All you need to know about the ASU Poli Timişoara - Pandurii Târgu Jiu game:

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. ASU Poli Timişoara are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 19th.

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!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Pandurii Târgu Jiu's home stadium. The visitors last 41 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 9 draws and 24 losses.

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ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what ASU Poli Timişoara have to build on here in the Liga 2. ASU Poli Timişoara has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

ASU Poli Timişoara are confident in defense, having played 317 minutes without conceding a goal.

A good away victory last time out for ASU Poli Timişoara, who won 1-0 against Mioveni (placed 3rd). Before that, ASU Poli Timişoara played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Universitatea Cluj.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for ASU Poli Timişoara here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Defensively ASU Poli 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.

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Pandurii Târgu Jiu form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, who have the most conceded goals (29) away in Liga 2, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Metaloglobus game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Pandurii Târgu Jiu as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Csikszereda match.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 583 league minutes without a goal. Lü Yuefeng was the last player to find the net.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga 2 home match vs Sporting Turnu (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Concordia Chiajna.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pandurii Târgu Jiu as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Pandurii Târgu Jiu concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Pandurii Târgu Jiu - ASU Poli Timişoara 0-3. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 1 ASU Poli Timişoara victory, 3 draws and 2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

ASU Poli Timişoara missing players

Pandurii Târgu Jiu missing players

ASU Poli Timişoara Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 3 10 19
7 3 2 Won W 1 1 1
7 5 2 Drew D 0 1 5
6 2 1 Lost L 2 8 13
18 8 3 Scored S 1 7 9
11 4 1 Conceded C 9 29 40
80% 70% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 79%
40% 40% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 58%
15% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 53%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 70% 42%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
20% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 26%
50% 60% 80% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 26%
50% 50% 60% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 68%
 
4.2 5.2 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.4 2.4
5.8 5.5 5.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 6.8 5.4
2.5 2.3 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3 2.3
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 4 5
 
163 106 53 Total Shots T S 23 52 93
54 30 12 Shots on Target S O 6 23 40
31% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 22%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • ASU Poli Timişoara has the fewest conceded goals (11)
  • ASU Poli Timişoara has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • ASU Poli Timişoara is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu has the most conceded goals (29) away
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu has the the worst goal difference (-22) away
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 UTA Arad 20 12 5 3 40 13 10 9 1 0 25 1 10 3 4 3 15 12 27 41
2 Sporting Turnu 20 10 5 5 36 24 10 6 4 0 19 8 10 4 1 5 17 16 12 35
3 Mioveni 19 9 7 3 34 19 10 5 3 2 21 13 9 4 4 1 13 6 15 34
4 Petrolul 52 19 9 6 4 22 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 10 10 6 33
5 Argeş 20 9 6 5 27 23 10 5 3 2 16 13 10 4 3 3 11 10 4 33
6 Rapid Bucuresti 19 9 5 5 29 18 10 6 3 1 16 6 9 3 2 4 13 12 11 32
7 SCM Gloria Buzau 20 9 3 8 29 22 10 6 1 3 18 7 10 3 2 5 11 15 7 30
8 Metaloglobus 19 8 6 5 23 18 10 5 3 2 10 4 9 3 3 3 13 14 5 30
9 Dunarea Calarasi 20 8 5 7 28 27 10 5 2 3 16 13 10 3 3 4 12 14 1 29
10 Şirineaşa 20 8 5 7 27 26 10 5 2 3 12 12 10 3 3 4 15 14 1 29
11 ASU Poli Timişoara 20 7 7 6 18 11 10 3 5 2 8 4 10 4 2 4 10 7 7 28
12 SSC Farul 19 8 4 7 23 17 9 8 1 0 18 3 10 0 3 7 5 14 6 28
13 Ripensia Timişoara 20 6 8 6 28 29 10 4 2 4 17 16 10 2 6 2 11 13 -1 26
14 Csikszereda 20 6 7 7 16 20 10 4 6 0 13 7 10 2 1 7 3 13 -4 25
15 Universitatea Cluj 19 5 9 5 24 20 9 3 5 1 14 8 10 2 4 4 10 12 4 24
16 Concordia Chiajna 19 6 6 7 16 21 10 6 3 1 12 8 9 0 3 6 4 13 -5 24
17 Şcolar Reşiţa 20 4 6 10 25 34 10 4 2 4 16 19 10 0 4 6 9 15 -9 18
18 Sportul Snagov 19 2 3 14 18 49 10 2 2 6 14 25 9 0 1 8 4 24 -31 9
19 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 1 5 13 9 40 9 0 4 5 2 11 10 1 1 8 7 29 -31 8
20 Juventus Bucuresti 13 2 0 11 8 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 3 21 -25 6

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.