Gaz Metan Mediaş hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 33 points and a 11th position in the Liga 1 table. Visiting Argeş holds 7th place with 40 pts.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
It's no vacation for neither Mediaş nor Argeş as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Gaz Metan Mediaş have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan in the Liga 1.
Gaz Metan Mediaş are returning here after visiting Hermannstadt in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ricardo Valente (2) scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in a game that was won 4-1.
The victory against Hermannstadt came after Ricardo Valente's winning goal. The Gaz Metan Mediaş manager M. Teja was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 15th minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Mediaş perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gaz Metan Mediaş as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Gaz Metan Mediaş has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mediaş as they are travelling to their away game against Chindia Targoviste in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
Gaz Metan Mediaş are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Argeş form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Argeş have produced an overall stat of 5-4-6 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Argeş's previous game versus UTA Arad, a Liga 1 4-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Astra at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Argeş in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Argeş, five draws and three defeats.
The visiting Argeş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 15 games. As for defending, Argeş rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Argeş - Mediaş 1-1. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Mediaş wins - draws - Argeş wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Malele 16 goals |  R. Deaconu 8 goals |  R. Oliveira Valente 7 goals |
Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players
Argeş missing players
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 40 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 38 |
| 45 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 43 |
| 97% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 79% | 76% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 68% |
| 47% | 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 44% | 41% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 25% | 24% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| 59% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 44% | 53% |
| 18% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 24% |
| 26% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 8.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 35% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | 32% |
- Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the most points from losing position (15) in Liga 1
- Argeş 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 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botosani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Argeş | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |