Liga 1 match preview: Sepsi believed to be the weaker party when FCSB pays a visit

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Sepsi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind FCSB.

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

Overall stats at home this season for Sepsi are 6-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. Sepsi are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Concordia Chiajna match.

In their previous game, the manager M. Barbu led his Sepsi to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Viitorul. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Heartbreak before that as Sepsi lost 0-1 at Universitatea Craiova's place.

Sepsi has scored 17 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Sepsi have conceded only 12 goals.

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FCSB form and stats

Playing away, FCSB, who have the most scored goals (49) in Liga 1, have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season. FCSB are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Two travels in a row for FCSB, whose manager M. Teja could celebrate last time after the Liga 1 win against Universitatea Craiova. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Astra.

The travelling fans enjoy FCSB's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 away matches. FCSB have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; FCSB - Sepsi 2-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 0 - 4 (Sepsi wins - draws - FCSB wins).

Top Goalscorers

H. Gnohéré
15 goals / 2 assists
I. Tandia
10 goals / 5 assists
F. Tănase
10 goals / 5 assists

Sepsi missing players

FCSB missing players

Sepsi FCSB
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played 5 17 34
10 6 2 Won 4 7 19
8 3 0 Drew 1 7 9
16 8 4 Lost 0 3 6
34 17 3 Scored 13 28 61
37 15 5 Conceded 5 18 34
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 100% 88% 94%
53% 41% 17% Over 1.5 100% 82% 82%
35% 35% 17% Over 2.5 80% 47% 50%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 60% 35% 32%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 20% 12% 15%
35% 29% 17% BTTS 100% 71% 56%
35% 41% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 24% 35%
41% 41% 50% Failed To Score 0% 18% 15%
 
4.5 4.9 3.3 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.2 5.7
4.4 2.8 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 4.4 4.4
2.5 2.6 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 3 2.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 1 4 7

Sepsi
All Liga 1 Liga 2: Serie 1 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-03-19 L1 CFR Cluj 3 - 1 Sepsi
15-03-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 Universitatea Craiova
01-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 0 Viitorul
08-04-19 L1 FCSB 2 - 0 Sepsi
15-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 Astra
20-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 CFR Cluj
29-04-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova 1 - 0 Sepsi
04-05-19 L1 Viitorul 3 - 1 Sepsi
11-05-19 L1 Sepsi 00:00 FCSB
18-05-19 L1 Astra - Sepsi
FCSB
All Liga 1 Champions League Europa League Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
11-03-19 L1 FCSB 1 - 2 Viitorul
17-03-19 L1 Astra 0 - 2 FCSB
31-03-19 L1 FCSB 3 - 2 Universitatea Craiova
08-04-19 L1 FCSB 2 - 0 Sepsi
14-04-19 L1 CFR Cluj 0 - 0 FCSB
21-04-19 L1 Viitorul 1 - 1 FCSB
28-04-19 L1 FCSB 1 - 0 Astra
05-05-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova 0 - 2 FCSB
11-05-19 L1 Sepsi 00:00 FCSB
18-05-19 L1 FCSB - CFR Cluj

  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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