3. Liga: Series 1 match prediction and preview for Sporting Lieşti vs Universitatea Galaţi clash

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 1
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Comunal (2500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Liga: Series 1, Sporting Lieşti holding 12th place and Universitatea Galaţi lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sporting Lieşti form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga: Series 1, Sporting Lieşti have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Sporting Lieşti in their previous game, a 3. Liga: Series 1 match away at Paşcani (placed 16th) that ended with a 10-0 victory. Before that, Sporting Lieşti drew at home versus Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt.

As mentioned above, Sporting Lieşti "killed" Paşcani in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The Sporting Lieşti fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Universitatea Galaţi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Universitatea Galaţi so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

Universitatea Galaţi failed to get anything from their last game, a 3. Liga: Series 1 home match vs Bucovina Radauti (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Şomuz Fălticeni.

Universitatea Galaţi have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Universitatea Galaţi have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sporting Lieşti 1 win, 0 draws and Universitatea Galaţi 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Sporting Lieşti missing players

Universitatea Galaţi missing players

Sporting Lieşti Universitatea Galaţi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 2 6 14
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
7 1 0 Lost L 0 3 8
19 8 2 Scored S 5 6 14
23 8 1 Conceded C 2 9 24
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 79%
57% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 36%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 21%
43% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 43%
21% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
7.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4 3
3 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4 5.7
1.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
26 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 12 30
13 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 7 15
77% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 20%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 1 this season:
  • Sporting Lieşti has the most scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Sporting Lieşti have created more than twice as many corners as Universitatea Galaţi.
  • 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.
  • Universitatea Galaţi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Universitatea Galaţi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Universitatea Galaţi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Sporting Lieşti
26-10-19 3L Focsani 1 - 0 Sporting Lieşti
02-11-19 3L Sporting Lieşti 2 - 2 Botoşani II
08-11-19 3L Ozana Târgu Neamţ 3 - 0 Sporting Lieşti
16-11-19 3L Sporting Lieşti 1 - 1 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt
22-11-19 3L Paşcani 0 - 10 Sporting Lieşti
30-11-19 3L Sporting Lieşti 13:00 Universitatea Galaţi
07-03-20 3L Sporting Lieşti 14:00 Foresta Suceava
14-03-20 3L Hușana Huși 14:00 Sporting Lieşti
21-03-20 3L Sporting Lieşti 14:00 CSM Bacău
28-03-20 3L Şomuz Fălticeni 14:00 Sporting Lieşti
Universitatea Galaţi
26-10-19 3L Universitatea Galaţi 2 - 4 Foresta Suceava
02-11-19 3L Hușana Huși 3 - 0 Universitatea Galaţi
08-11-19 3L Universitatea Galaţi 2 - 0 CSM Bacău
16-11-19 3L Şomuz Fălticeni 1 - 1 Universitatea Galaţi
22-11-19 3L Universitatea Galaţi 0 - 2 Bucovina Radauti
30-11-19 3L Sporting Lieşti 13:00 Universitatea Galaţi
07-03-20 3L Targu Secuiesc 14:00 Universitatea Galaţi
14-03-20 3L Universitatea Galaţi 14:00 Otelul
21-03-20 3L Ştiinţa Miroslava 14:00 Universitatea Galaţi
28-03-20 3L Universitatea Galaţi 14:00 Focsani

  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 14 12 0 2 34 9 7 6 0 1 16 5 7 6 0 1 18 4 25 36
2 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 14 10 2 2 34 9 8 7 0 1 25 5 6 3 2 1 9 4 25 32
3 Foresta Suceava 14 10 2 2 40 17 8 7 1 0 29 3 6 3 1 2 11 14 23 32
4 Bucovina Radauti 14 10 1 3 34 9 6 5 0 1 20 4 8 5 1 2 14 5 25 31
5 Focsani 14 7 3 4 18 13 6 5 1 0 12 3 8 2 2 4 6 10 5 24
6 Ozana Târgu Neamţ 14 7 2 5 28 19 8 5 1 2 15 7 6 2 1 3 13 12 9 23
7 Ştiinţa Miroslava 14 7 2 5 26 19 6 4 1 1 14 7 8 3 1 4 12 12 7 23
8 Otelul 14 8 2 4 22 19 6 4 2 0 10 2 8 4 0 4 12 17 3 22
9 Botoşani II 14 4 4 6 22 26 8 3 2 3 13 13 6 1 2 3 9 13 -4 16
10 Hușana Huși 14 5 1 8 17 22 8 4 1 3 12 9 6 1 0 5 5 13 -5 16
11 Şomuz Fălticeni 14 3 5 6 16 25 6 1 3 2 5 11 8 2 2 4 11 14 -9 14
12 Sporting Lieşti 14 3 4 7 19 23 6 2 3 1 8 8 8 1 1 6 11 15 -4 13
13 Targu Secuiesc 14 2 5 7 11 22 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 0 3 5 3 15 -11 11
14 Universitatea Galaţi 14 2 4 8 14 24 8 1 2 5 8 15 6 1 2 3 6 9 -10 10
15 CSM Bacău 14 2 3 9 6 21 7 2 1 4 4 7 7 0 2 5 2 14 -15 9
16 Paşcani 14 0 0 14 10 74 8 0 0 8 5 41 6 0 0 6 5 33 -64 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.