Season ticket holders at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Astra languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Dinamo Bucureşti will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Dinamo Bucureşti has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Astra form and stats
Astra's results here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Happy days for Astra in their previous game, a Liga 1 match away at CSM Iasi (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. In the game before, an away victory in the Romania Cup match versus ASU Poli Timisoara with a 2-1 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Astra perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Astra as a small favourite), we find eight games. Astra has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.
Astra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Astra's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.
Bucureşti are looking to quickly end their 351 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.
Bucureşti delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sepsi (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Liga 1 game. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against FCSB in the Romania Cup.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Bucureşti in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Dinamo Bucureşti, one draw and four defeats.
Bucureşti find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Dinamo Bucureşti in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dinamo Bucureşti - Astra 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Astra four wins, four draws and Dinamo Bucureşti two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Budescu 8 goals |  V. Gheorghe 5 goals |  D. Sorescu 4 goals |
Astra missing players
Dinamo Bucureşti missing players
| Astra | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 36 | 16 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 96% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 87% | 91% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 61% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 22% | 27% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 27% | 22% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7.7 | 8.8 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.8 | 11 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 36% | 28% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 25% |
- Dinamo Bucureşti has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
- Dinamo Bucureşti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dinamo Bucureşti haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | FCSB | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 48 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 47 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | Botosani | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -9 | 29 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Medias | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Arges | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Viitorul | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Astra | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 | Voluntari | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -30 | 16 |