Open game expected at Stadionul Gaz Metan: Gaz Metan Mediaş vs Viitorul preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Gaz Metan (7814 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Gaz Metan Mediaş have their presumed home advantage while Viitorul are ahead 2 points in the Liga 1 table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gaz Metan Mediaş and Viitorul.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

5-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Gaz Metan Mediaş so far this season. Gaz Metan Mediaş has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Gaz Metan, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Gaz Metan Mediaş's last game was hosting Viitorul (placed 5th) and winning 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus CSM Iaşi with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Gaz Metan Mediaş fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Viitorul form and stats

There's been little loot from Viitorul's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Liga 1. Viitorul only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

L. Munteanu was the last player to score for the away team. Viitorul haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.

Viitorul play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Gaz Metan Mediaş (placed 6th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus FCSB.

Viitorul are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Viitorul have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Gaz Metan Mediaş - Viitorul 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gaz Metan Mediaş 3 wins, 2 draws and Viitorul 5 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gaz Metan MediaşS. Buș
S. Buș
8 goals
ViitorulG. Iancu
G. Iancu
8 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşM. Constantin
M. Constantin
6 goals

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Viitorul missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş Viitorul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
10 6 2 Won W 0 2 10
6 4 0 Drew D 1 4 5
6 1 1 Lost L 2 5 7
29 18 7 Scored S 4 11 41
25 10 3 Conceded C 6 15 26
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
73% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 77%
41% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 64%
23% 36% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 45%
14% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 23%
45% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 59%
36% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
23% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 23%
 
5 6.3 7 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 5.9
3.8 2.8 1.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 3.1 3.5
2.3 2.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
256 135 36 Total Shots T S 27 116 286
108 65 20 Shots on Target S O 9 41 112
27% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 27% 37%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Viitorul has the most scored goals in the second half (28)

  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 21 12 5 4 44 16 11 10 1 0 29 2 10 2 4 4 15 14 28 41
2 Astra 21 12 4 5 30 20 10 7 3 0 18 8 11 5 1 5 12 12 10 40
3 Universitatea Craiova 21 11 4 6 31 20 11 8 1 2 21 9 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 37
4 FCSB 20 11 3 6 31 24 10 4 2 4 14 16 10 7 1 2 17 8 7 36
5 Viitorul 21 10 5 6 41 25 11 8 1 2 30 11 10 2 4 4 11 14 16 35
6 Gaz Metan Mediaş 21 9 6 6 28 25 10 5 4 1 17 10 11 4 2 5 11 15 3 33
7 Botosani 22 8 9 5 30 28 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 16 14 2 33
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 22 8 4 10 32 37 11 7 2 2 21 11 11 1 2 8 11 26 -5 28
9 Sepsi 21 5 10 6 22 20 10 3 4 3 13 8 11 2 6 3 9 12 2 25
10 CSM Iaşi 21 5 7 9 22 29 11 4 4 3 14 13 10 1 3 6 8 16 -7 22
11 Chindia Târgovişte 21 5 6 10 24 39 11 3 4 4 13 18 10 2 2 6 11 21 -15 21
12 Academica Clinceni 21 4 8 9 26 39 11 2 7 2 11 14 10 2 1 7 15 25 -13 20
13 Hermannstadt 21 4 8 9 20 36 10 4 3 3 12 14 11 0 5 6 8 22 -16 20
14 Voluntari 20 1 5 14 13 36 9 0 2 7 5 14 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 8
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.