It's game two of the Liga 1 season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of FCSB-Viitorul!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FCSB form and stats
Happy days for FCSB in their previous game, a Liga 1 match away at Astra (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to CFR Cluj (0-2).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FCSB have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost one.
Last season, FCSB's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Liga 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season FCSB managed 5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 17 conceded.
Viitorul form and stats
Viitorul played 1-1 against UTA Arad in their previous match. Before that, Viitorul travelled to Dinamo Bucuresti and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
We have checked recent matches where Viitorul have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were four victories, zero draws and one defeat.
Let's have a look at how Viitorul performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 13/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FCSB six wins, three draws and Viitorul one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Moruţan 1 goals | D. Man 1 goals |  F. Tănase 1 goals |
FCSB missing players
Viitorul missing players
| FCSB | Viitorul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| FCSB | Last season | Viitorul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 9 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 69 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 27 | 46 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 75% | ||
| 54% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 25% | ||
| 54% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 57% | ||
| 31% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 23% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 423 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 212 | 523 | ||
| 176 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 78 | 210 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSM Iaşi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Viitorul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chindia Targoviste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Astra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |