A highly important match in Liga 1 as both contenders are struggling for the top positions. With FCSB in 2nd place and Argeş placed 5th, this promises to be a thriling meeting. Read on to learn more!
- FCSB have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
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.
FCSB form and stats
FCSB are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Arena Naţională. 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stefan Tarnovanu not having conceded a league goal in 286 minutes.
It's back home for FCSB, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SSC Farul away with the result 4-0. Olaru and Tănase (3) found the net in that victory. As mentioned above, FCSB "killed" SSC Farul in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Tănase was absolutely essential when FCSB beat SSC Farul 4-0, scoring three goals.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting CFR Cluj.FCSB are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost one.
FCSB are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at Universitatea Craiova awaits in four days.
FCSB are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (38 goals in 15 games). FCSB have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Argeş form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Argeş have produced an overall stat of 7-3-5 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Argeş in their previous game as they lost hosting Universitatea Craiova, 0-4. Argeş lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Argeş played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected four times.
A new game in only four days for Argeş, the Liga 1 home match versus CFR Cluj. Busy days.
Argeş are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier this campaign: Argeş - FCSB 2-3. Serban (Argeş) was shown a red card when these teams last met. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FCSB six wins, three draws and Argeş one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Tănase 18 goals |  O. Popescu 9 goals | I. Stoica 7 goals |
FCSB missing players
Argeş missing players
| FCSB | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 68 | 44 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 31 |
| 32 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 69% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 56% | 50% |
| 53% | 72% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 22% | 28% |
| 36% | 50% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 11% |
| 22% | 28% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 61% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 44% | 28% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 44% | 39% |
| 19% | 11% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 39% | 42% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 7 | 8.4 |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 33% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 35% | 26% |
| 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.1 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
- FCSB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Argeş.
- FCSB have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Liga 1
- FCSB have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga 1
- FCSB have the most scored goals (38) at home in Liga 1
- FCSB have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Liga 1
- FCSB have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 76 |
| 2 | FCSB | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Argeş | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Voluntari | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 46 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 29 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 38 | -42 | 17 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 34 | -43 | 14 |
| 16 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -25 | 2 |
