Football betting preview: ASU Poli Timişoara vs Csikszereda

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu (32972 seats)

This could be an interesting match as ASU Poli Timişoara have their presumed home advantage while Csikszereda are ahead 1 point in the Liga 2 table.

Insights:
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga 2
  • Csikszereda have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Liga 2

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 Liga 2 games here at Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu for ASU Poli Timişoara. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Timişoara to get some points in this home game.

ASU Poli Timişoara are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Mioveni. Preceding that match was the home game against Rapid Bucuresti that was lost 1-2.

As you see from the result above, Timişoara suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

This is expected to be a close game, with ASU Poli Timişoara perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with ASU Poli Timişoara as a small favourite), we find seven games. ASU Poli Timişoara has won two of these, drawn three and lost two.

The Timişoara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. Defensively Timişoara have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Csikszereda form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Metaloglobus game have they lost an away game, meaning Csikszereda has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Csikszereda's previous game was their home loss versus Dunarea Calarasi (1-2). A 1-2 loss hosting U Craiova 1948 before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Csikszereda playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Csikszereda wins, one draw and one defeat.

Csikszereda have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Csikszereda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Csikszereda - Timişoara 2-0 earlier this season. ASU Poli Timişoara-Csikszereda H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: ASU Poli Timişoara one win, Csikszereda one win, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TimişoaraM. Axente
M. Axente
8 goals
ASU Poli TimişoaraI. Mera
I. Mera
3 goals
ASU Poli TimişoaraA. Ignea
A. Ignea
3 goals

ASU Poli Timişoara missing players

Csikszereda missing players

ASU Poli Timişoara Csikszereda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 6 Played P 3 11 24
8 6 1 Won W 1 4 9
9 3 3 Drew D 1 5 7
6 2 2 Lost L 1 2 8
19 11 4 Scored S 3 12 25
21 6 6 Conceded C 3 8 20
78% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 88%
52% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 58%
22% 18% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 27% 29%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
26% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 46%
52% 64% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 55% 42%
43% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.9 8.9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.2 11.1
2.6 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.8
32% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 27%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Liga 2
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga 2
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Liga 2
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Liga 2
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have the most points (21) at home in Liga 2
  • Csikszereda have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Liga 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 U Craiova 1948 19 9 8 2 30 15 9 5 3 1 16 6 10 4 5 1 14 9 15 35
2 Dunarea Calarasi 20 10 5 5 26 23 9 5 3 1 14 9 11 5 2 4 12 14 3 35
3 Mioveni 20 9 7 4 23 11 9 2 4 3 9 7 11 7 3 1 14 4 12 34
4 Rapid Bucuresti 20 10 4 6 34 29 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 5 1 4 17 16 5 34
5 Csikszereda 20 9 6 5 23 15 10 5 2 3 11 7 10 4 4 2 12 8 8 33
6 Sirineasa 20 10 3 7 32 27 11 5 2 4 17 17 9 5 1 3 15 10 5 33
7 SSC Farul 20 9 5 6 24 20 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 5 3 3 14 9 4 32
8 Universitatea Cluj 20 10 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 11 10 4 32
9 ASU Poli Timişoara 19 8 8 3 18 14 10 6 3 1 10 4 9 2 5 2 8 10 4 32
10 Petrolul 52 19 9 4 6 30 16 10 3 2 5 12 11 9 6 2 1 18 5 14 31
11 Metaloglobus 20 9 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 19 9 10 4 1 5 8 8 10 31
12 SCM Gloria Buzau 19 6 8 5 21 20 10 4 4 2 11 7 9 2 4 3 10 13 1 26
13 Ripensia Timisoara 20 7 4 9 19 32 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 3 2 6 9 21 -13 25
14 Concordia Chiajna 20 6 6 8 23 21 10 5 2 3 15 8 10 1 4 5 8 13 2 24
15 Comuna Recea 20 6 6 8 30 30 11 5 3 3 23 14 9 1 3 5 7 16 0 24
16 Unirea Slobozia 20 6 4 10 16 26 11 3 4 4 7 12 9 3 0 6 9 14 -10 22
17 Sporting Turnu 15 4 7 4 23 19 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 19
18 Scolar Resita 20 5 4 11 11 30 10 3 2 5 7 14 10 2 2 6 4 16 -19 19
19 CSM Slatina 20 5 3 12 19 26 10 4 1 5 8 11 10 1 2 7 11 15 -7 18
20 Pandurii Targu Jiu 20 3 4 13 18 42 10 2 1 7 9 21 10 1 3 6 9 21 -24 13
21 Aerostar Bacau 19 2 4 13 19 37 10 1 2 7 10 19 9 1 2 6 9 18 -18 10

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.