After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Astra and Sepsi in this fresh Liga 1 season. Read our match preview!
Astra and Sepsi 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.
Astra form and stats
Astra's first Liga 1 home game here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 4 matches.
Stress levels are on the rise for Astra's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Balaure was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Astra in their previous match, an away game at Universitatea Craiova that ended in defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match, Astra lost 0-3 at home to FCSB.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Astra at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sepsi form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 7 away games resulted in 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Sepsi aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 244 league minutes without a goal. R. Deaconu was the last player to find the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to CFR Cluj (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Liga 1 match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against Universitatea Craiova was the result prior to that, in a home game.
0 goals so far away for Sepsi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Astra won four, Sepsi won two and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Astra missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Astra | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Astra | Last season | Sepsi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 39 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 30 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 65% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | ||
| 53% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 8% | ||
| 53% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 54% | ||
| 29% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | ||
| 26% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 26% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 327 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 188 | 372 | ||
| 124 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 139 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Argeş | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |