Shirak have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against FCSB. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Shirak when visiting FCSB as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
FCSB form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.It's back home for FCSB, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Astra away with the result 3-0. Dennis Man, Olimpiu Moruțan and Florin Tănase found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, FCSB lost 0-2 at home to CFR Cluj.
It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how FCSB have performed as huge favourites like they are today: nine games found in the database showing eight FCSB wins, zero draws and one defeat.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for FCSB, as the Liga 1 home game vs Viitorul is only three days away.
Shirak form and stats
Playing away, Shirak have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Shirak are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Artsakh. A 2-4 loss hosting Alashkert before that.
Shirak are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 23 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were six wins, nine draws and eight defeats. Of the defeats, six games were lost by at least two goals margin.
It's early days yet, but Shirak has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Moruţan 1 goals | D. Man 1 goals |  F. Tănase 1 goals |
FCSB missing players
Shirak missing players
| FCSB | Shirak | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 291 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 204 | ||
| 125 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 85 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Alashkert | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Van | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ararat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shirak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Artsakh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Gandzasar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Pyunik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |