Metalul Buzău have travelled here for an intriguing duel against the home side Sporting Lieşti. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth 3. Liga: Series 2 preview!
Both teams have had time to rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Metalul Buzău have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 18-7-11 (win-draw-loss) from 36 matches.
Sporting Lieşti form and stats
Sporting Lieşti have only played one 3. Liga: Series 2 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 9 matches.
Lieşti enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Faurei's place. The match ended 4-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Lieşti, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Faurei. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that, Lieşti had a home game versus Otelul which ended with a victory 2-1.Early season league goal statistics from Sporting Lieşti's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Metalul Buzău form and stats
With two straight losses from their last two away games, Metalul Buzău are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Metalul had fun at their own home (Stadionul Comunal) last time out, beating Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat 2-1.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Dinamo Bacau.Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Lieşti victories, one draw and one Metalul Buzău win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Sporting Lieşti missing players
Metalul Buzău missing players
| Sporting Lieşti | Metalul Buzău | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 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% |
| Sporting Lieşti | Last season | Metalul Buzău | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 27 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 24 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 83% | ||
| 67% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 39% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 17% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Metalul Buzău | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Sporting Lieşti | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Aerostar Bacau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Focsani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Otelul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Viitorul Ianca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Faurei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Dinamo Bacau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 10 | Sportul Chiscani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
| 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 | Otelul | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 41 | 41 |
| 2 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 37 | 38 |
| 3 | Focsani | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Viitorul Ianca | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 29 |
| 6 | Sporting Lieşti | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | CSM Bacau | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 19 |
| 8 | Avantul Valea Marului | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 13 |
| 9 | Faurei | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 37 | -35 | 8 |
| 10 | Sportul Chiscani | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 38 | -57 | 8 |
| 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 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Progresul Spartac | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | FCSB II | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Metalul Buzău | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Tunari | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Voluntari II | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti II | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti II | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna II | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -18 | 6 |
| 10 | Balotesti | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -27 | 0 |