Football betting preview: Progresul Spartac vs Metalul Buzău

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 4
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Progresul Spartac (9513 seats)

2nd position in the 3. Liga: Series 4 table for Progresul Spartac so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Metalul Buzău visits Stadionul Progresul Spartac.

Insights:
  • Progresul Spartac have the most matches over the total-line (4) in 3. Liga: Series 4
  • Progresul Spartac have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metalul Buzău have scored 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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Progresul Spartac form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Progresul Spartac's two home games in the 3. Liga: Series 4 so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadionul Progresul Spartac.

Progresul Spartac has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Metalul Buzău form and stats

Metalul Buzău are still undefeated on their travels in the 3. Liga: Series 4. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Metalul Buzău have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Metalul Buzău - Progresul 1-0.

Progresul Spartac missing players

Metalul Buzău missing players

Progresul Spartac Metalul Buzău
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
9 4 1 Won W 0 1 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
30 21 4 Scored S 2 9 23
18 9 3 Conceded C 4 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
60% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 47%
47% 71% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 20%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 7%
53% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 53%
33% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 40%
13% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 12.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.5 10.4
4.9 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.1
37% 48% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 38%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 4 this season:
  • All of Progresul Spartac's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Progresul Spartac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Progresul Spartac have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Progresul Spartac have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metalul Buzău have scored away.
  • Progresul Spartac have the most matches over the total-line (4) in 3. Liga: Series 4
  • Progresul Spartac 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 CSA Steaua Bucureşti 6 5 1 0 20 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 4 0 0 15 1 18 16
2 Progresul Spartac 6 5 0 1 8 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 4 0 0 5 1 4 15
3 FCSB II 6 4 2 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 10 2 3 1 2 0 4 1 11 14
4 Metalul Buzău 6 3 2 1 8 2 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 11
5 Tunari 6 3 1 2 6 3 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 10
6 Rapid Bucuresti II 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 5 4 -1 7
7 Voluntari II 6 1 2 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 -5 5
8 Dinamo Bucureşti II 6 1 1 4 10 12 2 1 0 1 6 2 4 0 1 3 4 10 -2 4
9 Concordia Chiajna II 6 1 0 5 6 21 3 1 0 2 6 7 3 0 0 3 0 14 -15 3
10 Baloteşti 6 0 0 6 2 21 4 0 0 4 1 12 2 0 0 2 1 9 -19 0

Read more about 3. Liga: Series 4

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.