Liga 1 match preview: Dinamo Bucureşti versus Astra

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dinamo Stadium (15400 seats)

Dinamo Bucureşti will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Astra.

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Dinamo Bucureşti form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Dinamo Stadium as Dinamo Bucureşti have scored 21 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dinamo Bucureşti to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Dinamo Bucureşti will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 1 game against Botosani (placed 7th). Prior to that, an away loss at Botosani.

Dinamo Bucureşti have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dinamo Stadium with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Dinamo Bucureşti have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Astra form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Astra have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Astra's previous game versus Academica Clinceni (placed 13th), a Liga 1 3-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CFR Cluj wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Astra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Astra have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Astra - Dinamo Bucureşti 3-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Dinamo Bucureşti, 3 draws and 5 wins for Astra. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

AstraD. Alibec
D. Alibec
9 goals
AstraV. Gheorghe
V. Gheorghe
8 goals
AstraC. Budescu
C. Budescu
6 goals

Dinamo Bucureşti missing players

Astra missing players

Dinamo Bucureşti Astra
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
8 7 1 Won W 3 5 13
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
10 2 1 Lost L 0 5 5
32 21 2 Scored S 6 12 33
37 11 2 Conceded C 3 12 21
95% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 59%
55% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 45%
41% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 32%
36% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 14%
55% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 50%
23% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 27%
27% 18% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 27%
 
4.2 4.9 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4 3.8
5.5 5.8 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 6.5 5.7
2.5 2.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.7
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
242 128 29 Total Shots T S 18 87 216
100 61 14 Shots on Target S O 10 32 88
32% 34% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 38% 38%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Astra has the most points from losing position (18)
  • Astra 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 22 13 5 4 48 16 11 10 1 0 29 2 11 3 4 4 19 14 32 44
2 Astra 22 13 4 5 33 21 11 8 3 0 21 9 11 5 1 5 12 12 12 43
3 FCSB 21 12 3 6 33 24 11 5 2 4 16 16 10 7 1 2 17 8 9 39
4 Universitatea Craiova 22 11 4 7 31 22 11 8 1 2 21 9 11 3 3 5 10 13 9 37
5 Gaz Metan Medias 22 10 6 6 29 25 11 6 4 1 18 10 11 4 2 5 11 15 4 36
6 Viitorul 22 10 5 7 41 26 11 8 1 2 30 11 11 2 4 5 11 15 15 35
7 Botosani 22 8 9 5 30 28 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 16 14 2 33
8 Sepsi 22 6 10 6 25 21 11 4 4 3 16 9 11 2 6 3 9 12 4 28
9 Dinamo Bucureşti 22 8 4 10 32 37 11 7 2 2 21 11 11 1 2 8 11 26 -5 28
10 Hermannstadt 22 5 8 9 21 36 11 5 3 3 13 14 11 0 5 6 8 22 -15 23
11 CSM Iasi 22 5 7 10 22 30 11 4 4 3 14 13 11 1 3 7 8 17 -8 22
12 Chindia Targoviste 22 5 6 11 25 42 11 3 4 4 13 18 11 2 2 7 12 24 -17 21
13 Academica Clinceni 22 4 8 10 27 42 11 2 7 2 11 14 11 2 1 8 16 28 -15 20
14 Voluntari 21 1 5 15 13 40 10 0 2 8 5 18 11 1 3 7 8 22 -27 8
15 Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
16 Crisul Chisineu Cris 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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.