Liga 1 preview: Can Sepsi edge out victory against Gaz Metan Mediaş?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Sepsi leading Gaz Metan Mediaş by 15 points.

Insights:
  • Sepsi have the most points from losing position (12) in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi have played 13 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Sepsi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Botosani's place. The match ended 2-1 with Nándor Tamás and Gabriel Vaşvari scoring. Preceding that match was a defeat to Chindia Targoviste (0-1).

Manager L. Grozavu felt very clever after Nándor Tamás scored the winning goal against Botosani, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 60th minute.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sepsi handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and two defeats.

The Sepsi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Sepsi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

Gaz Metan Mediaş, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-2-8 (13 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Mediaş who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Chindia Targoviste was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Mediaş have lost on their last two travels.

The attacking players of Gaz Metan Mediaş have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 194 minutes.

The manager M. Teja was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan. Gaz Metan Mediaş suffered a 0-2 loss to Universitatea Craiova (placed 3rd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FCSB wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Mediaş are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

Gaz Metan Mediaş are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Gaz Metan Mediaş's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Gaz Metan Mediaş - Sepsi 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sepsi three wins, three draws and Gaz Metan Mediaş three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SepsiP. Šafranko
P. Šafranko
6 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşR. Deaconu
R. Deaconu
6 goals

Sepsi missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Sepsi Gaz Metan Mediaş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
10 4 1 Won W 1 3 8
13 6 4 Drew D 0 2 4
4 3 0 Lost L 3 8 15
41 19 9 Scored S 4 15 30
27 13 7 Conceded C 7 21 40
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 81%
48% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 52%
26% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 19%
15% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
56% 46% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 59%
30% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
30% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.8 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.1 10.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.8 7.9
4 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.3
38% 39% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 33%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sepsi have the most points from losing position (12) in Liga 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 FCSB 27 19 3 5 53 21 13 11 1 1 32 7 14 8 2 4 21 14 32 60
2 CFR Cluj 27 18 6 3 41 12 14 7 5 2 21 7 13 11 1 1 20 5 29 60
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 16 8 4 33 14 14 8 3 3 15 8 14 8 5 1 18 6 19 56
4 Sepsi 27 10 13 4 41 27 13 4 6 3 19 13 14 6 7 1 22 14 14 43
5 Botosani 27 10 7 10 36 34 14 5 4 5 18 14 13 5 3 5 18 20 2 37
6 Academica Clinceni 27 8 13 6 24 23 14 5 5 4 11 11 13 3 8 2 13 12 1 37
7 Argeş 27 9 9 9 28 35 13 4 5 4 14 15 14 5 4 5 14 20 -7 36
8 Astra 27 9 8 10 37 38 13 4 4 5 17 17 14 5 4 5 20 21 -1 35
9 Chindia Targoviste 27 9 8 10 22 23 14 4 4 6 14 18 13 5 4 4 8 5 -1 35
10 UTA Arad 28 8 9 11 24 36 14 1 5 8 7 20 14 7 4 3 17 16 -12 33
11 Viitorul 26 6 12 8 35 32 12 3 6 3 20 20 14 3 6 5 15 12 3 30
12 Voluntari 27 7 7 13 30 38 13 3 3 7 15 19 14 4 4 6 15 19 -8 28
13 Gaz Metan Mediaş 27 8 4 15 30 40 14 5 2 7 15 19 13 3 2 8 15 21 -10 28
14 Dinamo Bucureşti 27 7 6 14 25 36 14 3 4 7 13 18 13 4 2 7 12 18 -11 27
15 Hermannstadt 27 4 11 12 24 37 14 3 5 6 13 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -13 23
16 CSM Iaşi 26 4 4 18 24 61 13 2 2 9 12 27 13 2 2 9 12 34 -37 16

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.