Sepsi v Astra betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Mon 15.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Sepsi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Astra.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Sepsi form and stats

The story so far for Sepsi at their home stadium is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager E. Neagoe led his Sepsi to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at FCSB. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Preceding that game was the home draw versus Viitorul that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sepsi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sepsi as a small favourite), we find three games. Sepsi has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Sepsi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Sepsi are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Astra form and stats

Playing away, Astra have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season.

Astra failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Viitorul that ended with defeat 1-4. Ahead of that match was the victory versus CFR Cluj at their stadium, the result 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Astra in our archives, and the results are: 10 wins for Astra, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

After this away game Astra return home for a Liga 1 game against Universitatea Craiova. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Astra find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sepsi - Astra 1-0, played this season. Last four meetings between the teams: Sepsi won 1, Astra won 1 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

I. Tandia
10 goals / 5 assists
A. Llullaku
6 goals / 5 assists
M. Simonovski
5 goals / 4 assists

Sepsi missing players

Astra missing players

Sepsi Astra
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 15 30
33 17 Scored 16 37
31 13 Conceded 13 31
87% 87% Over 0.5 100% 97%
57% 47% Over 1.5 67% 73%
37% 40% Over 2.5 27% 40%
17% 13% Over 3.5 0% 10%
10% 7% Over 4.5 0% 7%
37% 33% Both teams to score 53% 53%
40% 47% Clean Sheet 13% 23%
37% 33% Failed To Score 33% 27%
Key stats this season:
  • Astra hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sepsi is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 CFR Cluj 26 15 9 2 39 16 13 5 7 1 19 10 13 10 2 1 20 6 23 54
2 FCSB 26 14 7 5 49 29 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 5 5 3 23 17 20 49
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 43 24 13 7 4 2 20 9 13 6 2 5 23 15 19 45
4 Astra 26 11 9 6 36 23 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 42
5 Viitorul 26 11 5 10 26 27 13 6 2 5 14 11 13 5 3 5 12 16 -1 38
6 Sepsi 26 10 7 9 32 25 13 6 2 5 17 12 13 4 5 4 15 13 7 37
7 Botoşani 26 9 9 8 31 33 13 5 3 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 16 -2 36
8 CSM Iaşi 26 10 4 12 28 38 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 5 1 7 14 23 -10 34
9 Hermannstadt 26 9 5 12 25 28 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 4 2 7 11 16 -3 32
10 Dinamo Bucureşti 26 8 8 10 29 37 13 6 4 3 18 13 13 2 4 7 11 24 -8 32
11 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 7 10 9 25 32 13 5 4 4 16 16 13 2 6 5 9 16 -7 31
12 Dunărea Călăraşi 26 4 12 10 16 25 13 3 5 5 11 15 13 1 7 5 5 10 -9 24
13 Voluntari 26 4 9 13 30 46 13 3 5 5 20 20 13 1 4 8 10 26 -16 21
14 Concordia Chiajna 26 4 6 16 19 45 13 1 5 7 9 22 13 3 1 9 10 23 -26 18

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