Liga 1 match guide: Argeş vs FCSB

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

FCSB will not expect any freebies from hosting team Argeş in this Liga 1 game. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (53) in Liga 1

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 FCSB.

D W W D W

Argeş form and stats

The overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Argeş are 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alexandru Doru Greab not having conceded a league goal in 340 minutes.

The spoils were shared in Argeş's previous game, also at home. Visiting Voluntari (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting SSC Farul and winning 1-0.

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

Argeş have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Argeş have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

L D W W D

FCSB form and stats

Playing away, FCSB have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the CFR Cluj game have they lost an away game, meaning FCSB has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

FCSB's previous game was their home loss versus SSC Farul (0-2).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mioveni.

A quick return to home after this game, as FCSB are hosting Voluntari in the Liga 1 only three days away.

FCSB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on FCSB as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head meeting ended FCSB - Argeş 2-1, played this season. Argeş-FCSB H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Argeş zero wins, FCSB six wins, three draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
11 goals
FCSBO. Popescu
O. Popescu
6 goals
FCSBI. Stoica
I. Stoica
6 goals

Argeş missing players

FCSB missing players

Argeş FCSB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
12 6 1 Won W 1 7 17
6 3 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 5 2 Lost L 1 2 3
25 12 3 Scored S 2 16 53
21 11 4 Conceded C 2 9 27
89% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 89%
43% 36% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 43% 71%
21% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 57%
7% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 36%
4% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 25%
29% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 54%
43% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 64% 39%
39% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 18%
 
4.5 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5
4.2 3.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 3.4 3.2
2.1 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.6 10.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.4 11.6
3.5 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 4.9
26% 19% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 32% 39%
 
9.1 8.6 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 8.4 8.4
3.2 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Argeş.
  • FCSB have the most clean sheets (9) away in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (53) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the second half (33) 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 28 22 4 2 43 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 14 10 2 2 21 9 28 70
2 FCSB 28 17 8 3 53 27 14 10 3 1 37 18 14 7 5 2 16 9 26 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 14 6 8 51 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 22 48
4 Voluntari 28 13 8 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 10 15 6 47
5 Botoşani 28 11 13 4 32 24 14 6 6 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 46
6 SSC Farul 28 13 6 9 40 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 14 4 5 5 18 12 20 45
7 Argeş 28 12 6 10 25 21 14 6 3 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 42
8 UTA Arad 28 8 13 7 22 18 14 5 5 4 10 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 4 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 28 8 13 7 31 28 14 4 7 3 13 10 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 37
10 Sepsi 28 7 12 9 28 27 14 5 5 4 17 13 14 2 7 5 11 14 1 33
11 U Craiova 1948 28 7 9 12 27 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 14 3 4 7 16 17 -4 30
12 Chindia Targoviste 28 6 11 11 18 23 14 2 7 5 10 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -5 29
13 Mioveni 28 6 11 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 14 2 5 7 8 20 -13 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 28 4 5 19 22 59 14 4 3 7 16 25 14 0 2 12 6 34 -37 17
15 Gaz Metan Medias 28 6 6 16 21 40 14 2 6 6 11 17 14 4 0 10 10 23 -19 14
16 Academica Clinceni 28 2 5 21 19 63 14 1 3 10 10 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -44 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.