The visiting Sheriff side should be favourites in this visit to Zimbru, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.
Zimbru and Sheriff should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
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, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadionul Zimbru. It's trouble wherever Zimbru are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Zimbru having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager V. Goian.
V. Cemîrtan was the last player to score a league goal for Zimbru and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Zimbru haven't scored in 229 minutes.
Zimbru lost their last game at Sfintul Gheorghe (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Zimbru lost 0-2 at home to Speranta Nisporeni.
Zimbru have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Sheriff form and stats
Playing away, Sheriff, who have the most clean sheets (9) in National Division, have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the National Division this season.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Dundalk (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties).
Leading 6-0 was not enough for Sheriff in their fight with Codru Lozova last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 0-6 loss. Sheriff lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.
The travelling fans enjoy Sheriff's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Sheriff are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sheriff - Zimbru 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zimbru one win, zero draws and Sheriff nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Castañeda Vélez 10 goals | A. Abang 5 goals |  V. Cemîrtan 4 goals |
Zimbru missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Zimbru | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 73% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | 46 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 63 | 162 |
| 33 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 27 | 69 |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 41% |
- Sheriff has the fewest conceded goals (1) away 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 (2) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most clean sheets (9) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most points (15) away in National Division
- Sheriff has the most scored goals in the first half (15) in National Division
- Sheriff has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in National Division
- Sheriff has the the best goal difference (+7) away in National Division
- Sheriff have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sheriff have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sheriff have scored more than double the goals of Zimbru.
- Sheriff have won all their away games so far.
- Sheriff haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zimbru have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zimbru have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Zimbru haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zimbru is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Milsami | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Dacia-Buiucani | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 11 |
| 8 | Floreşti | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -21 | 8 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 5 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 38 | -28 | 5 |