ASU Poli Timişoara have come here for an interesting game versus the home side Metaloglobus. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Liga 2 preview!
- Metaloglobus have not yet lost a game at home.
- All of ASU Poli Timişoara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
The visiting ASU Poli Timişoara played their last game only four days ago, a Romania Cup match. That game, against Soimii Lipova, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for ASU Poli Timişoara.
Metaloglobus form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Metaloglobus's two home games in the Liga 2 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu.
Metaloglobus are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Universitatea Cluj. The defeat against Universitatea Cluj was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by A. Boiciuc).
Heartbreak before that as Metaloglobus lost 1-2 at Universitatea Cluj's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Metaloglobus perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Metaloglobus as a small favourite), we find seven games. Metaloglobus has won four of these, drawn three and lost zero.
At Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, Metaloglobus has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Liga 2 away games so far for ASU Poli Timişoara with six points collected from three matches. Timişoara has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for ASU Poli Timişoara, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Soimii Lipova in the Romania Cup last time out.
The game before that, in the Liga 2, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against CSM Iasi.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ASU Poli Timişoara playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Timişoara wins, three draws and four defeats.
Timişoara are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by ASU Poli Timişoara in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Metaloglobus wins - draws - ASU Poli Timişoara wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Enache 2 goals |  D. Benzar 2 goals |  N. Herea 1 goals |
Metaloglobus missing players
ASU Poli Timişoara missing players
| Metaloglobus | ASU Poli Timişoara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 6.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 35% |
- ASU Poli Timişoara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of ASU Poli Timişoara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metaloglobus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Metaloglobus have scored in all their matches so far.
- Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Metaloglobus | Last season | ASU Poli Timişoara | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 33 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 54% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | ||
| 38% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 17% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 35% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 34% | ||
| 38% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 41% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.7 | ||
| 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Ripensia Timişoara | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Iasi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Brașov Steagul Renașt | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Dunarea Calarasi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Şirineaşa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 17 | Dacia Unirea Braila | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | Csikszereda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanta | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | -21 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |