Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round between Urartu and SSC Farul. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's quite the trip for SSC Farul when visiting Urartu as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
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.
Urartu form and stats
Urartu was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Maribor was too strong.A good away victory last time out for Urartu, who won 2-1 against BKMA.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against SSC Farul in the Europa Conference League. This is expected to be a close game, with Urartu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Urartu as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Urartu has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Urartu as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Ararat-Armenia are visiting.
SSC Farul form and stats
Playing away, SSC Farul have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.
SSC Farul have lots to play for after their unexpected defeat (1-3) to CSM Iasi in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters.
Before that match, the win at home hosting Urartu in the Europa Conference League (3-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Farul playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 SSC Farul wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the SSC Farul manager Hagi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Petrolul 52.
It's early days yet, but SSC Farul has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
SSC Farul - Urartu 3-2 was the outcome when these teams formerly did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Larie 3 goals |  C. Grameni 1 goals | E. Sali 1 goals |
Urartu missing players
SSC Farul missing players
| Urartu | SSC Farul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 50 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 38 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 48% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 37% | ||
| 7.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shirak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Urartu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Artsakh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Pyunik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alashkert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | BKMA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Van | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | West Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Ararat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | FCSB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | CSM Iasi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Botosani | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Otelul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
