It's early days in the Liga 1 and both Viitorul and Astra are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Viitorul form and stats
Viitorul are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Central.
An away draw last time out for Viitorul, facing Sepsi in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Universitatea Craiova that was lost 1-4.
At Stadionul Central, Viitorul has the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Astra form and stats
Astra have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga 1 were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 4 fixtures.
The manager B. Andone was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Marin Anastasovici. Astra suffered a 0-2 loss to CFR Cluj (placed 2nd). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sepsi.
It's early days yet, but Astra has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Viitorul victories, three draws and two Astra wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Viitorul missing players
Astra missing players
| Viitorul | Astra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
- Astra has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1
- Astra has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Liga 1
| Viitorul | Last season | Astra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 69 | 47 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 65% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 35% | ||
| 25% | 35% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 523 | 311 | Total Shots | T S | 140 | 327 | ||
| 210 | 132 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 124 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Botosani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FCSB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | CSM Iasi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Academica Clinceni | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Viitorul | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 15 | Arges | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Astra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viitorul | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 32 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | CSM Iasi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 23 |