The visiting Sheriff side should be favourites in this visit to Speranţa Nisporeni, as the away team holds a 55 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
- Speranţa Nisporeni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sheriff have the most scored goals (79) in National Division
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 Speranţa Nisporeni and Sheriff.
Speranţa Nisporeni form and stats
With 1 National Division win, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Speranţa Nisporeni are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at Complexul Sportiv Raional is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nisporeni to get some points in this home game.
The Nisporeni fans got no joy from their last match, a National Division game also here at Complexul Sportiv Raional: A 0-3 defeat against Sfîntul Gheorghe (placed 4th). Prior to that, an away loss at Dacia-Buiucani.
Nisporeni have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nisporeni have conceded 25 from these games.
Sheriff form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Sheriff so far, with 11-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are National Division statistics. Things are running smoothly for Sheriff who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Petrocub. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Sheriff's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Petrocub game.
Sheriff have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 549 minutes since they last conceded in National Division.
Two travels in a row for Sheriff, whose manager Z. Zekić could celebrate last time after the National Division win against Dacia-Buiucani. A draw for Sheriff before that, at their own venue hosting Petrocub (0-0).
As mentioned above, Sheriff was the only team on the pitch versus Dacia-Buiucani in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The travelling fans enjoy Sheriff's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 12 league matches away. The Sheriff defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 12 games). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sheriff - Speranţa Nisporeni 3-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Nisporeni wins - draws - Sheriff wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Speranţa Nisporeni missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Speranţa Nisporeni | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 79 |
| 51 | 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 81% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 70% |
| 62% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 41% |
| 15% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 38% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 46% | 46% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8.3 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 13.4 | 15.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 |
| 34% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 37% | 40% |
- Sheriff have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheriff have scored more than double the goals of Speranţa Nisporeni.
- Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in National Division
- Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals (6) in National Division
- Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in National Division
- Sheriff have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in National Division
- Sheriff have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in National Division
- Sheriff have the most clean sheets (21) in National Division
- Sheriff have the most clean sheets (8) away in National Division
- Sheriff have the most points (33) away in National Division
- Sheriff have the most scored goals (79) in National Division
- Sheriff have the most scored goals in the second half (52) in National Division
- Sheriff have the the best goal difference (+73) in National Division
- Sheriff haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Speranţa Nisporeni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Speranţa Nisporeni have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 73 | 74 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 53 | 65 |
| 3 | Milsami | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 54 |
| 4 | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 52 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 39 |
| 6 | Dacia-Buiucani | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 7 | Speranţa Nisporeni | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 8 | Floreşti | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -44 | 17 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -32 | 13 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 62 | -74 | 6 |