Sports betting insights: Viitorul Ianca vs Metalul Buzău - predictions and statistics

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 2
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Stefan Vrabioru (4000 seats)

Viitorul Ianca saw a 3-3 result against Faurei last fixture, a match to remember. The next task is this powerful Metalul Buzău side.

Insights:
  • Viitorul Ianca have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Metalul Buzău have the most matches over the total-line (2) in 3. Liga: Series 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

15-8-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Metalul Buzău when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 36 matches are 51-47 (scored/conceded).

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Viitorul Ianca form and stats

Viitorul Ianca are steadily winning 3. Liga: Series 2 games and points here at Stadionul Stefan Vrabioru. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. When Viitorul Ianca hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Focsani and Otelul), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Two draws in a row at home now for Viitorul.

The home team returns to Stadionul Stefan Vrabioru after being equal after 90 minutes with Faurei (placed 8th) on their last time out; the 3. Liga: Series 2 game ended 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Viitorul, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Faurei. Fun stuff to watch!

In the match before that, Viitorul hosted Otelul and drew the game 1-1.

Goals decide football matches and Viitorul are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Viitorul Ianca have conceded 13 from these games.

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Metalul Buzău form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Metalul Buzău playing as the away team in the 3. Liga: Series 2 this season.

Metalul had fun at their own home (Stadionul Stefan Vrabioru) last time out, beating Aerostar Bacău 1-0.

Before that, Metalul secured a home win against Sporting Lieşti with the score 2-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Metalul Buzău are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Metalul have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Metalul Buzău - Viitorul 3-1. Viitorul Ianca-Metalul Buzău H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Viitorul zero wins, Metalul Buzău two wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Viitorul Ianca missing players

Metalul Buzău missing players

Viitorul Ianca Metalul Buzău
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
5 4 1 Won W 3 3 9
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 2
6 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
23 14 3 Scored S 14 17 39
31 13 2 Conceded C 3 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
79% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 57%
50% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 43%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 29% 29%
86% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 64%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 29%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.3 4.6
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.7 4.6
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.7 10.4
5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5
60% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 24%
 
10 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9.6
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.7 5
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 2 this season:
  • All of Viitorul Ianca's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Metalul Buzău have created more than twice as many corners as Viitorul Ianca.
  • Metalul Buzău have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Metalul Buzău have the most matches over the total-line (2) in 3. Liga: Series 2
  • Metalul Buzău haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Viitorul Ianca have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Viitorul Ianca have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Viitorul Ianca 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 14 11 1 2 45 10 7 7 0 0 31 2 7 4 1 2 14 8 35 34
2 Focsani 14 10 2 2 33 9 7 5 2 0 20 3 7 5 0 2 13 6 24 32
3 Metalul Buzău 14 9 2 3 39 14 7 6 0 1 22 6 7 3 2 2 17 8 25 29
4 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 14 8 3 3 39 19 7 3 3 1 15 7 7 5 0 2 24 12 20 27
5 Sporting Lieşti 14 8 1 5 24 18 7 6 0 1 16 5 7 2 1 4 8 13 6 25
6 Aerostar Bacău 14 6 3 5 22 16 7 5 0 2 13 7 7 1 3 3 9 9 6 21
7 Viitorul Ianca 14 5 3 6 23 31 7 4 2 1 14 13 7 1 1 5 9 18 -8 18
8 Faurei 14 2 2 10 20 47 7 1 2 4 14 20 7 1 0 6 6 27 -27 8
9 Dinamo Bacău 14 2 1 11 15 36 7 1 0 6 10 20 7 1 1 5 5 16 -21 7
10 Sportul Chiscani 14 0 0 14 11 71 7 0 0 7 6 27 7 0 0 7 5 44 -60 0

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.