Can Olteniţa outperform Popești-Leordeni in Stadionul Municipal clash?

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 3
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (1000 seats)

Olteniţa have struggled for points this season. Will the gang get some when Popești-Leordeni visit Stadionul Municipal?

Insights:
  • Olteniţa have the fewest scored goals (2) in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Popești-Leordeni have the most clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga: Series 3

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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Olteniţa form and stats

Olteniţa have played three 3. Liga: Series 3 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Olteniţa have lost eight games in a row.

Olteniţa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-9 away versus FCV Farul Constanta II. As you see from the result above, Olteniţa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Voluntari II that was lost 1-4.

Olteniţa aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Olteniţa have allowed the opposition to score 9 goals here at Stadionul Municipal. Olteniţa's defense is seriously deficient as 9 goals have been conceded in these matches.

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Popești-Leordeni form and stats

Popești-Leordeni are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 3. Liga: Series 3, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 3. Liga: Series 3 home defeat versus Afumati with 1-6 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Afumati was particularly ugly (1-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Agricola Borcea that ended 0-0.

Goals are few and far between in Popești-Leordeni's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Olteniţa zero wins, three draws and Popești-Leordeni five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Olteniţa missing players

Popești-Leordeni missing players

Olteniţa Popești-Leordeni
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 3 8
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
8 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
2 2 0 Scored S 1 1 10
27 9 3 Conceded C 0 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 88%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
62% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
25% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 75%
75% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 25%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.5
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 2.8
5 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 9.2
6 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1.8
17% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 57%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 3 this season:
  • All of Olteniţa's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Olteniţa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olteniţa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Olteniţa have lost all their matches so far.
  • Olteniţa have the fewest points (0) at home in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Olteniţa have the fewest scored goals (2) in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Olteniţa have the most conceded goals (27) in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Olteniţa have the the worst goal difference (-25) in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Olteniţa have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Olteniţa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Popești-Leordeni have scored more than double the goals of Olteniţa.
  • Popești-Leordeni have the most clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga: Series 3
  • Popești-Leordeni have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in 3. Liga: Series 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCV Farul Constanta II 7 7 0 0 27 3 5 5 0 0 23 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 24 21
2 Agricola Borcea 8 5 2 1 13 7 4 2 2 0 6 1 4 3 0 1 7 6 6 17
3 Popești-Leordeni 8 5 1 2 10 8 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 16
4 Afumati 7 4 2 1 20 8 2 2 0 0 7 1 5 2 2 1 13 7 12 14
5 Înainte Modelu 8 4 1 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 13
6 Gloria Albesti 8 4 0 4 7 10 3 3 0 0 5 1 5 1 0 4 2 9 -3 12
7 Voluntari II 8 3 0 5 18 15 5 2 0 3 13 8 3 1 0 2 5 7 3 9
8 Recolta Gheorghe Doja 8 3 0 5 8 12 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 2 0 3 7 10 -4 9
9 CSM Fetesti 8 1 0 7 3 21 5 1 0 4 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 12 -18 3
10 Olteniţa 8 0 0 8 2 27 3 0 0 3 2 9 5 0 0 5 0 18 -25 0

Read more about 3. Liga: Series 3

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.