Liga 1 match prediction: Little separates Argeş and Chindia Târgovişte in quality

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Argeş and Chindia Târgovişte have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Liga 1.

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Ahead of that match, Argeş won a home game hosting Chindia Târgovişte (3-1).

Argeş are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Astra awaits in three days.

Argeş has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Argeş's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

5-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1, in their Liga 1 matches away.

Târgovişte go into this game after a win, the home game against Hermannstadt that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Argeş's place.

After this away game Târgovişte return home for a Liga 1 game against CSM Iasi. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Târgovişte are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Argeş - Chindia Târgovişte 3-1. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Argeş victories, five draws and one Chindia Târgovişte win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşC. Malele
C. Malele
14 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
6 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
5 goals

Argeş missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Argeş Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 3 Played P 3 15 31
10 5 1 Won W 1 5 11
11 7 1 Drew D 1 5 9
10 4 1 Lost L 1 5 11
33 18 4 Scored S 2 9 26
41 17 4 Conceded C 1 8 26
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 73% 87%
71% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 27% 45%
42% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 7% 19%
23% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 13%
10% 6% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
55% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 13% 32%
23% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 60% 45%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 53% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.5 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.9 8.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.7 8
3.4 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.1 2.6
31% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 32%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) 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 FCSB 30 20 5 5 57 22 15 12 2 1 35 7 15 8 3 4 22 15 35 65
2 CFR Cluj 30 19 7 4 42 15 15 8 5 2 22 7 15 11 2 2 20 8 27 64
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 10 4 33 14 15 8 4 3 15 8 15 8 6 1 18 6 19 58
4 Sepsi 30 10 15 5 43 31 15 4 8 3 21 15 15 6 7 2 22 16 12 45
5 Academica Clinceni 30 10 14 6 30 26 15 6 5 4 13 12 15 4 9 2 17 14 4 44
6 Botosani 30 11 9 10 39 36 15 6 4 5 19 14 15 5 5 5 20 22 3 42
7 Argeş 30 10 10 10 33 41 15 5 6 4 18 17 15 5 4 6 15 24 -8 40
8 Chindia Târgovişte 30 10 9 11 24 26 15 5 4 6 15 18 15 5 5 5 9 8 -2 39
9 Astra 30 9 11 10 38 39 15 4 6 5 18 18 15 5 5 5 20 21 -1 38
10 UTA Arad 30 9 10 11 26 36 15 2 5 8 9 20 15 7 5 3 17 16 -10 37
11 Gaz Metan Medias 30 9 6 15 33 41 15 5 3 7 15 19 15 4 3 8 18 22 -8 33
12 Voluntari 30 8 8 14 32 40 15 4 4 7 17 20 15 4 4 7 15 20 -8 32
13 Viitorul 30 6 13 11 36 37 15 3 7 5 21 24 15 3 6 6 15 13 -1 31
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 7 6 17 26 41 15 3 4 8 14 21 15 4 2 9 12 20 -15 27
15 Hermannstadt 30 5 11 14 28 40 15 4 5 6 17 19 15 1 6 8 11 21 -12 26
16 CSM Iasi 30 7 4 19 29 64 15 4 2 9 14 27 15 3 2 10 15 37 -35 25

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.