Viitorul welcomes CSM Iaşi as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 22.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Liga 1, with both Viitorul and CSM Iaşi experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 16th place.

Insights:
  • Viitorul has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals (53) in Liga 1

Viitorul and CSM Iaşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Viitorul form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Viitorul, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Liga 1, have to build on here at Stadionul Central in the Liga 1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Viitorul to get some points in this home game.

A. Dobrosavlevici was the last player to score a league goal for Viitorul and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Viitorul haven't scored in 218 minutes.

Viitorul are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Arges. Before that game, the home loss against Voluntari with the scoreline 0-1.

There will be little rest for Viitorul after this match as they are travelling to Dinamo Bucuresti for a Liga 1 game in only four days.

Viitorul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Central with 19 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viitorul defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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CSM Iaşi form and stats

CSM Iaşi, who have the most conceded goals (53) in Liga 1, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-2-7 (11 played).

Iaşi's previous game was their home loss versus Astra (2-3). A 0-3 defeat away at Petrolul 52 before that.

After this away game Iaşi return home for a Liga 1 game against Voluntari. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CSM Iaşi have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Iaşi concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Viitorul seven wins, two draws and CSM Iaşi one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSM IaşiA. Cristea
A. Cristea
7 goals
ViitorulA. Ciobanu
A. Ciobanu
4 goals
ViitorulA. Dobrosavlevici
A. Dobrosavlevici
3 goals

Viitorul missing players

CSM Iaşi missing players

Viitorul CSM Iaşi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
4 3 2 Won W 1 2 4
10 5 1 Drew D 0 2 4
8 3 1 Lost L 2 7 14
26 19 8 Scored S 1 11 23
31 19 5 Conceded C 8 28 50
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 91% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 77%
45% 73% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 73% 64%
23% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 64% 50%
14% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 32%
68% 91% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 55% 55%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 14%
27% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
10.5 12.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.1 9.6
4.3 5.7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.5 3.8
27% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 29% 27%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CSM Iaşi has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the fewest points (8) away in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals (28) away in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals (53) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the most matches over the total-line (14) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi has the the worst goal difference (-30) in Liga 1
  • CSM Iaşi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • CSM Iaşi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSM Iaşi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • CSM Iaşi is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Viitorul has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home 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 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 23 15 3 5 48 21 11 9 1 1 30 7 12 6 2 4 18 14 27 48
2 CFR Cluj 22 14 5 3 30 12 11 5 4 2 12 7 11 9 1 1 18 5 18 47
3 Universitatea Craiova 23 12 8 3 27 13 11 5 3 3 11 8 12 7 5 0 16 5 14 44
4 Sepsi 22 8 11 3 36 23 11 4 5 2 19 12 11 4 6 1 17 11 13 35
5 Academica Clinceni 23 8 10 5 22 20 12 5 4 3 10 9 11 3 6 2 12 11 2 34
6 Botosani 22 9 6 7 33 28 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 5 2 4 18 19 5 33
7 Chindia Targoviste 23 7 8 8 20 21 12 3 4 5 13 17 11 4 4 3 7 4 -1 29
8 UTA Arad 23 7 8 8 22 31 11 1 4 6 7 18 12 6 4 2 15 13 -9 29
9 Gaz Metan Medias 22 8 4 10 28 32 11 5 2 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 14 18 -4 28
10 Dinamo Bucuresti 23 7 5 11 23 26 12 3 4 5 12 11 11 4 1 6 11 15 -3 26
11 Arges 22 6 8 8 22 27 11 3 4 4 11 13 11 3 4 4 11 14 -5 26
12 Viitorul 23 5 10 8 29 31 11 3 5 3 19 19 12 2 5 5 10 12 -2 25
13 Astra 23 6 7 10 31 36 11 2 4 5 13 16 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 25
14 Hermannstadt 23 4 10 9 22 32 12 3 4 5 12 16 11 1 6 4 10 16 -10 22
15 Voluntari 22 5 5 12 26 36 11 3 2 6 14 17 11 2 3 6 12 19 -10 20
16 CSM Iaşi 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.