Sporting Lieşti will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Focsani.
- Sporting Lieşti have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in 3. Liga: Series 2
- Focsani have the most clean sheets (3) away in 3. Liga: Series 2
Sporting Lieşti and Focsani should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sporting Lieşti form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 3. Liga: Series 2 games here at Stadionul Comunal for Sporting Lieşti. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The Lieşti manager I. Niculcea has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Lieşti have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Focsani form and stats
Focsani, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in 3. Liga: Series 2, have an excellent away record in the 3. Liga: Series 2 so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Ştiinţa Miroslava game have they lost an away game, meaning Focsani has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Focsani are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Focsani as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Focsani - Sporting Lieşti 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Lieşti three wins, two draws and Focsani three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Sporting Lieşti missing players
Focsani missing players
| Sporting Lieşti | Focsani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 35 |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14 | 18.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 12% | 21% |
- Focsani have not yet lost a game away.
- Focsani have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Focsani have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Focsani have the most clean sheets (3) away in 3. Liga: Series 2
- Focsani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Lieşti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting Lieşti have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in 3. Liga: Series 2
- 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 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 38 |
| 2 | Otelul | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 37 | 35 |
| 3 | Focsani | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Sporting Lieşti | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Viitorul Ianca | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 7 | CSM Bacău | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 8 | Avantul Valea Marului | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 10 |
| 9 | Sportul Chiscani | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 38 | -54 | 8 |
| 10 | Făurei | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 31 | -31 | 5 |