Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin: Argeş vs Mioveni Liga 1 full preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 18.December
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Bring on Argeş - Mioveni! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this fixture could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga 1

Argeş and Mioveni should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have collected 14 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 4-2-4.

The followers are hoping that Argeş will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against U Craiova 1948 (placed 11th).

Preceding that result, a home win hosting Universitatea Craiova in the Romania Cup. 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 13 games. Argeş has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

It should be noted that a glance at the 13 most recent league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Argeş's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Mioveni form and stats

Mioveni have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-1-8 (10 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Mioveni, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Mioveni's previous game was their home loss versus Universitatea Craiova (0-1).

The fixture before was the Romania Cup-battle against UTA Arad, a home defeat (0-3). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Mioveni in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Mioveni, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Mioveni manager Stoican has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Mioveni - Argeş 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Argeş won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Mioveni have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
6 goals
ArgeşA. Ișfan
A. Ișfan
3 goals

Argeş missing players

Mioveni missing players

Argeş Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
6 4 3 Won W 1 1 1
4 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
10 4 1 Lost L 2 8 14
15 9 7 Scored S 2 7 11
28 12 4 Conceded C 6 21 33
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
60% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 55%
35% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 35%
20% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 20%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
30% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 40%
30% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 15%
50% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 55%
 
3.2 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.2 3.5
5 4.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.6 4.5
2.3 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.7 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 8.7 8.2
3 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 3
25% 24% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 23% 19%
 
11.3 9.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.8 9.6
5.5 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.9 4.5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni have the fewest points (4) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (11) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 20 13 5 2 41 18 10 8 2 0 24 4 10 5 3 2 17 14 23 44
2 CFR Cluj 19 13 2 4 33 18 10 8 0 2 20 8 9 5 2 2 13 10 15 41
3 Universitatea Craiova 20 10 5 5 24 21 10 6 2 2 14 11 10 4 3 3 10 10 3 35
4 FCSB 19 10 5 4 35 24 9 5 4 0 21 12 10 5 1 4 14 12 11 35
5 Rapid Bucuresti 19 10 4 5 23 17 9 6 3 0 14 7 10 4 1 5 9 10 6 34
6 Hermannstadt 20 8 6 6 25 20 10 5 1 4 16 11 10 3 5 2 9 9 5 30
7 Petrolul 52 19 9 2 8 19 20 10 5 2 3 11 9 9 4 0 5 8 11 -1 29
8 Sepsi 20 8 5 7 33 16 10 3 2 5 15 7 10 5 3 2 18 9 17 29
9 Voluntari 20 6 7 7 18 19 10 4 2 4 10 7 10 2 5 3 8 12 -1 25
10 Argeş 20 6 4 10 15 28 10 4 2 4 9 12 10 2 2 6 6 16 -13 22
11 U Craiova 1948 20 6 4 10 20 23 10 4 1 5 9 10 10 2 3 5 11 13 -3 22
12 Botosani 20 4 9 7 17 33 10 2 5 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 7 22 -16 21
13 Chindia Târgovişte 20 5 6 9 22 27 10 2 4 4 11 15 10 3 2 5 11 12 -5 21
14 Universitatea Cluj 20 4 7 9 13 21 10 3 4 3 8 8 10 1 3 6 5 13 -8 19
15 UTA Arad 20 4 6 10 17 28 10 3 3 4 12 14 10 1 3 6 5 14 -11 18
16 Mioveni 20 1 5 14 11 33 10 0 4 6 4 12 10 1 1 8 7 21 -22 8

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.