Csikszereda vs Dunărea Călăraşi match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Municipal

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (1200 seats)

The Csikszereda & Dunărea Călăraşi managers D. Suciu and C. Pustai are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga 2 league table.

Insights:
  • Csikszereda is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Dunărea Călăraşi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Csikszereda and Dunărea Călăraşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Csikszereda form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 2, Csikszereda have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Csikszereda has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Metaloglobus defeat 141 days ago. It’s been three wins in a row for Csikszereda here at Stadionul Municipal, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's back home for Csikszereda, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rapid Bucuresti away with the result 3-1. J. Bauza and A. Csürös found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Ripensia Timisoara that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Csikszereda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost zero.

Csikszereda are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Csikszereda have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dunărea Călăraşi playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season.

Dunărea Călăraşi's last game was the home draw against Ripensia Timisoara (2-2). A 1-3 loss hosting Dinamo Bucuresti before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Călăraşi playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Dunărea Călăraşi wins, six draws and four defeats.

Călăraşi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Călăraşi have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Csikszereda, one draw and one win for Dunărea Călăraşi. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Dunărea CălăraşiB. Şandru
B. Şandru
4 goals

Csikszereda missing players

Dunărea Călăraşi missing players

Csikszereda Dunărea Călăraşi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
8 4 2 Won W 0 4 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 4
22 10 5 Scored S 3 11 23
14 6 2 Conceded C 5 10 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
29% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 47%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 59%
41% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 35%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 7.1 8.2
3.4 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3 3.1
38% 34% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 41% 44%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Csikszereda haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Csikszereda is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Dunărea Călăraşi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dunărea Călăraşi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dunărea Călăraşi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 8 7 1 28 14 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 3 5 0 12 8 14 31
2 ASU Poli Timisoara 17 8 7 2 17 11 10 6 3 1 10 4 7 2 4 1 7 7 6 31
3 Csikszereda 17 8 5 4 22 14 8 4 2 2 10 6 9 4 3 2 12 8 8 29
4 Universitatea Cluj 17 9 2 6 22 15 7 5 1 1 11 5 10 4 1 5 11 10 7 29
5 Dunărea Călăraşi 17 8 5 4 23 18 8 4 3 1 12 8 9 4 2 3 11 10 5 29
6 Sirineasa 17 9 2 6 29 25 10 5 1 4 17 17 7 4 1 2 12 8 4 29
7 Mioveni 18 7 7 4 17 10 8 1 4 3 4 6 10 6 3 1 13 4 7 28
8 Rapid Bucuresti 17 8 4 5 25 25 9 4 3 2 13 13 8 4 1 3 12 12 0 28
9 Petrolul 52 16 8 3 5 28 14 9 3 2 4 12 10 7 5 1 1 16 4 14 27
10 Metaloglobus 17 7 4 6 19 12 8 4 3 1 12 4 9 3 1 5 7 8 7 25
11 SCM Gloria Buzau 17 6 7 4 19 14 9 4 3 2 10 6 8 2 4 2 9 8 5 25
12 SSC Farul 17 7 4 6 18 18 8 3 2 3 7 9 9 4 2 3 11 9 0 25
13 Ripensia Timisoara 17 6 3 8 18 30 7 4 1 2 10 9 10 2 2 6 8 21 -12 21
14 Comuna Recea 17 5 5 7 22 27 10 4 3 3 17 14 7 1 2 4 5 13 -5 20
15 Sporting Turnu 15 4 7 4 23 19 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 19
16 Unirea Slobozia 17 5 4 8 14 23 9 2 4 3 5 10 8 3 0 5 9 13 -9 19
17 CSM Slatina 17 5 3 9 17 21 9 4 1 4 8 10 8 1 2 5 9 11 -4 18
18 Scolar Resita 17 5 3 9 10 21 8 3 1 4 6 11 9 2 2 5 4 10 -11 18
19 Concordia Chiajna 17 4 5 8 20 21 8 4 1 3 13 8 9 0 4 5 7 13 -1 17
20 Aerostar Bacau 17 2 4 11 18 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 8 1 2 5 8 13 -13 10
21 Pandurii Targu Jiu 17 1 3 13 13 39 8 0 1 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 8 20 -26 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.