Victories have not come easily for Chindia Târgovişte so far, and that also applies to Hermannstadt. These weathered teams pray for some much needed points here.
Hermannstadt could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Romania Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
The Liga 1 statistics at home this season for Chindia Târgovişte are 3-8-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Chindia Târgovişte hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mioveni, UTA Arad, Arges, Botosani and Chindia Târgovişte), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Centrul de Fotbal Buftea, but a victory now would be sweet for Târgovişte.
Chindia Târgovişte are returning here after visiting Mioveni and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Căpușă scored the goal(s). Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league win after failing to win seven games in a row.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Botosani.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 5 and lost 3.
Sports gamblers who prefer gambling for low-scoring games might like to know that this club have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
Chindia Târgovişte are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. Târgovişte have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Hermannstadt form and stats
The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. When Hermannstadt is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Hermannstadt, Mioveni, UTA Arad, Arges and Botosani is teams we like to compare Chindia Târgovişte with.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Romania Cup home defeat versus Universitatea Cluj with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
A draw for Hermannstadt before that, at their own venue hosting Botosani (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Hermannstadt in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Hermannstadt, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Low on goals? 11 of this club's most recent 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hermannstadt as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Hermannstadt - Târgovişte 0-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Chindia Târgovişte won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Hermannstadt have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Paraschiv 10 goals |   D. Popadiuc 7 goals | D. Popa 6 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 43 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 31 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 91% |
| 75% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 9% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 53% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 22% | 13% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 38% | 34% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 34% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8 | 8.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 27% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | 31% |
| 9.4 | 7.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Târgovişte | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botosani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Arges | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
