Viitorul vs Academica Clinceni: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 05.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadionul Central haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Viitorul languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Academica Clinceni will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Viitorul have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga 1
  • Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Viitorul form and stats

Overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Viitorul, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga 1, are 3-5-3 (wins-draw-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Viitorul, who won 5-0 against Dinamo Bucuresti (placed 13th). Prior to that, an away loss at Arges.

As mentioned above, Viitorul "killed" Dinamo Bucuresti in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

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 Viitorul have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost one.

A decent goal production from Viitorul in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.

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Academica Clinceni form and stats

Playing away, Academica Clinceni have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. The last three matches for Academica Clinceni have all ended in a draw.

Academica's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Astra that finished 1-1. Before that, Academica Clinceni travelled to Sepsi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Academica Clinceni in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Academica Clinceni, two draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Academica have scored 12 goals in 12 league games away. Academica Clinceni are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Academica Clinceni - Viitorul 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Viitorul won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Academica Clinceni has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three

Top Goalscorers

ViitorulA. Ciobanu
A. Ciobanu
6 goals
Academica ClinceniT. Chunchukov
T. Chunchukov
4 goals
ViitorulA. Dobrosavlevici
A. Dobrosavlevici
3 goals

Viitorul missing players

Academica Clinceni missing players

Viitorul Academica Clinceni
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 12 25
5 3 1 Won W 0 3 8
10 5 2 Drew D 4 7 12
8 3 0 Lost L 0 2 5
31 19 7 Scored S 6 12 23
31 19 4 Conceded C 6 11 21
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 67% 72%
78% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 56%
48% 73% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 28%
26% 45% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 12%
17% 27% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
65% 91% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 42% 36%
13% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 58% 56%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 12.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 8.6 8.7
4.5 5.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3
30% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 29% 31%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Viitorul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viitorul have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga 1
  • Viitorul haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 FCSB 24 16 3 5 49 21 12 10 1 1 31 7 12 6 2 4 18 14 28 51
2 CFR Cluj 24 15 6 3 31 12 12 5 5 2 12 7 12 10 1 1 19 5 19 51
3 Universitatea Craiova 25 13 8 4 28 14 12 6 3 3 12 8 13 7 5 1 16 6 14 47
4 Sepsi 24 8 13 3 37 24 12 4 6 2 19 12 12 4 7 1 18 12 13 37
5 Botosani 24 10 7 7 35 29 12 5 4 3 17 10 12 5 3 4 18 19 6 37
6 Academica Clinceni 25 8 12 5 23 21 13 5 5 3 11 10 12 3 7 2 12 11 2 36
7 UTA Arad 25 8 9 8 24 32 12 1 5 6 7 18 13 7 4 2 17 14 -8 33
8 Chindia Targoviste 25 8 8 9 21 22 13 4 4 5 14 17 12 4 4 4 7 5 -1 32
9 Arges 24 7 9 8 24 28 12 3 5 4 12 14 12 4 4 4 12 14 -4 30
10 Astra 25 7 8 10 34 37 12 3 4 5 15 16 13 4 4 5 19 21 -3 29
11 Viitorul 24 6 10 8 34 31 11 3 5 3 19 19 13 3 5 5 15 12 3 28
12 Gaz Metan Medias 25 8 4 13 30 37 13 5 2 6 15 17 12 3 2 7 15 20 -7 28
13 Dinamo Bucuresti 25 7 5 13 23 33 13 3 4 6 12 16 12 4 1 7 11 17 -10 26
14 Hermannstadt 24 4 10 10 22 33 12 3 4 5 12 16 12 1 6 5 10 17 -11 22
15 Voluntari 24 5 6 13 26 37 12 3 2 7 14 18 12 2 4 6 12 19 -11 21
16 CSM Iasi 23 4 4 15 23 53 12 2 2 8 12 25 11 2 2 7 11 28 -30 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.