National Division prediction: Home win expected when Sfîntul Gheorghe takes on Zimbru

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Competition: Moldova National Division
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suruceni Stadium (1500 seats)

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sfîntul Gheorghe and Zimbru.

Zimbru have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 7th place no matter what happens.

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Sfîntul Gheorghe form and stats

When playing at home in the National Division, Sfîntul Gheorghe have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.

Sfîntul Gheorghe's previous game was a National Division match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Zimbru (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Sfîntul Gheorghe lost 0-1 at home to Sheriff.

Sfîntul Gheorghe are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Suruceni Stadium with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 38 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Sfîntul Gheorghe has won 22 times, drawn 3 and lost 13. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Sfîntul Gheorghe has won by at least two goals 10 times when in this position.

The Sfîntul Gheorghe fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Sfîntul Gheorghe have conceded only 9 goals.

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Zimbru form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zimbru so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Zimbru as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Speranţa Nisporeni match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Zimbru are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Zimbru play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Sfîntul Gheorghe (placed 2nd). A loss against Milsami was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Nobody expects Zimbru to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 40 times before, with the overall statistics of won 8, draw 10 and lost 22. When defeated, 11 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Zimbru are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 14 away games. Zimbru have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sfîntul Gheorghe - Zimbru 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 2 - 2 (Sfîntul Gheorghe wins - draws - Zimbru wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sfîntul GheorgheD. Mandricenco
D. Mandricenco
6 goals
Sfîntul GheorgheV. Cemîrtan
V. Cemîrtan
6 goals
Sfîntul GheorgheS. Istrati
S. Istrati
5 goals

Sfîntul Gheorghe missing players

Zimbru missing players

Sfîntul Gheorghe Zimbru
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 2 14 27
16 8 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 3 2 Drew D 0 3 6
6 3 0 Lost L 2 9 18
39 16 3 Scored S 0 7 16
26 9 0 Conceded C 6 21 43
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
74% 57% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 70%
52% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 44%
19% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 33%
48% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 15%
26% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 71% 59%
 
3.4 3.5 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3 3
3.1 3.2 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 3.7 3.3
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 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.

Sfîntul Gheorghe
24-08-19 ND Sheriff 2 - 1 Sfîntul Gheorghe
01-09-19 ND Zimbru 0 - 1 Sfîntul Gheorghe
15-09-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 1 - 0 Dinamo-Auto
20-09-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 3 - 0 Milsami
29-09-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 - 0 Speranţa Nisporeni
06-10-19 ND Codru Lozova 0 - 4 Sfîntul Gheorghe
20-10-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 - 2 Petrocub
26-10-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 - 1 Sheriff
02-11-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 2 - 1 Zimbru
09-11-19 ND Dinamo-Auto 12:00 Sfîntul Gheorghe
Zimbru
24-08-19 ND Milsami 1 - 1 Zimbru
01-09-19 ND Zimbru 0 - 1 Sfîntul Gheorghe
14-09-19 ND Codru Lozova 0 - 2 Zimbru
20-09-19 ND Petrocub 1 - 0 Zimbru
28-09-19 ND Zimbru 1 - 2 Sheriff
06-10-19 ND Speranţa Nisporeni 0 - 0 Zimbru
19-10-19 ND Dinamo-Auto 4 - 0 Zimbru
26-10-19 ND Zimbru 1 - 2 Milsami
02-11-19 ND Sfîntul Gheorghe 2 - 1 Zimbru
09-11-19 ND Zimbru 12:00 Codru Lozova

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheriff 27 22 3 2 59 8 13 12 0 1 30 4 14 10 3 1 29 4 51 69
2 Sfîntul Gheorghe 27 16 5 6 39 26 14 8 3 3 16 9 13 8 2 3 23 17 13 53
3 Petrocub 27 14 7 6 33 20 14 6 6 2 18 11 13 8 1 4 15 9 13 49
4 Milsami 27 10 9 8 29 26 14 4 5 5 15 16 13 6 4 3 14 10 3 39
5 Dinamo-Auto 27 11 5 11 36 36 13 6 2 5 20 15 14 5 3 6 16 21 0 38
6 Speranţa Nisporeni 27 7 11 9 27 33 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 6 4 17 17 -6 32
7 Zimbru 27 3 6 18 16 43 13 1 3 9 9 22 14 2 3 9 7 21 -27 15
8 Codru Lozova 27 0 4 23 8 55 14 0 1 13 4 32 13 0 3 10 4 23 -47 4