Betting preview: Sepsi vs SSC Farul should be interesting

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

In this article Tipsway presents you must know about the Liga 1 fixture Sepsi - SSC Farul!

Insights:
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Sepsi form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Sepsi have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly not having conceded a league goal in 309 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Sepsi, who won 2-0 against Mioveni (placed 12th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Chindia Targoviste and winning 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sepsi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Sepsi after this match as they are travelling to Arges for a Liga 1 game in only two days.

The Sepsi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Sepsi have conceded 10 goals.

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SSC Farul form and stats

There's been little loot from SSC Farul's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Liga 1. SSC Farul only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

SSC Farul are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Liga 1 against Rapid Bucuresti (placed 6th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gaz Metan Medias that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SSC Farul playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Farul wins, zero draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting CFR Cluj in just two days.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Farul are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders met previously this season; SSC Farul - Sepsi 1-0. Head-to-head data (for the former two meetings): Sepsi won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and SSC Farul have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
10 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
5 goals
SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
3 goals

Sepsi missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Sepsi SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 4 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 8
9 4 0 Drew D 2 4 5
5 3 1 Lost L 1 4 5
19 11 1 Scored S 3 5 21
17 10 2 Conceded C 2 8 10
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 83%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 56%
22% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 11% 22%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 22%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 33% 56%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 39%
 
5.8 6.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 5
3.2 2.9 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 4.2 3.9
2.2 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.6 13.1 24 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.7 10.3
4.1 4.1 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.7
26% 30% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 31%
 
6.1 5.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.4 7.7
3.1 3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.7 3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sepsi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SSC Farul have scored away.
  • Sepsi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 18 16 0 2 28 8 9 9 0 0 17 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 20 48
2 FCSB 18 12 4 2 34 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 9 4 3 2 8 8 18 40
3 Voluntari 18 10 2 6 22 18 9 6 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 10 12 4 32
4 SSC Farul 18 8 5 5 21 10 9 7 1 1 16 2 9 1 4 4 5 8 11 29
5 Universitatea Craiova 17 9 1 7 32 19 9 6 1 2 24 8 8 3 0 5 8 11 13 28
6 Rapid Bucuresti 18 7 7 4 22 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 5 28
7 Botosani 17 7 7 3 16 15 8 2 4 2 5 7 9 5 3 1 11 8 1 28
8 Arges 17 8 3 6 17 12 8 3 1 4 6 7 9 5 2 2 11 5 5 27
9 UTA Arad 18 6 7 5 16 13 9 3 3 3 7 7 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 25
10 Sepsi 18 4 9 5 19 17 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 2 21
11 Chindia Targoviste 18 4 7 7 12 13 9 2 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 4 -1 19
12 Mioveni 18 4 5 9 11 25 9 2 3 4 3 7 9 2 2 5 8 18 -14 17
13 Gaz Metan Medias 17 4 4 9 13 20 9 2 4 3 8 9 8 2 0 6 5 11 -7 16
14 U Craiova 1948 18 3 6 9 11 19 9 2 3 4 5 9 9 1 3 5 6 10 -8 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 18 2 3 13 13 39 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -26 9
16 Academica Clinceni 18 1 4 13 13 39 9 1 2 6 7 15 9 0 2 7 6 24 -26 7

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.