It's still early in the Liga 1 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the CSM Iaşi - Gaz Metan Mediaş 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.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
CSM Iaşi have only played one Liga 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 7 matches.
Iaşi are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Botoşani. Before that, Iaşi had a home game versus Chindia Târgovişte which ended with a victory 1-0.
As you see from the result above, CSM Iaşi suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
CSM Iaşi has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Liga 1 ended in defeat. Last season Gaz Metan Mediaş had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 0, drew 2 and lost 3.
Gaz Metan Mediaş are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Liga 1 against Argeş (placed 15th). Prior to that match, the Mediaş manager D. Uhrin Jr. faced defeat when travelling to Voluntari and losing 1-2.
It's early days yet, but Gaz Metan Mediaş has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (CSM Iaşi wins - draws - Gaz Metan Mediaş wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Passaglia 1 goals |   S. Ciocan 1 goals | N. Dumitru Cardoso 1 goals |
CSM Iaşi missing players
Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players
| CSM Iaşi | Gaz Metan Mediaş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| CSM Iaşi | Last season | Gaz Metan Mediaş | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Conceded | C | 30 | 49 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 89% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 367 | 206 | Total Shots | T S | 184 | 377 | ||
| 158 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 148 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Academica Clinceni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Argeş | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 | Viitorul | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 32 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | CSM Iaşi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 23 |