Liga 1 match tips and preview for the SSC Farul vs Argeş clash

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 21.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, ups and downs resulting in mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for SSC Farul - Argeş!

Insights:
  • SSC Farul is in the best form (4-1-1) in Liga 1

There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Liga 1 match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Academica Clinceni, so at least SSC Farul are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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SSC Farul form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Central as SSC Farul have scored 22 goals to get 28 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 9-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Farul are returning here after visiting Academica Clinceni and winning with a 8-2 scoreline. Iancu, Petre, Betancor (2), Boboc, Nedelcu, Grameni and Moldoveanu scored the goal(s).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Voluntari in a game that was won 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier SSC Farul matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and zero defeats (from five games).

SSC Farul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Central with 22 goals in 13 league matches. Farul have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Argeş form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Argeş playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

Argeş are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Mioveni (placed 12th).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Chindia Targoviste.

The attacking power of Argeş when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

SSC Farul and Argeş have played each other before this season: Argeş - SSC Farul 2-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Farul wins - draws - Argeş wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
14 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
8 goals
ArgeşI. Șerban
I. Șerban
3 goals

SSC Farul missing players

Argeş missing players

SSC Farul Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
12 9 2 Won W 2 5 11
6 1 1 Drew D 0 3 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 10
38 22 3 Scored S 3 12 24
19 7 0 Conceded C 2 10 21
88% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 46%
27% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 23%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
27% 15% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 23% 31%
46% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 38%
38% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 38%
 
5.5 5.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 4.4
3.8 4.1 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.2
1.3 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.2 11.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.1 8.7
4.3 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.5
34% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 26%
 
8 8.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.8 9.2
3 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • SSC Farul 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 at home.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 CFR Cluj 26 20 4 2 39 14 13 11 2 0 20 5 13 9 2 2 19 9 25 64
2 FCSB 26 17 7 2 52 24 13 10 3 0 37 16 13 7 4 2 15 8 28 58
3 Botosani 26 11 11 4 31 23 13 6 5 2 16 10 13 5 6 2 15 13 8 44
4 Voluntari 26 12 7 7 28 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 15 4 43
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 12 6 8 47 28 13 8 3 2 28 9 13 4 3 6 19 19 19 42
6 SSC Farul 26 12 6 8 38 19 13 9 1 3 22 7 13 3 5 5 16 12 19 42
7 Argeş 26 11 5 10 24 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 13 5 3 5 12 10 3 38
8 Rapid Bucuresti 26 8 12 6 29 25 13 4 6 3 12 9 13 4 6 3 17 16 4 36
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 27 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 2 7 4 10 11 5 33
10 UTA Arad 26 7 12 7 19 17 13 4 5 4 8 8 13 3 7 3 11 9 2 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 10 10 17 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 28
12 Mioveni 26 6 9 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 9 10 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 27
13 U Craiova 1948 26 6 8 12 23 30 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 26
14 Gaz Metan Medias 26 6 6 14 21 33 13 2 6 5 11 14 13 4 0 9 10 19 -12 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 3 4 19 17 58 13 3 3 7 12 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -41 13
16 Academica Clinceni 26 2 5 19 18 58 13 1 3 9 9 27 13 1 2 10 9 31 -40 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.