It's advantage Astra so far with their 5th position in the Liga 1 table, welcoming Sepsi who are placed 9th.
The hosts Astra saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga 1. That game was an away game at Hermannstadt, so at least Astra are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Astra form and stats
Astra are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Astra manager B. Andone and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Hermannstadt (placed 10th) in the Liga 1. Preceding that match was the home game against Chindia Targoviste that was lost 1-2.
A decent goal production from Astra in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Astra have conceded only 11 goals.
Sepsi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Sepsi failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 1 home match vs Botosani (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs CSM Iasi.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Sepsi have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sepsi - Astra 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Astra four wins, two draws and Sepsi two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Gheorghe 10 goals |  D. Alibec 9 goals |   G. Karanović 7 goals |
Astra missing players
Sepsi missing players
| Astra | Sepsi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 36 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 56% |
| 48% | 58% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 36% |
| 32% | 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 24% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 52% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 48% |
| 24% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 36% |
| 28% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 240 | 135 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 92 | 198 |
| 94 | 58 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 46 | 88 |
| 38% | 38% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 27% |
- Astra has the most points from losing position (19)
- Astra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sepsi have won significantly less corners away then 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 | CFR Cluj | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | FCSB | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Botosani | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | Astra | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Viitorul | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 25 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | Academica Clinceni | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -25 | 17 |
| 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 |