Soccer betting preview: Chindia Târgovişte welcomes Argeş in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 23.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Eugen Popescu (15073 seats)

Chindia Târgovişte are unlocking their away locker room to Argeş for another important fixture after their 0-3 result against 5th-placed Universitatea Craiova.

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga 1 this season. Chindia Târgovişte have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadionul Eugen Popescu. When Chindia Târgovişte hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, UTA Arad, Botosani and Chindia Târgovişte), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Târgovişte to get some points in this home game.

Chindia Târgovişte are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 270 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Popa).

Chindia Târgovişte lost their last game at Universitatea Craiova (placed 5th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Celea for missing a penalty kick versus Universitatea Craiova in the 33rd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Heartbreak before that as Târgovişte lost 0-3 at Universitatea Craiova's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chindia Târgovişte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 4 and lost 4.

The Chindia Târgovişte fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Argeş form and stats

There's been little loot from Argeş's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Liga 1. Argeş only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Argeş's last game was the home draw against Mioveni (2-2). It looked so good for Argeş vs Mioveni, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting U Craiova 1948's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Argeş in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Argeş, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Argeş rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Argeş have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Chindia Târgovişte.

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Argeş - Târgovişte 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Popadiuc
D. Popadiuc
7 goals
ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
7 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
5 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Argeş missing players

Chindia Târgovişte Argeş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 4 10 21
5 2 1 Won W 2 2 6
6 4 1 Drew D 2 2 5
10 4 0 Lost L 0 6 10
22 11 3 Scored S 3 6 17
30 15 2 Conceded C 1 16 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
76% 90% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 60% 62%
43% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 38%
19% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
52% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 30% 33%
24% 10% 50% Clean Sheets C S 75% 30% 29%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 48%
 
3.5 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.4 3.3
4.8 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.3 4.9
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 10.2 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 5.3 7.9
4.3 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.2 3.1
24% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 26%
 
10.2 8.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13.5 11.3
4.3 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.5 5.5
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Argeş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 SSC Farul 21 13 6 2 42 19 10 8 2 0 24 4 11 5 4 2 18 15 23 45
2 CFR Cluj 21 14 2 5 34 19 11 8 0 3 20 9 10 6 2 2 14 10 15 44
3 FCSB 21 11 5 5 36 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 10 5 1 4 14 12 11 38
4 Rapid Bucuresti 21 11 5 5 27 19 10 7 3 0 17 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 8 38
5 Universitatea Craiova 21 11 5 5 27 21 11 7 2 2 17 11 10 4 3 3 10 10 6 38
6 Sepsi 21 9 5 7 35 17 11 4 2 5 17 8 10 5 3 2 18 9 18 32
7 Petrolul 52 21 9 3 9 21 24 11 5 3 3 12 10 10 4 0 6 9 14 -3 30
8 Voluntari 21 6 8 7 19 20 11 4 3 4 11 8 10 2 5 3 8 12 -1 26
9 Hermannstadt 21 9 6 6 26 20 10 5 1 4 16 11 11 4 5 2 10 9 6 24
10 U Craiova 1948 21 6 5 10 21 24 10 4 1 5 9 10 11 2 4 5 12 14 -3 23
11 Argeş 21 6 5 10 17 30 11 4 3 4 11 14 10 2 2 6 6 16 -13 23
12 Chindia Târgovişte 21 5 6 10 22 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 21
13 Botosani 21 4 9 8 17 34 10 2 5 3 10 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -17 21
14 Universitatea Cluj 21 4 7 10 14 23 10 3 4 3 8 8 11 1 3 7 6 15 -9 19
15 UTA Arad 21 4 7 10 18 29 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 1 3 6 5 14 -11 19
16 Mioveni 21 1 6 14 13 35 10 0 4 6 4 12 11 1 2 8 9 23 -22 9

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.