Liga 1 preview and statistics: Astra - Academica Clinceni at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici (8500 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Stadionul Marin Anastasovici clash with Academica Clinceni, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Liga 1 table.

It's no vacation for neither Astra nor Academica Clinceni as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Astra form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 11 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici for Astra. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Astra tasted defeat here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.

Astra's last game was hosting Academica Clinceni (placed 12th) and winning 3-1. Prior to that, an away loss at CFR Cluj.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Astra's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The Astra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Astra are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Academica Clinceni form and stats

Academica Clinceni, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Liga 1, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-1-8 (11 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Academica Clinceni have lost on their last two travels.

Two away games in a row for Academica Clinceni, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Astra in the Liga 1. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Botosani.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Academica Clinceni when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.

Academica Clinceni are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Academica Clinceni concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Astra - Academica Clinceni 3-1, played this season. Last two meetings between the teams: Astra won 1, Academica Clinceni won 0 and 1 draw. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AstraD. Alibec
D. Alibec
9 goals
AstraV. Gheorghe
V. Gheorghe
8 goals
AstraC. Budescu
C. Budescu
6 goals

Astra missing players

Academica Clinceni missing players

Astra Academica Clinceni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 11 22
13 8 1 Won W 0 2 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 8
5 0 0 Lost L 3 8 10
33 21 1 Scored S 3 16 27
21 9 0 Conceded C 8 28 42
95% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
59% 64% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
45% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 64%
32% 45% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 55% 41%
14% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 18%
50% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 68%
27% 45% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
27% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 27%
 
3.8 3.6 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.4 4.6
5.7 4.8 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.7 6.5 6
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2.4
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
216 129 18 Total Shots T S 23 99 203
88 56 7 Shots on Target S O 13 47 90
38% 38% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 34% 30%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Academica Clinceni has the most conceded goals (28) away
  • Academica Clinceni has the most conceded goals (42)
  • Academica Clinceni has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
  • Academica Clinceni have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Academica Clinceni haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of Academica Clinceni's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Astra has the most matches under the total-line (12)
  • Astra has the most points from losing position (18)
  • Astra have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Astra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Astra have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Astra 22 13 4 5 33 21 11 8 3 0 21 9 11 5 1 5 12 12 12 43
2 CFR Cluj 21 12 5 4 44 16 11 10 1 0 29 2 10 2 4 4 15 14 28 41
3 Universitatea Craiova 21 11 4 6 31 20 11 8 1 2 21 9 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 37
4 FCSB 20 11 3 6 31 24 10 4 2 4 14 16 10 7 1 2 17 8 7 36
5 Gaz Metan Mediaş 22 10 6 6 29 25 11 6 4 1 18 10 11 4 2 5 11 15 4 36
6 Viitorul 22 10 5 7 41 26 11 8 1 2 30 11 11 2 4 5 11 15 15 35
7 Botosani 22 8 9 5 30 28 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 16 14 2 33
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 22 8 4 10 32 37 11 7 2 2 21 11 11 1 2 8 11 26 -5 28
9 Sepsi 21 5 10 6 22 20 10 3 4 3 13 8 11 2 6 3 9 12 2 25
10 CSM Iaşi 21 5 7 9 22 29 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 1 3 6 8 16 -7 22
11 Chindia Târgovişte 21 5 6 10 24 39 11 3 4 4 13 18 10 2 2 6 11 21 -15 21
12 Academica Clinceni 22 4 8 10 27 42 11 2 7 2 11 14 11 2 1 8 16 28 -15 20
13 Hermannstadt 21 4 8 9 20 36 10 4 3 3 12 14 11 0 5 6 8 22 -16 20
14 Voluntari 20 1 5 14 13 36 9 0 2 7 5 14 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 8
15 Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
16 Crisul Chisineu Cris 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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.