It's only round two of the Liga 1 for these sides. And fresh optimism here at Stadionul Eugen Popescu as Chindia Târgovişte greet Hermannstadt. Read this preview!
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.
Chindia Târgovişte form and stats
In the previous season, Chindia Târgovişte's league statistics were 8 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, results that produced 11th place in the Liga 1. From these 30 matches they scored 23 goals and conceded 23. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Chindia Târgovişte generated 3-7-5 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 14 conceded.
Chindia Târgovişte faced defeat in their previous match, away at Botoşani (2-3).
Previous to that game, a Liga 1 - Play-offs home match hosting Concordia Chiajna (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) in a game that was won 1-0.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 Târgovişte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 9 and lost 4.
The manager Mihalcea will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SSC Farul in only four days.
Hermannstadt form and stats
Let's have a look at how Hermannstadt performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 11 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 11/21 goals scored/conceded.
270 minutes! That's how long the Hermannstadt goalkeeper Plamen Ivanov Iliev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The fans enjoyed Hermannstadt's previous match versus Mioveni (placed 16th), a 3-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against CSA Steaua Bucuresti in the Liga 2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hermannstadt playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Hermannstadt wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Chindia Târgovişte-Hermannstadt H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chindia Târgovişte one win, Hermannstadt five wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  V. Buhăcianu 12 goals |  S. Balaure 8 goals | B. Alhassan 7 goals |
Chindia Târgovişte missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Chindia Târgovişte | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chindia Târgovişte | Last season | Hermannstadt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 20 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 79% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 26% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 23% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 46% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 51% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Arges | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Botoşani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FCSB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepsi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -28 | -23 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | -25 | -46 |
