Plopeni vs Olimpic Cetate: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania 3. Liga: Series 5
Competition: Sat 07.November
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Plopeni fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Olimpic Cetate.

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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Plopeni form and stats

Plopeni have played three 3. Liga: Series 5 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Corona Brasov that ended 1-1.

Plopeni aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Olimpic Cetate form and stats

The 3. Liga: Series 5 season is young and Olimpic Cetate have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

A 0-0 draw at Sepsi II's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, Olimpic was the only team on the pitch versus Astra II in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Odorheiu Secuiesc in just four days.

Olimpic are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. 4 goals have been conceded by Olimpic in these games.

Head 2 Head

Plopeni missing players

Olimpic Cetate missing players

Plopeni Olimpic Cetate
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
9 2 0 Scored S 0 1 8
14 5 0 Conceded C 0 4 8
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 71%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 71%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
38% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 7 0 Total Shots T S 0 13 15
8 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 7 8
50% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 12%
Key stats in 3. Liga: Series 5 this season:
  • All of Plopeni's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olimpic Cetate has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in 3. Liga: Series 5
  • Olimpic Cetate have yet to win a game away.
  • Plopeni has the fewest points (1) at home in 3. Liga: Series 5
  • Plopeni has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in 3. Liga: Series 5
  • Plopeni have yet to win a 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 Corona Brasov 8 6 2 0 18 6 5 5 0 0 12 3 3 1 2 0 6 3 12 20
2 Blejoi Vispeşti 8 5 2 1 18 14 5 4 0 1 12 9 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 17
3 SR Municipal Braşov 8 4 2 2 17 12 3 1 1 1 7 4 5 3 1 1 10 8 5 14
4 Targu Secuiesc 7 4 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 1 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 13
5 Plopeni 8 2 2 4 9 14 3 0 1 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 7 9 -5 8
6 Odorheiu Secuiesc 6 2 1 3 9 6 3 1 1 1 6 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 7
7 Astra II 7 2 1 4 13 15 3 1 1 1 8 5 4 1 0 3 5 10 -2 7
8 Olimpic Cetate 7 1 3 3 8 8 4 1 2 1 7 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 0 6
9 Kids Tâmpa Braşov 8 2 0 6 7 22 3 1 0 2 3 6 5 1 0 4 4 16 -15 6
10 Sepsi II 7 1 2 4 5 10 5 1 2 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 5

Read more about 3. Liga: Series 5

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.