National Division prediction: Sfîntul Gheorghe should edge out Zimbru on their own turf

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Competition: Moldova National Division
Date: Sun 16.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Sătesc (1500 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Stadionul Sătesc clash with Zimbru, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the National Division table.

It's no vacation for neither Sfîntul Gheorghe nor Zimbru 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.

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Sfîntul Gheorghe form and stats

Sfîntul Gheorghe are steadily winning games and points here at Stadionul Sătesc. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Sfîntul Gheorghe has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Sătesc, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Sfîntul Gheorghe's last game was hosting Zimbru and winning 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Sheriff.

Sfîntul Gheorghe are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadionul Sătesc with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 44 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Sfîntul Gheorghe has won 22 times, drawn 6 and lost 16. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Sfîntul Gheorghe has won by at least two goals 11 times when in this position.

Sfîntul Gheorghe has scored 9 goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sfîntul Gheorghe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Sătesc, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

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Zimbru form and stats

There's been little loot from Zimbru's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games. Zimbru, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in National Division, only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.

Zimbru play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Sfîntul Gheorghe. A 0-1 loss hosting Milsami before that.

Zimbru are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 42 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 10 wins, 11 draws and 21 defeats. Of the defeats, 12 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Zimbru are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. 10 goals have been conceded by Zimbru in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sfîntul Gheorghe - Zimbru 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Sfîntul Gheorghe victories, 3 draws and 3 Zimbru wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Suvorov
3 goals
A. Boiciuc
3 goals
D. Mandricenco
2 goals

Sfîntul Gheorghe missing players

Zimbru missing players

Sfîntul Gheorghe Zimbru
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
13 7 2 Played 1 7 13
7 4 2 Won 0 1 1
4 2 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 1 5 10
20 9 5 Scored 0 3 5
16 5 1 Conceded 3 10 21
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 100% 86% 92%
85% 71% 100% Over 1.5 100% 57% 62%
62% 29% 50% Over 2.5 100% 43% 38%
31% 14% 50% Over 3.5 0% 0% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 29% 50% BTTS 0% 0% 15%
38% 57% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 29% 15%
23% 29% 0% Failed To Score 100% 86% 77%
 
3.6 4 2 Corners For (avg) 2 2.7 3
3.3 4.8 6 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.2 4.2
2.2 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Sfîntul Gheorghe have scored more than double the goals of Zimbru.
  • Zimbru have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zimbru have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sfîntul Gheorghe
All National Division Division A Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 - 0 Speranţa Nisporeni
18-05-19 ND Codru Lozova 1 - 2 Sfîntul Gheorghe
26-05-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 1 - 0 Petrocub
31-05-19 ND Sheriff 5 - 0 Sfîntul Gheorghe
16-06-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 2 - 0 Zimbru
22-06-19 ND Dinamo-Auto 15:00 Sfîntul Gheorghe
30-06-19 ND Milsami 15:00 Sfîntul Gheorghe
04-08-19 ND Speranţa Nisporeni - Sfîntul Gheorghe
10-08-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe - Codru Lozova
18-08-19 ND Petrocub - Sfîntul Gheorghe
Zimbru
All National Division Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 ND Zimbru 0 - 4 Sheriff
19-05-19 ND Speranţa Nisporeni 1 - 0 Zimbru
25-05-19 ND Dinamo-Auto 0 - 0 Zimbru
31-05-19 ND Zimbru 0 - 1 Milsami
16-06-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 2 - 0 Zimbru
22-06-19 ND Zimbru 15:00 Codru Lozova
30-06-19 ND Zimbru 17:00 Petrocub
03-08-19 ND Sheriff - Zimbru
11-08-19 ND Zimbru - Speranţa Nisporeni
17-08-19 ND Zimbru - Dinamo-Auto

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sheriff 13 11 0 2 33 4 6 5 0 1 14 2 7 6 0 1 19 2 29 33
2 Sfîntul Gheorghe 13 7 4 2 20 16 7 4 2 1 9 5 6 3 2 1 11 11 4 25
3 Milsami 13 6 5 2 17 9 7 3 2 2 10 7 6 3 3 0 7 2 8 23
4 Petrocub 13 6 4 3 14 10 7 3 3 1 10 6 6 3 1 2 4 4 4 22
5 Speranţa Nisporeni 13 5 4 4 16 16 6 2 2 2 6 9 7 3 2 2 10 7 0 19
6 Dinamo-Auto 13 4 3 6 13 20 6 1 2 3 3 8 7 3 1 3 10 12 -7 15
7 Zimbru 13 1 2 10 5 21 6 0 1 5 2 11 7 1 1 5 3 10 -16 5
8 Codru Lozova 13 0 2 11 7 29 7 0 0 7 4 19 6 0 2 4 3 10 -22 2

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