FCSB and Astra are both riding high in the Liga 1 with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
FCSB and Astra should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FCSB form and stats
FCSB, who have the most points (29) at home in Liga 1, are steadily winning games and points here at Arena Naţională. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Arena Naţională.The home team returns to Arena Naţională after sharing the points with Viitorul on their last time out; the Liga 1 game ended 1-1. Before that, FCSB played out a draw 0-0 when visiting CFR Cluj.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for FCSB home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
FCSB can score goals in their home matches. After 13 matches they have found the net 26 times. FCSB are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Naţională, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
Astra form and stats
5-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Astra in their matches away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Astra, as they have won on their previous two travels.Astra failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Universitatea Craiova that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sepsi with the score of 1-0.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Astra played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 0 times.
Astra find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Astra - FCSB 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FCSB 6 wins, 1 draw and Astra 3 victories.Top Goalscorers
  H. Gnohéré 15 goals / 2 assists |  F. Coman 9 goals / 4 assists |  D. Man 8 goals / 3 assists |
FCSB missing players
Astra missing players
| FCSB | Astra | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | Played | 16 | 32 |
| 58 | 32 | Scored | 17 | 38 |
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | 13 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 97% |
| 84% | 88% | Over 1.5 | 62% | 69% |
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 38% |
| 34% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 9% |
| 16% | 19% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 6% |
| 59% | 44% | Both teams to score | 50% | 50% |
| 31% | 44% | Clean Sheet | 19% | 25% |
| 16% | 12% | Failed To Score | 31% | 28% |
| 5.7 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 7 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 4 | 8 |
- FCSB hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FCSB is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | FCSB | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 45 |
| 4 | Astra | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Viitorul | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Botoşani | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 34 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 18 |
