Liga 1 match preview: Argeş vs FCSB

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Liga 1: Two sides who have played well as yet. Let's get ready for Argeş - FCSB with this broad guide!

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga 1

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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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars are hoping that Argeş will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Universitatea Craiova.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Botoşani and winning 2-1.

Argeş have scored 13 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Argeş are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FCSB form and stats

The visitors are W7-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.

The FCSB goalkeeper Stefan Tarnovanu is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 254 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

FCSB go into this game after a win, the home game against SSC Farul that ended 2-0.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Voluntari.

FCSB have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on FCSB as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; Argeş - FCSB 1-0. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Argeş won one game, three matches ended with a tie and FCSB got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

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

Argeş missing players

FCSB missing players

Argeş FCSB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 3 15 31
14 7 2 Won W 2 7 19
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 8
11 5 1 Lost L 1 3 4
28 13 5 Scored S 5 16 56
25 11 4 Conceded C 6 10 28
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
45% 33% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 40% 68%
26% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 27% 52%
6% 7% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 13% 32%
3% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 13% 23%
29% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 48%
42% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 42%
39% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 19%
 
4.4 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.2 5.1
4.2 3.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.3 3.3 3
2.2 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.6 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.6 10.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.6 12.3
3.4 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.9 5.2
27% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 28% 35%
 
9.4 8.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 8.9 8.5
3.5 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the second half (36) 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 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Argeş 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botoşani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Targoviste 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 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.