All you need to know about the Hermannstadt - CSM Iaşi game:

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 05.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (8200 seats)

Hermannstadt are welcoming CSM Iaşi for another important game after their 2-0 result against Academica Clinceni.

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 Hermannstadt and CSM Iaşi.

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Hermannstadt form and stats

Hermannstadt have played 13 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Hermannstadt are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Hermannstadt are returning here after visiting Academica Clinceni in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Răzvan Dâlbea and Jô Santos scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Viitorul in a game that was won 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hermannstadt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hermannstadt as a small favourite), we find eight games. Hermannstadt has won one of these, drawn five and lost two.

Hermannstadt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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CSM Iaşi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for CSM Iaşi so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

Iaşi had fun at their own home (Stadionul Municipal) last time out, beating Chindia Târgovişte 1-0. Juan Pablo Passaglia scored. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Voluntari.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by CSM Iaşi in our archives, and the results are: three wins for CSM Iaşi, one draw and two defeats.

The attacking power of CSM Iaşi when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Iaşi have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

CSM Iaşi - Hermannstadt 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Hermannstadt four wins, two draws and CSM Iaşi one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HermannstadtG. Debeljuh
G. Debeljuh
11 goals
HermannstadtY. Gomes Pinto
Y. Gomes Pinto
6 goals
HermannstadtP. Petrescu
P. Petrescu
5 goals

Hermannstadt missing players

CSM Iaşi missing players

Hermannstadt CSM Iaşi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 19 39
11 8 4 Won W 1 2 10
13 6 1 Drew D 1 5 10
13 4 1 Lost L 4 12 19
42 24 7 Scored S 3 14 41
56 22 4 Conceded C 7 28 55
92% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 95% 95%
78% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 68% 72%
49% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 49%
24% 28% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 18%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
54% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 53% 56%
22% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 21%
32% 28% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 28%
 
4.1 4.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.4
4.3 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6.8 5.7
2.9 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.8
5 5 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
315 173 59 Total Shots T S 61 154 360
134 74 23 Shots on Target S O 24 67 156
31% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 26%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CSM Iaşi has the most dropped points from leading position (34)
  • CSM Iaşi has the most matches under the total-line (19)
  • Hermannstadt has the fewest matches under the total-line (12)
  • Hermannstadt has the fewest scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hermannstadt is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 26 15 7 4 51 16 13 11 2 0 30 2 13 4 5 4 21 14 35 52
2 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 4 8 41 28 13 9 1 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 17 16 13 46
3 Botosani 26 12 9 5 36 30 13 6 4 3 18 16 13 6 5 2 18 14 6 45
4 FCSB 26 13 5 8 37 29 13 5 4 4 17 17 13 8 1 4 20 12 8 44
5 Gaz Metan Medias 26 12 7 7 34 30 13 7 5 1 19 10 13 5 2 6 15 20 4 43
6 Astra 26 13 6 7 38 29 13 8 4 1 24 13 13 5 2 6 14 16 9 42
7 Viitorul 26 11 7 8 44 29 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 3 5 5 13 16 15 40
8 Dinamo Bucureşti 26 10 4 12 37 41 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 1 2 10 12 29 -4 34
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 10 13 2 8 3 13 16 4 33
10 Chindia Târgovişte 26 6 7 13 29 47 13 3 4 6 14 21 13 3 3 7 15 26 -18 25
11 Hermannstadt 26 5 10 11 26 44 13 5 5 3 17 18 13 0 5 8 9 26 -18 25
12 CSM Iaşi 26 5 7 14 26 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 13 1 3 9 9 20 -14 22
13 Academica Clinceni 26 4 10 12 30 47 13 2 7 4 14 19 13 2 3 8 16 28 -17 22
14 Voluntari 26 5 5 16 22 45 13 2 2 9 10 21 13 3 3 7 12 24 -23 20

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.