Liga 1 preview of Academica Clinceni - SSC Farul: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Thu 17.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici (8500 seats)

Liga 1: Academica Clinceni are 28 points behind SSC Farul, but intend to go all in. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Academica Clinceni have the fewest scored goals (16) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1

The hosts Academica saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Liga 1. That game was an away game at Botosani, so at least Academica Clinceni are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Academica Clinceni form and stats

With 1 Liga 1 win, 3 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Academica Clinceni are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Academica are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 320 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ștefan was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Chirilă led his Academica Clinceni to a defeat away at Botosani. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici.

Ahead of that match, Academica Clinceni lost 0-3 at home to FCSB.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Universitatea Craiova are coming to town in four days.

Academica Clinceni aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the league, with only 7 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Academica have conceded 19 from these games.

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SSC Farul form and stats

There's been little loot from SSC Farul's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Liga 1. SSC Farul only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.

Impressive finishing from Purece, Petre and Moldoveanu secured the home win 3-0 against Voluntari in their previous game.

A 1-1 draw at Mioveni's stadium before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as SSC Farul are hosting Arges in the Liga 1 only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Farul as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other earlier this campaign: SSC Farul - Academica Clinceni 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Academica Clinceni two wins, zero draws and SSC Farul two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
12 goals
Academica ClinceniJ. Cascini
J. Cascini
7 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
7 goals

Academica Clinceni missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Academica Clinceni SSC Farul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 11
5 3 0 Drew D 3 5 6
18 8 4 Lost L 1 5 8
16 7 2 Scored S 5 8 30
50 19 9 Conceded C 5 10 17
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
76% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 60%
48% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 8% 24%
28% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
16% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
44% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 24%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 48%
52% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 50% 40%
 
3.4 3.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 5.8 5.4
5 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.4 3.7 3.9
2.8 3.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7 7.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9.9 10.8
2.3 2.3 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 4
28% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 23% 30%
 
12.4 10.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.8 8.2
5.4 4.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Academica Clinceni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Academica Clinceni have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Liga 1
  • Academica Clinceni have the fewest points (6) at home in Liga 1
  • Academica Clinceni have the fewest scored goals (16) in Liga 1
  • Academica Clinceni have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Liga 1
  • Academica Clinceni have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 26 20 4 2 39 14 13 11 2 0 20 5 13 9 2 2 19 9 25 64
2 FCSB 26 17 7 2 52 24 13 10 3 0 37 16 13 7 4 2 15 8 28 58
3 Botosani 26 11 11 4 31 23 13 6 5 2 16 10 13 5 6 2 15 13 8 44
4 Voluntari 26 12 7 7 28 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 15 4 43
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 12 6 8 47 28 13 8 3 2 28 9 13 4 3 6 19 19 19 42
6 SSC Farul 25 11 6 8 30 17 13 9 1 3 22 7 12 2 5 5 8 10 13 39
7 Arges 26 11 5 10 24 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 13 5 3 5 12 10 3 38
8 Rapid Bucuresti 26 8 12 6 29 25 13 4 6 3 12 9 13 4 6 3 17 16 4 36
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 27 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 2 7 4 10 11 5 33
10 UTA Arad 26 7 12 7 19 17 13 4 5 4 8 8 13 3 7 3 11 9 2 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 10 10 17 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 28
12 Mioveni 26 6 9 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 9 10 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 27
13 U Craiova 1948 26 6 8 12 23 30 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 26
14 Gaz Metan Medias 26 6 6 14 21 33 13 2 6 5 11 14 13 4 0 9 10 19 -12 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 3 4 19 17 58 13 3 3 7 12 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -41 13
16 Academica Clinceni 25 2 5 18 16 50 12 1 3 8 7 19 13 1 2 10 9 31 -34 11

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.