their own ballpark.
These teams have little in common geographically as Aktobe have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Sepsi nor Aktobe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sepsi form and stats
Action has already taken place for Sepsi in Europa Conference League as they have defeated CSKA Sofia to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Last season, Sepsi's Europa Conference League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Djurgården.Only two Liga 1 home games for Sepsi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sepsi, who played 1-1 against Otelul. That match was also played at this venue (Stadionul Municipal). The hometeam coach Ciobotariu made a successful contribution in the game against Otelul, bringing on Šafranko who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Ahead of that game, a home win against CSKA Sofia in the Europa Conference League. 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 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
At Stadionul Municipal, Sepsi has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Aktobe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Torpedo Kutaisi in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League.Aktobe's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Aktobe collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Aktobe go into this game after a win, the home game against Kairat that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Kairat was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The match before was the Europa Conference League-battle against Torpedo Kutaisi, a home loss (1-2).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Aksu.
Aktobe are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kenesov 6 goals |  A. Kassym 4 goals | M. Samorodov 4 goals |
Sepsi missing players
Aktobe missing players
| Sepsi | Aktobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 46% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | UTA Arad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Otelul | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | CSM Iasi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Botosani | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ordabasy | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Astana | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Aktobe | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Kairat | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Tobol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Atyrau | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 24 |
| 9 | Kaisar | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Maqtaaral | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Okzhetpes | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Kaspiy | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 14 |
| 14 | Aksu | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 11 |
