Evenly matched teams: Argeş vs Sepsi match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 15.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Glory for the home side, the away team with a heroic away win or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Argeş and Sepsi clash at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin.

Insights:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Sepsi could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only three sleeps ago.

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Argeş form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Argeş have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games.

In their previous game, the manager Ianovschi led his Argeş to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Rapid Bucuresti. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin.

Preceding that match was the home game against Gaz Metan Medias that was lost 1-2.

The manager Ianovschi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CFR Cluj in only four days.

Argeş aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Argeş have conceded 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sepsi form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sepsi playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Sepsi love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly is eager to challenge this, with his 399 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Mitrea secured the home win 1-0 against SSC Farul in their previous game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Mioveni.

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

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sepsi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head meeting ended Sepsi - Argeş 0-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Argeş wins - draws - Sepsi wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
4 goals
ArgeşC. Tănase
C. Tănase
3 goals
SepsiM. Ştefănescu
M. Ştefănescu
3 goals

Argeş missing players

Sepsi missing players

Argeş Sepsi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
8 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 5 9
8 5 2 Lost L 1 2 5
18 7 2 Scored S 0 8 20
16 9 3 Conceded C 1 7 17
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
47% 33% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 74%
26% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 21%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
26% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
42% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 37%
42% 56% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 32%
 
4.1 4.1 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 11 4.9 5.5
3.7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.6 3.4
2.2 1.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 19 10.1 11.3
3.1 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.9
31% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 27%
 
9.2 8.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6 6.8 6.2
3.3 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 19 17 0 2 29 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 21 51
2 FCSB 19 13 4 2 35 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 10 5 3 2 9 8 19 43
3 Voluntari 19 10 3 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 9 4 1 4 10 12 4 33
4 Rapid Bucuresti 19 8 7 4 24 17 10 4 3 3 9 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 7 31
5 Universitatea Craiova 19 9 3 7 35 22 9 6 1 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 30
6 Botosani 19 7 9 3 18 17 9 2 5 2 7 9 10 5 4 1 11 8 1 30
7 SSC Farul 19 8 5 6 21 11 9 7 1 1 16 2 10 1 4 5 5 9 10 29
8 Argeş 19 8 3 8 18 16 9 3 1 5 7 9 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 27
9 UTA Arad 19 6 8 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 26
10 Sepsi 19 5 9 5 20 17 10 3 4 3 12 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 3 24
11 Chindia Targoviste 18 4 7 7 12 13 9 2 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 4 -1 19
12 Gaz Metan Medias 19 5 4 10 15 22 10 2 4 4 8 10 9 3 0 6 7 12 -7 19
13 Mioveni 19 4 5 10 11 26 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 17
14 U Craiova 1948 19 3 6 10 12 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 1 3 5 6 10 -9 15
15 Academica Clinceni 19 2 4 13 15 40 9 1 2 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 10
16 Dinamo Bucuresti 18 2 3 13 13 39 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -26 9

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.