Otelul oppose FCSB for acclaim and football prosperity.
FCSB could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago. That game, against CSKA 1948 Sofia, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FCSB.
Otelul form and stats
The first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Oţelul resulted in a draw. Last season Otelul's home game statistics were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats from 5 games.
The home team returns to Stadionul Oţelul after drawing with Universitatea Craiova (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus UTA Arad.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Otelul at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
FCSB form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 5 matches.
Two away games in a row for FCSB, whose manager Charalambous could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against CSKA 1948 Sofia.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Dinamo Bucuresti in the Liga 1.It's early days yet, but FCSB has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Otelul wins - draws - FCSB wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Coman 2 goals |   A. Pop 1 goals | D. Olaru 1 goals |
Otelul missing players
FCSB missing players
| Otelul | FCSB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 14.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Otelul | Last season | FCSB | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 21 | Scored | S | 28 | 66 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 50 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 34% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 70% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 22% | ||
| 34% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.6 | ||
| 31% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Otelul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botosani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | CSM Iasi | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 60 |
| 2 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 52 |
| 3 | Otelul | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 49 |
| 4 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 46 |
| 5 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 42 |
| 6 | Unirea Dej | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 40 |
| 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 | SSC Farul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 42 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 29 |
