This is the 3. Liga - Final Stages season debut for these squads, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Plopeni or Alexandria get that highly important first victory?
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Plopeni form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Plopeni as they were promoted from 3. Liga: Series 5 last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from 18 games. The team scored 11 goals at home last season and conceded 5. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Plopeni are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga - Final Stages match at Alexandria awaits in three days.
Alexandria form and stats
A job perfectly done for Alexandria last season as they secured promotion from 3. Liga; Series 6. With a grand total of 13 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Plopeni in just three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Plopeni one win, two draws and Alexandria one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Plopeni missing players
Alexandria missing players
| Plopeni | Alexandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Plopeni | Last season | Alexandria | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 60 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 81% | 64% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 67% | ||
| 22% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 30% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 19% | ||
| 37% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 26% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 63% | ||
| 30% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 15% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 105% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 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 | Blejoi Vispeşti | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | Plopeni | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Olimpic Cetate | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | SR Municipal Brasov | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Paulesti | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -12 | 24 |
| 7 | Sepsi II | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 8 | Kids Tampa Brasov | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 18 |
| 9 | Olimpic Zarnesti | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 16 |
| 10 | Targu Secuiesc | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 16 |
| 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 | Alexandria | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 40 |
| 2 | Sporting Rosiori | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Horezu | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Viitorul Dăești | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | Dunarea Turris Turnu Magurele | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 6 | Cozia Calimanesti | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Petrolul Potcoava | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 8 | CS U Craiova II | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Vedita Colonesti | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -19 | 15 |
| 10 | Minerul Costesti | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -28 | 11 |