Liga 1: Sepsi - SSC Farul pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

Stadionul Municipal: Sound the horn for a football jamboree when Sepsi take on SSC Farul. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Sepsi have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (20) in Liga 1

These are active days for the host team, as they had a match only three days ago in the Romania Cup. This match was also played here at Stadionul Municipal. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, SSC Farul have had more rest.

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Sepsi's previous match was a Romania Cup game also played at home, ending 3-0 against CFR Cluj. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.

Ahead of that match, Sepsi lost 1-2 at home to Universitatea Craiova.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 most recent league matches reveals that 12 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Sepsi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Municipal with 27 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Sepsi have conceded only 13 goals.

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SSC Farul form and stats

Playing away, SSC Farul have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

The regulars enjoyed SSC Farul's previous game versus CFR Cluj, a 1-0 win played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FCSB wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Farul are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SSC Farul have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: SSC Farul - Sepsi 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Sepsi two wins, zero draws and SSC Farul four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulD. Alibec
D. Alibec
11 goals
SepsiA. Tudorie
A. Tudorie
9 goals
SepsiM. Rondón Fernández
M. Rondón Fernández
9 goals

Sepsi missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sepsi SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 7 Played P 4 17 35
11 6 1 Won W 2 7 22
9 4 1 Drew D 1 6 8
14 7 5 Lost L 1 4 5
49 27 7 Scored S 6 24 62
38 17 10 Conceded C 5 22 34
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
74% 71% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
53% 53% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 51%
21% 24% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 23%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
53% 47% 57% BTTS BTTS 75% 65% 54%
24% 29% 14% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 37%
29% 29% 29% Failed to Score F T 25% 18% 17%
 
4.6 4.5 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 4.5
3.7 2.9 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.6 3.6
2.3 2.2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 11.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.9 12.2
4.5 5.2 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.9
32% 31% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
 
8.6 7.9 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 12.5 9.7
3.9 3.2 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.5 3.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul have the most points from losing position (20) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have the fewest matches under the total-line (16) in Liga 1
  • Sepsi have the most dropped points from leading position (20) 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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botosani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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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.