Season ticket holders at Stadionul Zimbru haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Zimbru languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Dacia-Buiucani will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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!
11 - 7 - 11 with 30-28. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Dacia-Buiucani when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Dacia-Buiucani play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Zimbru form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National Division this season. Zimbru have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Stadionul Zimbru.
Zimbru are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 361 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by P. Neagu).
Prior to that, an away loss at Floreşti.
Zimbru has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Dacia-Buiucani form and stats
There's been little loot from Dacia-Buiucani's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the National Division. Dacia-Buiucani, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in National Division, only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Dacia-Buiucani, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
N. Namalovan was the last player to score for the away team. Dacia-Buiucani haven't scored a league goal in the last 308 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sheriff (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The National Division match ended in a draw 0-0. Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Sfintul Gheorghe.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dacia-Buiucani's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 9 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dacia-Buiucani - Zimbru 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Zimbru zero wins, zero draws and Dacia-Buiucani two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Cemîrtan 4 goals |  V. Crîcimari 4 goals | C. Cotogoi 3 goals |
Zimbru missing players
Dacia-Buiucani missing players
| Zimbru | Dacia-Buiucani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 72% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 50% |
| 67% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 112 | 54 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 77 | 140 |
| 49 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 31 | 62 |
| 18% | 17% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 6% | 19% |
- 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.
- Zimbru has the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in National Division
- Zimbru has the most matches under the total-line (11) in National Division
- Zimbru have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 46 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 32 | 42 |
| 3 | Milsami | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Dacia-Buiucani | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 8 | Floreşti | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -30 | 15 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 9 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 47 | -55 | 2 |