Liga 1 game lowdown: Argeş versus SSC Farul

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Liga 1: Two sides who have performed nicely up to now. Prepare for Argeş - SSC Farul with this complete guide!

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1

Both sides have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an energetic match!

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Argeş form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Argeş have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the Liga 1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Argeş to get some points in this home game.

Argeş faced defeat in their previous match, away at CFR Cluj (0-2).

Prior to that, an away loss at Universitatea Craiova.

Argeş have scored 13 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Argeş have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SSC Farul form and stats

Playing away, SSC Farul have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Hagi, the SSC Farul manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Farul aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 360 league minutes without a goal. Nooijer was the last player to find the net.

SSC Farul lost away at Voluntari (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting FCSB's place.

The visiting SSC Farul have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Argeş and SSC Farul have played each other before this season: SSC Farul - Argeş 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Argeş two wins, one draw and SSC Farul two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
15 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
8 goals
ArgeşI. Șerban
I. Șerban
4 goals

Argeş missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Argeş SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 17 33
14 7 2 Won W 1 4 14
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 7
13 6 2 Lost L 3 8 12
30 15 6 Scored S 2 18 42
30 14 6 Conceded C 4 16 24
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
48% 38% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 58%
27% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 21%
9% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 9%
6% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
30% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 21%
39% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 45%
39% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 53% 45%
 
4.3 4.5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.4
4.2 3.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 3.9
2.2 2.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.3 10.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.6 10.7
3.3 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.2
28% 22% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 31%
 
9.9 9.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14 8.8 8.7
3.8 4.1 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.1
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 (10) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 Botosani 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 Târgovişte 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 Medias 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.