Avantul Valea Marului vs Focsani: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 2
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Portul Roșu (3000 seats)

Struggling Avantul Valea Marului will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Focsani in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Avantul Valea Marului have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in 3. Liga: Series 2
  • Focsani have not yet lost a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Avantul Valea Marului form and stats

Avantul Valea Marului's struggle is real here at Stadionul Portul Roșu with only 4 points collected from 7 3. Liga: Series 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5. Avantul has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Avantul, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Avantul has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Avantul defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Focsani form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the 3. Liga: Series 2. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ştiinţa Miroslava game have they lost an away game, meaning Focsani has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

The Focsani manager A. Chiţa has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. Focsani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Focsani - Avantul 0-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Avantul victory, zero draws and two Focsani wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Avantul Valea Marului missing players

Focsani missing players

Avantul Valea Marului Focsani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
3 1 0 Won W 1 4 7
1 1 0 Drew D 2 3 6
11 5 2 Lost L 0 0 2
9 3 0 Scored S 7 14 33
29 13 9 Conceded C 3 5 17
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 87%
40% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 53%
20% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 53%
13% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 27%
20% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 67%
27% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 27%
60% 71% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 18.5
5.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 8.5
9% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 21%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 2 this season:
  • Avantul Valea Marului have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Avantul Valea Marului have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avantul Valea Marului have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in 3. Liga: Series 2
  • Focsani have not yet lost a game away.
  • Focsani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Focsani have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Focsani have scored more than double the goals of Avantul Valea Marului.
  • Focsani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Otelul 15 11 2 2 49 11 7 6 1 0 31 3 8 5 1 2 18 8 38 35
2 Dacia Unirea Brăila 15 10 2 3 45 15 8 4 2 2 21 11 7 6 0 1 24 4 30 32
3 Focsani 15 7 6 2 33 17 8 3 3 2 19 12 7 4 3 0 14 5 16 27
4 Sporting Lieşti 15 8 2 5 29 23 7 5 1 1 15 5 8 3 1 4 14 18 6 26
5 Viitorul Ianca 15 7 4 4 32 18 8 4 1 3 23 11 7 3 3 1 9 7 14 25
6 Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat 15 7 3 5 22 20 7 5 0 2 12 6 8 2 3 3 10 14 2 24
7 CSM Bacau 15 4 4 7 12 24 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 1 2 4 3 13 -12 16
8 Avantul Valea Marului 15 3 1 11 9 29 7 1 1 5 3 13 8 2 0 6 6 16 -20 10
9 Sportul Chiscani 15 2 2 11 7 52 7 0 2 5 4 22 8 2 0 6 3 30 -45 8
10 Faurei 15 1 4 10 11 40 8 1 2 5 6 12 7 0 2 5 5 28 -29 5

Read more about 3. Liga: Series 2

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.