Football betting preview: Chindia Târgovişte vs Hermannstadt

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Gloria (180000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Chindia Târgovişte are in the 8th position while the guesting Hermannstadt worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1
  • Hermannstadt have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1, at their home stadium (Stadionul Gloria) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Chindia Târgovişte lost their last game at Arges after a 1-3 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Târgovişte won a home game hosting Voluntari (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Chindia Târgovişte perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chindia Târgovişte as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Chindia Târgovişte has won four of these, drawn four and lost four.

Târgovişte are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Arges awaits in four days.

Târgovişte has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Târgovişte's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hermannstadt form and stats

Hermannstadt, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-6-8 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Hermannstadt are travelling again after losing away to CSM Iasi in their previous match (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Arges.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hermannstadt in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Hermannstadt, seven draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Astra in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hermannstadt as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Hermannstadt in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hermannstadt - Chindia Târgovişte 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - five - five (Târgovişte wins - draws - Hermannstadt wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
6 goals
HermannstadtD. Mayoral Lastras
D. Mayoral Lastras
5 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
4 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Hermannstadt missing players

Chindia Târgovişte Hermannstadt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
10 5 3 Won W 0 1 5
9 4 2 Drew D 2 6 11
11 6 0 Lost L 2 8 14
24 15 5 Scored S 4 11 28
26 18 2 Conceded C 6 21 40
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
43% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 63%
20% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 37%
13% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 23%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
33% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 57%
43% 27% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 10%
37% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 3.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.1 8.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.7 7.5
2.6 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3
31% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 31%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hermannstadt have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Liga 1
  • Hermannstadt have the fewest points (9) away in Liga 1
  • Hermannstadt have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Liga 1

  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 30 20 5 5 57 22 15 12 2 1 35 7 15 8 3 4 22 15 35 65
2 CFR Cluj 30 19 7 4 42 15 15 8 5 2 22 7 15 11 2 2 20 8 27 64
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 10 4 33 14 15 8 4 3 15 8 15 8 6 1 18 6 19 58
4 Sepsi 30 10 15 5 43 31 15 4 8 3 21 15 15 6 7 2 22 16 12 45
5 Academica Clinceni 30 10 14 6 30 26 15 6 5 4 13 12 15 4 9 2 17 14 4 44
6 Botosani 30 11 9 10 39 36 15 6 4 5 19 14 15 5 5 5 20 22 3 42
7 Arges 30 10 10 10 33 41 15 5 6 4 18 17 15 5 4 6 15 24 -8 40
8 Chindia Târgovişte 30 10 9 11 24 26 15 5 4 6 15 18 15 5 5 5 9 8 -2 39
9 Astra 30 9 11 10 38 39 15 4 6 5 18 18 15 5 5 5 20 21 -1 38
10 UTA Arad 30 9 10 11 26 36 15 2 5 8 9 20 15 7 5 3 17 16 -10 37
11 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 9 6 15 33 41 15 5 3 7 15 19 15 4 3 8 18 22 -8 33
12 Voluntari 30 8 8 14 32 40 15 4 4 7 17 20 15 4 4 7 15 20 -8 32
13 Viitorul 30 6 13 11 36 37 15 3 7 5 21 24 15 3 6 6 15 13 -1 31
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 7 6 17 26 41 15 3 4 8 14 21 15 4 2 9 12 20 -15 27
15 Hermannstadt 30 5 11 14 28 40 15 4 5 6 17 19 15 1 6 8 11 21 -12 26
16 CSM Iasi 30 7 4 19 29 64 15 4 2 9 14 27 15 3 2 10 15 37 -35 25

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.