Gaz Metan Mediaş favourites for feisty fight facing Argeş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 28.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan (7814 seats)

Only the second game in the Liga 1 for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan as Gaz Metan Mediaş welcomes Argeş. Check out this preview!

Mediaş have less rest than Argeş in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Voluntari.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

Gaz Metan Mediaş faced defeat in their previous match, away at Voluntari (1-2). Heartbreak before that as Mediaş lost 1-4 at Botosani's place.

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 Mediaş have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost zero.

Last season, Gaz Metan Mediaş's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Liga 1. Over these 26 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 30. Playing at home last season Gaz Metan Mediaş managed 7-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 10 conceded.

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Argeş form and stats

Argeş are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Argeş in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting Botosani, 2-3. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting UTA Arad in the Liga 2.

We have checked recent matches where Argeş have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.

Let's have a look at how Argeş performed last season in the Liga 2: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 16/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Mediaş won one, Argeş won two and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MediaşS. Ciocan
S. Ciocan
1 goals
ArgeşG. Deac
G. Deac
1 goals
ArgeşI. Năstăsie
I. Năstăsie
1 goals

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Argeş missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş Argeş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Gaz Metan Mediaş Last season Argeş
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   15 29
12 7   Won W   7 13
10 6   Drew D   5 10
14 5   Lost L   3 6
39 20   Scored S   20 43
49 19   Conceded C   13 31
89% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 86%
69% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 83%
44% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
28% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 21%
14% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 10%
44% 39%   BTTS BTTS   47% 59%
33% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 31%
33% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 24%
 
4.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.4
4.5 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.2
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.3
4 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
377 193   Total Shots T S   181 306
148 82   Shots on Target S O   57 106
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 38%

  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 Botosani 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 Iasi 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 Bucureşti 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 Argeş 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 Mediaş 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Chindia Târgovişte 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 Botosani 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 Mediaş 10 0 3 7 5 19 5 0 1 4 1 9 5 0 2 3 4 10 -14 25
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 Argeş 5 2 2 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 27
2 Mioveni 5 2 1 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 -1 27
3 Petrolul 52 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 25
4 Rapid Bucuresti 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 25
5 Sporting Turnu 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 0 6
6 UTA Arad 5 1 2 2 8 8 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 5

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.