1st position in the National Division table for Sheriff so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Dacia-Buiucani visits Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sheriff's stadium, Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena, has a grass surface. Dacia-Buiucani have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Dacia-Buiucani when playing on grass; 11 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 28.
Sheriff form and stats
Sheriff, who have the most scored goals (46) in National Division, have been outstanding at home so far in the National Division with 9 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
Sheriff faced defeat in their previous match, away at Petrocub (0-1). Before that, Sheriff had a home game versus Floresti which ended with a victory 5-0.
It's goals goals goals for Sheriff who have scored 36 goals from 9 league home games. Defensively Sheriff have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Dacia-Buiucani form and stats
Dacia-Buiucani, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in National Division, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the National Division, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
Dacia-Buiucani are looking to quickly end their 218 minutes long goal drought in the National Division.
Dacia-Buiucani might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sfintul Gheorghe proved too strong as Dacia-Buiucani slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Joma Arena. Before that, Dacia-Buiucani travelled to Speranta Nisporeni and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sfintul Gheorghe was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dacia-Buiucani's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Dacia-Buiucani in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sheriff and Dacia-Buiucani have met before this season: Dacia-Buiucani - Sheriff 0-3.Top Goalscorers
  F. Castañeda Vélez 12 goals |  A. Bliznichenko 6 goals | P. Wilson 5 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Dacia-Buiucani missing players
| Sheriff | Dacia-Buiucani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 46 | 36 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 69% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 38% | 59% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 41% |
| 38% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 31% | 56% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 75% | 89% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 238 | 155 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 66 | 129 |
| 105 | 70 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 27 | 58 |
| 44% | 51% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 21% |
- Dacia-Buiucani has the fewest scored goals (3) away in National Division
- Dacia-Buiucani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sheriff has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in National Division
- Sheriff has the fewest conceded goals (4) in National Division
- Sheriff has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in National Division
- Sheriff has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most clean sheets (12) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most clean sheets (8) at home in National Division
- Sheriff has the most points (27) at home in National Division
- Sheriff has the most scored goals (36) at home in National Division
- Sheriff has the most scored goals (46) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most scored goals in the second half (29) in National Division
- Sheriff has the the best goal difference (+35) at home in National Division
- Sheriff has the the best goal difference (+42) in National Division
- Sheriff have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sheriff have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheriff have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sheriff have scored more than double the goals of Dacia-Buiucani.
- Sheriff have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sheriff haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 45 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 31 | 39 |
| 3 | Milsami | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Dacia-Buiucani | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 8 | Floresti | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -27 | 15 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 9 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 47 | -52 | 2 |