Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Viitorul welcomes Sepsi

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Viitorul and Sepsi have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Liga 1.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Viitorul form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Viitorul are 6-2-5 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Viitorul will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Liga 1 game against CFR Cluj. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Universitatea Craiova.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Viitorul's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 2.

The Viitorul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Viitorul have only conceded 11 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sepsi form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L4 on the road this term. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sepsi, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Gaz Metan Medias game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Sepsi as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Gaz Metan Medias.

Sepsi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Universitatea Craiova. A 0-1 loss hosting CFR Cluj before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sepsi playing away, we found two games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 0 home wins.

Sepsi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games. Sepsi have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sepsi - Viitorul 0-0. Last eight meetings between the teams: Viitorul won 3, Sepsi won 3 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

I. Hagi
10 goals / 5 assists
I. Tandia
10 goals / 5 assists
D. Drăguş
5 goals / 1 assists

Viitorul missing players

Sepsi missing players

Viitorul Sepsi
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played 3 16 33
14 7 2 Won 0 4 10
7 3 0 Drew 2 5 8
12 6 1 Lost 1 7 15
36 17 2 Scored 1 16 33
35 14 1 Conceded 2 19 34
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 67% 88% 88%
58% 44% 0% Over 1.5 33% 62% 52%
39% 25% 0% Over 2.5 0% 31% 33%
18% 19% 0% Over 3.5 0% 19% 15%
12% 19% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 9%
42% 31% 0% BTTS 33% 38% 33%
30% 44% 67% Clean Sheets 33% 31% 36%
39% 38% 33% Failed To Score 67% 44% 42%
 
4.7 5.7 7.3 Corners For (avg) 5.3 4.4 4.7
4.2 3.8 2 Corners Against (avg) 7.7 5.9 4.3
2.4 2.1 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 2.6 2.6
7 5 1 Red Cards 0 1 1

Viitorul
All Liga 1 Europa League Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-04-19 RC Universitatea Craiova 1 - 2 Viitorul
08-04-19 L1 Astra 1 - 4 Viitorul
13-04-19 L1 Viitorul 2 - 1 Universitatea Craiova
21-04-19 L1 Viitorul 1 - 1 FCSB
25-04-19 RC Viitorul 2 - 0 Universitatea Craiova
29-04-19 L1 CFR Cluj 3 - 1 Viitorul
04-05-19 L1 Viitorul 18:00 Sepsi
11-05-19 L1 Viitorul - Astra
18-05-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova - Viitorul
25-05-19 RC Astra - Viitorul
Sepsi
All Liga 1 Liga 2: Serie 1 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
09-03-19 L1 CFR Cluj 3 - 1 Sepsi
15-03-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 Universitatea Craiova
01-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 0 Viitorul
08-04-19 L1 FCSB 2 - 0 Sepsi
15-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 Astra
20-04-19 L1 Sepsi 0 - 1 CFR Cluj
29-04-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova 1 - 0 Sepsi
04-05-19 L1 Viitorul 18:00 Sepsi
11-05-19 L1 Sepsi - FCSB
18-05-19 L1 Astra - Sepsi

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 CFR Cluj 26 15 9 2 39 16 13 5 7 1 19 10 13 10 2 1 20 6 23 54
2 FCSB 26 14 7 5 49 29 13 9 2 2 26 12 13 5 5 3 23 17 20 49
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 43 24 13 7 4 2 20 9 13 6 2 5 23 15 19 45
4 Astra 26 11 9 6 36 23 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 42
5 Viitorul 26 11 5 10 26 27 13 6 2 5 14 11 13 5 3 5 12 16 -1 38
6 Sepsi 26 10 7 9 32 25 13 6 2 5 17 12 13 4 5 4 15 13 7 37
7 Botoşani 26 9 9 8 31 33 13 5 3 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 16 -2 36
8 CSM Iaşi 26 10 4 12 28 38 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 5 1 7 14 23 -10 34
9 Hermannstadt 26 9 5 12 25 28 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 4 2 7 11 16 -3 32
10 Dinamo Bucureşti 26 8 8 10 29 37 13 6 4 3 18 13 13 2 4 7 11 24 -8 32
11 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 7 10 9 25 32 13 5 4 4 16 16 13 2 6 5 9 16 -7 31
12 Dunărea Călăraşi 26 4 12 10 16 25 13 3 5 5 11 15 13 1 7 5 5 10 -9 24
13 Voluntari 26 4 9 13 30 46 13 3 5 5 20 20 13 1 4 8 10 26 -16 21
14 Concordia Chiajna 26 4 6 16 19 45 13 1 5 7 9 22 13 3 1 9 10 23 -26 18

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