Baloteşti vs Ripensia Timişoara match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Baloteşti

Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Baloteşti

Baloteşti hope to sell all 3780 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 18th position in the Liga 2 table. Visiting Ripensia Timişoara holds 11th place with 29.

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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Baloteşti form and stats

4-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Baloteşti so far this season. The Baloteşti manager G. Mihali might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Baloteşti lost their last game at Dacia Unirea Braila (placed 20th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to SSC Farul (0-1).

Baloteşti are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 15 goals in 12 matches. Baloteşti have conceded 18 in these home matches. Baloteşti have conceded 18 from these games.

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Ripensia Timişoara form and stats

Ripensia Timişoara has only collected 10 points from their away games after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Ripensia Timişoara failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sportul Snagov (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-1 draw at Academica Clinceni's stadium before that.

Ripensia Timişoara find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Ripensia Timişoara have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ripensia Timişoara - Baloteşti 2-1. Last three meetings between the teams: Baloteşti won 2, Ripensia Timişoara won 1 and 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

V. Mihai
6 goals
I. Dumiter
6 goals
A. Stoica
5 goals

Baloteşti missing players

Ripensia Timişoara missing players

Baloteşti Ripensia Timişoara
Total Home Statistic Away Total
25 12 Played 13 25
96% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
80% 83% Over 1.5 77% 76%
52% 50% Over 2.5 31% 36%
28% 33% Over 3.5 8% 16%
16% 8% Over 4.5 8% 12%
44% 50% Both teams to score 54% 60%
20% 25% Clean Sheet 31% 20%
40% 25% Failed To Score 15% 20%

  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 Sportul Snagov 25 18 4 3 42 17 12 9 2 1 19 5 13 9 2 2 23 12 25 58
2 Universitatea Cluj 25 17 5 3 55 17 12 10 2 0 31 7 13 7 3 3 24 10 38 56
3 Academica Clinceni 25 18 1 6 48 17 12 9 1 2 27 7 13 9 0 4 21 10 31 55
4 Chindia Târgovişte 25 16 6 3 49 26 12 8 3 1 29 16 13 8 3 2 20 10 23 54
5 Petrolul 52 24 15 5 4 46 20 12 8 4 0 28 8 12 7 1 4 18 12 26 50
6 Argeş 25 12 7 6 36 21 13 9 3 1 26 5 12 3 4 5 10 16 15 43
7 Mioveni 25 11 5 9 38 29 13 7 3 3 25 17 12 4 2 6 13 12 9 38
8 UTA Arad 25 10 5 10 37 35 13 6 2 5 22 20 12 4 3 5 15 15 2 35
9 Şirineaşa 25 8 7 10 31 31 12 8 1 3 24 12 13 0 6 7 7 19 0 31
10 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 25 8 5 12 38 41 12 6 1 5 22 19 13 2 4 7 16 22 -3 29
11 Ripensia Timişoara 25 7 8 10 28 35 13 5 4 4 15 14 12 2 4 6 13 21 -7 29
12 Metaloglobus 25 8 5 12 21 45 12 5 3 4 11 9 13 3 2 8 10 36 -24 29
13 Juventus Bucureşti 25 6 10 9 34 36 13 4 5 4 21 17 12 2 5 5 13 19 -2 28
14 Luceafărul Oradea 25 7 7 11 29 43 12 6 4 2 19 11 13 1 3 9 10 32 -14 28
15 ASU Poli Timişoara 25 7 6 12 19 26 12 3 3 6 9 13 13 4 3 6 10 13 -7 27
16 Aerostar Bacău 25 7 5 13 38 46 13 5 2 6 21 17 12 2 3 7 17 29 -8 26
17 SSC Farul 25 8 2 15 33 45 13 7 1 5 23 17 12 1 1 10 10 28 -12 26
18 Baloteşti 25 6 4 15 23 46 12 4 3 5 15 18 13 2 1 10 8 28 -23 22
19 Dacia Unirea Brăila 25 3 6 16 20 61 13 3 3 7 12 22 12 0 3 9 8 39 -41 15
20 ACS Poli Timişoara 25 3 5 17 21 51 13 2 4 7 13 20 12 1 1 10 8 31 -30 14
21 Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

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