Gaz Metan Mediaş vs Astra: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 02.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan (7814 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Gaz Metan Mediaş languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Astra will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Astra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

5-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Gaz Metan Mediaş so far this season. Game days at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Gaz Metan Mediaş as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The home team returns to Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan after being equal after 90 minutes with Sepsi (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Liga 1 game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Universitatea Craiova that was lost 0-2.

The Gaz Metan Mediaş fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded 19 goals.

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Astra form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Astra have produced an overall stat of 5-4-5 so far.

Astra's last game was the home draw against Botosani (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Chindia Targoviste with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, Astra drew the match against Botosani. Manager E. Neagoe brought on Mattia Montini to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Astra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Astra struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Astra - Mediaş 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gaz Metan Mediaş two wins, three draws and Astra five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MediaşR. Deaconu
R. Deaconu
7 goals
AstraV. Gheorghe
V. Gheorghe
6 goals
AstraM. Montini
M. Montini
4 goals

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Astra missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş Astra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 3 5 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
15 7 1 Lost L 1 5 10
31 15 5 Scored S 9 20 38
41 19 3 Conceded C 8 21 39
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
82% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 86%
50% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 43% 43%
18% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 29%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 18%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 57% 50%
14% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 25%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 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 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.5
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
7.9 8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 6.5 7.8
3.4 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.7
33% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 47% 37%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Astra haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 28 20 3 5 56 21 14 12 1 1 35 7 14 8 2 4 21 14 35 63
2 CFR Cluj 28 18 6 4 41 15 14 7 5 2 21 7 14 11 1 2 20 8 26 60
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 16 8 4 33 14 14 8 3 3 15 8 14 8 5 1 18 6 19 56
4 Sepsi 28 10 14 4 42 28 14 4 7 3 20 14 14 6 7 1 22 14 14 44
5 Botosani 28 10 8 10 37 35 14 5 4 5 18 14 14 5 4 5 19 21 2 38
6 Academica Clinceni 28 8 14 6 25 24 14 5 5 4 11 11 14 3 9 2 14 13 1 38
7 Arges 28 9 10 9 29 36 14 4 6 4 15 16 14 5 4 5 14 20 -7 37
8 Astra 28 9 9 10 38 39 14 4 5 5 18 18 14 5 4 5 20 21 -1 36
9 Chindia Targoviste 28 9 9 10 22 23 14 4 4 6 14 18 14 5 5 4 8 5 -1 36
10 UTA Arad 28 8 9 11 24 36 14 1 5 8 7 20 14 7 4 3 17 16 -12 33
11 Viitorul 27 6 13 8 35 32 13 3 7 3 20 20 14 3 6 5 15 12 3 31
12 Voluntari 28 8 7 13 31 38 14 4 3 7 16 19 14 4 4 6 15 19 -7 31
13 Gaz Metan Mediaş 28 8 5 15 31 41 14 5 2 7 15 19 14 3 3 8 16 22 -10 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 28 7 6 15 25 37 14 3 4 7 13 18 14 4 2 8 12 19 -12 27
15 Hermannstadt 28 4 11 13 24 38 14 3 5 6 13 18 14 1 6 7 11 20 -14 23
16 CSM Iasi 27 5 4 18 25 61 14 3 2 9 13 27 13 2 2 9 12 34 -36 19

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.