Viitorul favourites for feisty fight facing Chindia Târgovişte

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 15:30 (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 Chindia Târgovişte 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
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (22) in Liga 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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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 3-6-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Viitorul manager M. Rednic and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hermannstadt (placed 15th) in the Liga 1. Before that, Viitorul drew at home versus Academica Clinceni.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viitorul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.

Viitorul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Central with 20 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viitorul defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Liga 1, have produced an overall stat of 5-4-4 so far.

Târgovişte's previous game was their home loss versus Astra (0-1). Prior to that result Târgovişte won their away game at Sepsi. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Târgovişte have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Târgovişte are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Chindia Târgovişte - Viitorul 1-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Viitorul, one draw and one win for Chindia Târgovişte. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

ViitorulA. Ciobanu
A. Ciobanu
6 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
6 goals

Viitorul missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Viitorul Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 13 27
5 3 1 Won W 2 5 9
12 6 3 Drew D 1 4 8
8 3 0 Lost L 2 4 10
32 20 8 Scored S 4 8 22
32 20 5 Conceded C 3 5 23
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 89%
76% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 23% 44%
44% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 19%
24% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
16% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
64% 92% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 8% 33%
16% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 62% 41%
28% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 54% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.7 12.4 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.8 8.1
4.4 5.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.1 2.7
29% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 30%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (22) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Liga 1
  • 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chindia Târgovişte have scored 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 27 19 3 5 53 21 13 11 1 1 32 7 14 8 2 4 21 14 32 60
2 CFR Cluj 27 18 6 3 41 12 14 7 5 2 21 7 13 11 1 1 20 5 29 60
3 Universitatea Craiova 27 15 8 4 31 14 13 7 3 3 13 8 14 8 5 1 18 6 17 53
4 Sepsi 27 10 13 4 41 27 13 4 6 3 19 13 14 6 7 1 22 14 14 43
5 Botosani 27 10 7 10 36 34 14 5 4 5 18 14 13 5 3 5 18 20 2 37
6 Academica Clinceni 27 8 13 6 24 23 14 5 5 4 11 11 13 3 8 2 13 12 1 37
7 Arges 27 9 9 9 28 35 13 4 5 4 14 15 14 5 4 5 14 20 -7 36
8 Astra 27 9 8 10 37 38 13 4 4 5 17 17 14 5 4 5 20 21 -1 35
9 Chindia Târgovişte 27 9 8 10 22 23 14 4 4 6 14 18 13 5 4 4 8 5 -1 35
10 UTA Arad 27 8 9 10 24 34 14 1 5 8 7 20 13 7 4 2 17 14 -10 33
11 Viitorul 26 6 12 8 35 32 12 3 6 3 20 20 14 3 6 5 15 12 3 30
12 Voluntari 27 7 7 13 30 38 13 3 3 7 15 19 14 4 4 6 15 19 -8 28
13 Gaz Metan Medias 27 8 4 15 30 40 14 5 2 7 15 19 13 3 2 8 15 21 -10 28
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 27 7 6 14 25 36 14 3 4 7 13 18 13 4 2 7 12 18 -11 27
15 Hermannstadt 27 4 11 12 24 37 14 3 5 6 13 18 13 1 6 6 11 19 -13 23
16 CSM Iasi 26 4 4 18 24 61 13 2 2 9 12 27 13 2 2 9 12 34 -37 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.