Only three points good enough for Chindia Târgovişte in Gaz Metan Mediaş game

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

This match features two sides living in the lower section of the Liga 1, Chindia Târgovişte having 11th position and Gaz Metan Mediaş lying 16th. A decent chance for one of the sides to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

3-7-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Chindia Târgovişte so far this season.

No payout for Târgovişte in their previous match, an away game at Sepsi that ended in defeat 1-2.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Rapid Bucuresti.

Chindia Târgovişte have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chindia Târgovişte are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches. Târgovişte has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

There's been little loot from Gaz Metan Mediaş's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Gaz Metan Mediaş only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 0 draws. A depressing eight defeats in a row for Gaz Metan Mediaş in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus UTA Arad.

Gaz Metan Mediaş go into this game after a win, the home game against Academica Clinceni that ended 4-3. A stark raving crazy game with plenty of goals last time out for Mediaş, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this game be as refreshing?

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Sepsi's place.

Nobody expects Gaz Metan Mediaş to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath four times before, with the overall statistics of won zero, draw zero and lost four. When defeated, four matches have been lost by two or more goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Mediaş rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 15 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Gaz Metan Mediaş - Chindia Târgovişte 0-4, played this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Chindia Târgovişte won three, Gaz Metan Mediaş were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
7 goals
TârgovişteD. Popadiuc
D. Popadiuc
4 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşP. Matricardi
P. Matricardi
3 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chindia Târgovişte Gaz Metan Mediaş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 4 19 38
9 3 1 Won W 0 4 7
13 9 3 Drew D 0 0 6
16 7 2 Lost L 4 15 25
28 12 3 Scored S 0 11 27
31 18 7 Conceded C 9 45 74
79% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
39% 47% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 79% 74%
24% 21% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 58% 50%
11% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 32% 24%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 8%
24% 32% 17% BTTS BTTS 0% 37% 45%
45% 37% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
53% 53% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 53% 47%
 
3.6 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.8 2.9
4.3 4.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.5 7
2 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.3
5 4 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.3 8.7 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 5.4 6
3.7 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2 2.2
20% 18% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 33%
 
9.7 8.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 14.5 13.3
3.2 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş 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 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

Table
  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 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

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