Finally! The 3. Liga - Final Stages opening game for these contenders, whom look forward to competing for points again. Will Cetate Deva or Soimii Lipova get that key first win?
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 Cetate and Soimii Lipova.
Cetate Deva form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Cetate Deva as they were promoted from 3. Liga: Series 7 last season. Happy days that were secured through 14 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses from 18 games. The team scored 36 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Soimii Lipova form and stats
A job perfectly done for Soimii Lipova last season as they secured promotion from 3. Liga: Series 8. With a grand total of 12 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.
Soimii Lipova are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the result Soimii Lipova - Cetate 0-0 written in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Cetate Deva victories, three draws and two Soimii Lipova wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Cetate Deva missing players
Soimii Lipova missing players
| Cetate Deva | Soimii Lipova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cetate Deva | Last season | Soimii Lipova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 79 | 50 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 22 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 89% | ||
| 85% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 63% | ||
| 78% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 41% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 30% | ||
| 37% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 19% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 37% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 48% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 26% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 77% | 89% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cetate Deva | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 53 | 46 |
| 2 | Filiaşi | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Gilortul | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Viitorul Simian | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 34 |
| 5 | Jiul Petrosani | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Vointa Lupac | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Armata Aurul Brad | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 38 | -29 | 14 |
| 8 | Retezatul Hateg | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -11 | 13 |
| 9 | Viitorul Targu Jiu II | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 30 | -43 | 11 |
| 10 | Progresul Ezeris | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 28 | -32 | 10 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 34 | 42 |
| 2 | Soimii Lipova | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Ghiroda | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Crisul Chisineu Cris | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Progresul Pecica | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Pobeda Star Bisnov | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 23 |
| 7 | Phoenix Buzias | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Avantul Periam | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 30 | -25 | 16 |
| 9 | Ineu | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 12 |
| 10 | Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -21 | 10 |