Betting preview: FCSB favourites when Argeş come to town

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Gloria (180000 seats)

FCSB are placed 3rd, while Argeş are lagging 3 points behind in the league standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (19) at home in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Liga 1

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!

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FCSB form and stats

5-1-0 is the performance here at Stadionul Gloria so far in the Liga 1, giving FCSB a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.

The FCSB goalkeeper Andrei Daniel Vlad is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

FCSB's previous game was a Liga 1 match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Mioveni (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that match, a win away at Chindia Targoviste.

The manager E. Iordănescu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SSC Farul in only four days.

FCSB always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadionul Gloria with 19 goals in 6 league games. From these home matches, FCSB have conceded only 5 goals.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

Argeş play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Dinamo Bucuresti (placed 15th). The end of the last match, against Dinamo Bucuresti, was very satisfying as C. Dumitru scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Prior to that result Argeş won their away game at Voluntari in the Liga 1. The scoreline was 2-0.

The visiting Argeş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Argeş are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior eight meetings involving these two contenders are: five wins for FCSB, three draws and zero wins for Argeş. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
4 goals
FCSBC. Keșerü
C. Keșerü
4 goals
FCSBO. Popescu
O. Popescu
3 goals

FCSB missing players

Argeş missing players

FCSB Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 2 7 13
7 5 0 Won W 1 4 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 4
23 19 0 Scored S 2 9 12
11 5 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 38%
50% 83% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 15%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 8%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 15%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 71% 54%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 46%
 
4.3 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.2
2.7 2.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.7 4.1
2.3 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.6 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.6 8.2
5.2 6.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3
37% 48% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 31%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of FCSB's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Argeş have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Argeş have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the most clean sheets (5) away in Liga 1
  • Argeş have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Liga 1
  • FCSB have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
  • FCSB have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (19) at home in Liga 1
  • 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 13 11 0 2 19 8 7 7 0 0 14 4 6 4 0 2 5 4 11 33
2 Universitatea Craiova 13 8 1 4 23 10 7 5 1 1 17 3 6 3 0 3 6 7 13 25
3 FCSB 12 7 3 2 23 11 6 5 1 0 19 5 6 2 2 2 4 6 12 24
4 Botosani 13 6 6 1 13 9 6 2 3 1 4 4 7 4 3 0 9 5 4 24
5 Voluntari 13 8 0 5 17 15 7 5 0 2 10 5 6 3 0 3 7 10 2 24
6 UTA Arad 13 6 5 2 15 8 7 3 3 1 7 4 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 23
7 Rapid Bucuresti 13 6 4 3 16 10 7 3 1 3 6 5 6 3 3 0 10 5 6 22
8 Argeş 13 6 3 4 12 7 6 2 1 3 3 4 7 4 2 1 9 3 5 21
9 SSC Farul 12 5 3 4 15 8 5 5 0 0 13 1 7 0 3 4 2 7 7 18
10 Chindia Targoviste 13 3 5 5 8 9 6 2 2 2 6 5 7 1 3 3 2 4 -1 14
11 U Craiova 1948 13 3 3 7 10 14 6 2 2 2 4 4 7 1 1 5 6 10 -4 12
12 Mioveni 13 3 3 7 7 17 6 1 2 3 2 5 7 2 1 4 5 12 -10 12
13 Gaz Metan Medias 13 3 2 8 10 17 7 2 2 3 6 7 6 1 0 5 4 10 -7 11
14 Sepsi 13 1 7 5 10 15 7 1 3 3 7 9 6 0 4 2 3 6 -5 10
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 13 2 2 9 11 29 7 2 2 3 10 11 6 0 0 6 1 18 -18 8
16 Academica Clinceni 13 0 3 10 9 31 6 0 2 4 4 10 7 0 1 6 5 21 -22 3

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.