Sporting Lieşti vs Foresta Suceava 3. Liga: Series 1 preview

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 1
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Sporting Lieşti will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Foresta Suceava.

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Sporting Lieşti form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga: Series 1 for Sporting Lieşti at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

In the preceding match a 10-0 victory visiting Paşcani.

Sporting Lieşti are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Sporting Lieşti's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Foresta Suceava form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Foresta Suceava, who have the most scored goals (43) in 3. Liga: Series 1, playing as the away team in the 3. Liga: Series 1 this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sporting Lieşti. Having won their last three away games Foresta Suceava has no reason to fear anyone.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Şomuz Fălticeni.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Foresta Suceava are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Foresta Suceava manager P. Grigoraş has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Foresta Suceava - Sporting Lieşti 3-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Sporting Lieşti, one draw and two wins for Foresta Suceava. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Sporting Lieşti missing players

Foresta Suceava missing players

Sporting Lieşti Foresta Suceava
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 7 15
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 11
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
21 10 1 Scored S 3 14 43
24 9 1 Conceded C 2 14 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 87%
60% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 73%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 53%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 57% 40%
47% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 53%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 47%
40% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.6
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.8
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
26 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 17 73
13 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 31
77% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 39%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 1 this season:
  • Foresta Suceava has the most matches over the total-line (4)
  • Foresta Suceava has the most scored goals (43)
  • Foresta Suceava has the most scored goals in the second half (9)
  • Foresta Suceava have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Foresta Suceava have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Foresta Suceava have scored more than double the goals of Sporting Lieşti.
  • Foresta Suceava have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Foresta Suceava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Foresta Suceava is in the best form (4-0-1)
  • Sporting Lieşti has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Sporting Lieşti have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sporting Lieşti have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sporting Lieşti have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sporting Lieşti haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aerostar Bacău 15 13 0 2 37 9 7 6 0 1 16 5 8 7 0 1 21 4 28 39
2 Foresta Suceava 15 11 2 2 43 17 8 7 1 0 29 3 7 4 1 2 14 14 26 35
3 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 15 10 3 2 34 9 8 7 0 1 25 5 7 3 3 1 9 4 25 33
4 Bucovina Radauti 15 10 1 4 34 12 7 5 0 2 20 7 8 5 1 2 14 5 22 31
5 Focsani 15 8 3 4 20 13 7 6 1 0 14 3 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 27
6 Ştiinţa Miroslava 15 8 2 5 30 20 7 5 1 1 18 8 8 3 1 4 12 12 10 26
7 Ozana Târgu Neamţ 15 7 2 6 29 23 8 5 1 2 15 7 7 2 1 4 14 16 6 23
8 Otelul 15 8 3 4 22 19 7 4 3 0 10 2 8 4 0 4 12 17 3 23
9 Şomuz Fălticeni 15 4 5 6 18 25 7 2 3 2 7 11 8 2 2 4 11 14 -7 17
10 Sporting Lieşti 15 4 4 7 21 24 7 3 3 1 10 9 8 1 1 6 11 15 -3 16
11 Botoşani II 15 4 4 7 22 28 8 3 2 3 13 13 7 1 2 4 9 15 -6 16
12 Hușana Huși 15 5 1 9 17 24 8 4 1 3 12 9 7 1 0 6 5 15 -7 16
13 Targu Secuiesc 15 3 5 7 17 22 7 3 2 2 14 7 8 0 3 5 3 15 -5 14
14 Universitatea Galaţi 15 2 4 9 15 26 8 1 2 5 8 15 7 1 2 4 7 11 -11 10
15 CSM Bacău 15 2 3 10 6 24 8 2 1 5 4 10 7 0 2 5 2 14 -18 9
16 Paşcani 15 0 0 15 10 80 8 0 0 8 5 41 7 0 0 7 5 39 -70 0

Read more about 3. Liga: Series 1

The Liga III, also spelled Liga 3, is the third highest tier of football in Romania. It is divided into five divisions and each has 16 teams for a total of 80 contestants. The season runs from August to May and each team plays 30 fixtures. The top team of the league table in each division is promoted.