Delightful dogfight as daring Viitorul duels with determined Gaz Metan Mediaş

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

Viitorul are welcoming Gaz Metan Mediaş for another important game after their 0-1 result against UTA Arad.

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

It's no vacation for neither Viitorul nor Gaz Metan Mediaş as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Viitorul form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Viitorul, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Liga 1, have managed 3 wins, 7 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. Viitorul are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadionul Central with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Hermannstadt match. It's trouble wherever Viitorul are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Viitorul haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 188 minutes ago. J. Tsoumou scored that one.

Viitorul lost their last game at UTA Arad after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Gaz Metan Mediaş (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viitorul handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.

Viitorul are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

There's been little loot from Gaz Metan Mediaş's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Gaz Metan Mediaş only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

There were no winners in Mediaş's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Voluntari. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Viitorul.

We have checked recent matches where Gaz Metan Mediaş have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, two draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mediaş are hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in the Liga 1 only three days away.

The visiting Gaz Metan Mediaş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Gaz Metan Mediaş have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Viitorul - Gaz Metan Mediaş 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Viitorul victories, two draws and four Gaz Metan Mediaş wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gaz Metan MediaşR. Deaconu
R. Deaconu
7 goals
ViitorulA. Ciobanu
A. Ciobanu
6 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşR. Oliveira Valente
R. Oliveira Valente
4 goals

Viitorul missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viitorul Gaz Metan Mediaş
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
5 3 2 Won W 1 4 9
13 7 0 Drew D 1 3 7
12 5 2 Lost L 2 8 15
33 21 5 Scored S 7 18 34
38 24 5 Conceded C 6 22 42
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 81%
40% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 45%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 16%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 6%
57% 80% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
17% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
37% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 3.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.7 12.3 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.7 7.9
4.1 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.3
27% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 35% 33%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viitorul have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Liga 1

  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 Mediaş 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

Table
  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 Mediaş 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

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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.