Liga 1 game sneak peek: Sepsi against FCSB

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

Sepsi will hope to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The hosting team are currently 21 points behind FCSB.

Insights:
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (38) in Liga 1

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 Sepsi and FCSB.

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi have played 10 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Stadionul Municipal after being equal after 90 minutes with Arges (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Liga 1 game ended 1-1. Damașcan was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Arges after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that, Sepsi had a home game versus SSC Farul which ended with a victory 1-0.

Sepsi has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Sepsi have conceded 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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FCSB form and stats

5-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FCSB in their Liga 1 matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for FCSB as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.

FCSB are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Liga 1 against Rapid Bucuresti (placed 6th).

Prior to that result FCSB won their away game at Gaz Metan Medias. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. FCSB are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported scoreline involving both these teams is the FCSB - Sepsi 1-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sepsi one win, five draws and FCSB four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBF. Tănase
F. Tănase
9 goals
FCSBI. Stoica
I. Stoica
5 goals
SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
4 goals

Sepsi missing players

FCSB missing players

Sepsi FCSB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
5 3 0 Won W 1 5 14
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 4
5 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
21 12 2 Scored S 2 9 38
18 10 3 Conceded C 2 8 17
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
75% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 30% 65%
20% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 55%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 35%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 25%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 55%
35% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 40%
30% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 15%
 
5.6 6 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.3
3.5 3.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.2
2.1 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.2 12.4 21 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.5 11.6
4 3.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4.8
27% 32% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 26% 39%
 
6.2 5.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.1 8.7
3.2 3.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (38) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 19 17 0 2 29 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 21 51
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botosani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 19 8 5 6 21 11 9 7 1 1 16 2 10 1 4 5 5 9 10 29
8 Arges 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Chindia Targoviste 19 4 7 8 12 14 9 2 3 4 8 9 10 2 4 4 4 5 -2 19
12 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
13 Mioveni 19 4 5 10 11 26 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 17
14 U Craiova 1948 19 3 6 10 12 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 1 3 5 6 10 -9 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 19 3 3 13 14 39 10 3 3 4 11 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -25 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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.