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

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Trying to decrease the distance up to the top clubs is the task when these two mid-table clubs fight it out. Both are targeting to improve their league position, Argeş in 8th and Chindia Târgovişte in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Argeş and Chindia Târgovişte.

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Argeş form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Argeş have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the Liga 1.

Argeş are confident in defense, having played 330 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Argeş drew their last game, also a home match. Botosani (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Academica Clinceni.

This is expected to be a close game, with Argeş perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argeş as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Argeş has won four of these, drawn six and lost two.

Argeş has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. From these home matches, Argeş have conceded only 3 goals.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.

Târgovişte have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Catalin Vasile Cabuz. It's been 201 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

It's the second away game in a row for Târgovişte, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Csikszereda in the Romania Cup last time out.

Before that, Chindia Târgovişte secured a home win against SSC Farul with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chindia Târgovişte playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Chindia Târgovişte wins, three draws and four defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Chindia Târgovişte's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. It's not easy to score on Târgovişte as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Argeş wins - draws - Chindia Târgovişte wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşC. Tănase
C. Tănase
3 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
3 goals
ArgeşG. Turda
G. Turda
2 goals

Argeş missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Argeş Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 5 9
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 3 0 Lost L 1 3 3
8 1 0 Scored S 1 2 8
6 3 0 Conceded C 2 4 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 20% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
11% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 33%
44% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 44%
44% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 33%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 1.8 2.6
4.6 3.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6 5
2.4 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 7.4 7.3
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 3.4
30% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 12% 26%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Argeş have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Liga 1
  • Argeş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly less corners away then 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 CFR Cluj 9 8 0 1 14 5 5 5 0 0 10 3 4 3 0 1 4 2 9 24
2 Botosani 9 6 2 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 5 4 1 0 7 3 4 20
3 Rapid Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 11 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 17
4 UTA Arad 9 4 4 1 9 5 5 2 3 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 16
5 SSC Farul 9 4 3 2 12 4 4 4 0 0 11 0 5 0 3 2 1 4 8 15
6 FCSB 9 4 3 2 16 9 4 3 1 0 13 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 7 15
7 Voluntari 9 5 0 4 13 12 5 4 0 1 9 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 1 15
8 Argeş 9 4 1 4 8 6 4 1 0 3 1 3 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 13
9 Universitatea Craiova 9 4 1 4 10 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 0 13
10 Chindia Târgovişte 9 3 3 3 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 1 1 3 2 4 1 12
11 Mioveni 9 3 1 5 5 11 4 1 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 2 4 7 -6 10
12 Sepsi 9 1 5 3 7 9 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 -2 8
13 U Craiova 1948 9 2 2 5 7 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 0 4 5 8 -3 8
14 Gaz Metan Medias 9 2 1 6 7 12 5 1 1 3 4 6 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 7
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 2 0 7 7 19 5 2 0 3 7 8 4 0 0 4 0 11 -12 6
16 Academica Clinceni 9 0 2 7 6 19 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 0 1 4 3 13 -13 2

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.