Season ticket holders at Stadionul Central haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Viitorul languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Astra will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Astra is in the worst form (0-1-5)
The visiting Astra played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 1 match.
Viitorul form and stats
3 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Viitorul have to build on here at Stadionul Central in the Liga 1.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Viitorul, as their goalkeeper Valentin Alexandru Cojocaru has completely shut out the opponents for 287 minutes in the Liga 1.
It's back home for Viitorul, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Chindia Targoviste away with the result 2-0. Aurelian Chițu and Jô Santos found the net in that victory. Sensational by Viitorul last match, beating Chindia Targoviste away as big underdogs. Valentin Cojocaru, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Cojocaru .
Ahead of that match, Viitorul won a home game hosting Arges (1-0).Viitorul are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viitorul defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Astra form and stats
The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. It's looking increasingly bleak for Astra who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Chindia Targoviste was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The manager I. Badea was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Marin Anastasovici. Astra suffered a 0-3 loss to Voluntari. Goalkeeper Mihai Popa got the top player rating of the team with 0.0/10. Popa .
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Dinamo Bucuresti (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties)'s place.A quick return to home after this game, as Astra are hosting Universitatea Craiova in the Romania Cup only two days away.
Astra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 21 goals have been conceded by Astra in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Astra - Viitorul 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Viitorul victories, three draws and two Astra wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ciobanu 9 goals |  V. Gheorghe 8 goals | M. Montini 5 goals |
Viitorul missing players
Astra missing players
| Viitorul | Astra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 41 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | 44 |
| 41 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 50 |
| 89% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 89% | 87% |
| 65% | 78% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | 76% |
| 38% | 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 44% | 45% |
| 16% | 28% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 33% | 24% |
| 11% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 22% | 13% |
| 49% | 72% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | 47% |
| 27% | 17% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | 29% |
| 35% | 17% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 28% | 37% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 27% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 33% |
- Astra is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |