CSM Slatina vs SSC Farul: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul 1 Mai (12000 seats)

Struggling CSM Slatina will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying SSC Farul in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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CSM Slatina form and stats

CSM Slatina have collected 13 points from their Liga 2 home games so far after 4-1-5.

Slatina haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 184 minutes ago. I. Stoica scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Slatina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Liga 2 game against Metaloglobus. Before that, CSM Slatina drew at home versus Ripensia Timisoara.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Slatina here at Stadionul 1 Mai in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). 11 goals have been conceded.

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SSC Farul form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 2 matches, SSC Farul have produced an overall stat of 5-3-3 so far.

The supporters enjoyed SSC Farul's previous game versus Comuna Recea, a Liga 2 3-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Metaloglobus wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visiting Farul have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Farul as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Slatina - SSC Farul 1-1, played this season.

CSM Slatina missing players

SSC Farul missing players

CSM Slatina SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 2 12 23
6 4 0 Won W 2 5 10
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
14 6 3 Lost L 0 4 7
24 10 0 Scored S 3 14 28
33 15 5 Conceded C 0 10 23
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
67% 58% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
46% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 39%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 52%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 30%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
7 7.6 4.7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 11.9 11.5
3 3 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 5.5 4.9
30% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 18% 23%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Timisoara 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.