Liga 1 match prediction and preview for FCSB vs Chindia Targoviste clash

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The FCSB fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Chindia Targoviste's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FCSB form and stats

FCSB have collected 18 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 5-3-4.

The fans are hoping that FCSB will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga 1 game against Dinamo Bucureşti (placed 8th). Before that, FCSB drew at home versus Academica Clinceni.

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 five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

FCSB are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

Chindia Târgovişte have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-2-7 (12 played).

The manager V. Moldovan was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Eugen Popescu. Chindia Târgovişte suffered a 1-2 loss to Voluntari (placed 14th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Astra with the score of 2-1.

Chindia Târgovişte were so close to getting something from the game against Voluntari, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Chindia Târgovişte played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.

Chindia Târgovişte have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. For Chindia Târgovişte, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Chindia Târgovişte - FCSB 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one FCSB victory, one draw and zero Chindia Târgovişte wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Coman
F. Coman
11 goals
FCSBH. Gnohéré
H. Gnohéré
6 goals
FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
5 goals

FCSB missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

FCSB Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
13 5 0 Won W 2 3 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 6
8 4 2 Lost L 2 7 13
36 16 2 Scored S 5 14 28
28 16 5 Conceded C 6 25 46
88% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
80% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 76%
56% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 83% 64%
20% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 50% 36%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 16%
48% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 58% 64%
40% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 16%
24% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 24%
 
4.8 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.7
4.3 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6 5.3
2.9 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.9
6 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
305 161 31 Total Shots T S 32 97 220
122 68 11 Shots on Target S O 19 40 77
30% 24% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 35% 36%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chindia Târgovişte 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 25 14 7 4 49 16 13 11 2 0 30 2 12 3 5 4 19 14 33 49
2 Universitatea Craiova 25 14 4 7 41 26 12 9 1 2 24 10 13 5 3 5 17 16 15 46
3 FCSB 25 13 4 8 36 28 12 5 3 4 16 16 13 8 1 4 20 12 8 43
4 Botoşani 25 11 9 5 34 29 12 5 4 3 16 15 13 6 5 2 18 14 5 42
5 Astra 25 13 5 7 36 27 12 8 3 1 22 11 13 5 2 6 14 16 9 41
6 Gaz Metan Mediaş 25 11 7 7 33 30 12 6 5 1 18 10 13 5 2 6 15 20 3 40
7 Viitorul 25 11 6 8 44 29 12 8 1 3 31 13 13 3 5 5 13 16 15 39
8 Dinamo Bucureşti 25 10 4 11 37 40 13 9 2 2 25 12 12 1 2 9 12 28 -3 34
9 Sepsi 25 7 11 7 28 24 13 5 4 4 17 10 12 2 7 3 11 14 4 32
10 Hermannstadt 25 5 10 10 26 42 13 5 5 3 17 18 12 0 5 7 9 24 -16 25
11 Chindia Târgovişte 25 6 6 13 28 46 13 3 4 6 14 21 12 3 2 7 14 25 -18 24
12 CSM Iaşi 25 5 7 13 25 38 13 4 4 5 17 20 12 1 3 8 8 18 -13 22
13 Academica Clinceni 25 4 9 12 30 47 13 2 7 4 14 19 12 2 2 8 16 28 -17 21
14 Voluntari 25 4 5 16 20 45 12 1 2 9 8 21 13 3 3 7 12 24 -25 17
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.