Liga 2 match lowdown: Metaloglobus against Progresul Spartac

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 26.November
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Clinceni - Arena 1 (4502 seats)

These two teams have had some difficulties so far, but three points in this highly important game would definitely provide a boost. Get ready for Metaloglobus - Progresul Spartac!

Insights:
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Progresul Spartac have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Liga 2

Metaloglobus and Progresul Spartac 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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Metaloglobus form and stats

Metaloglobus's results here at Stadionul Clinceni - Arena 1 in the Liga 2 have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. When Metaloglobus hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Unirea Constanța, FCM Baia Mare, ASU Poli Timişoara, Şirineaşa, Dumbrăviţa and Metaloglobus), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Metaloglobus enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ASU Poli Timişoara's place. The match ended 2-1 with Huiban (2) scoring. Huiban has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Outstanding!

Ahead of that match, Metaloglobus won a home game hosting Viitorul Selimbar (2-0).

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 7 games. Metaloglobus has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Metaloglobus aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Clinceni - Arena 1 in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. On the other hand, Metaloglobus have conceded 7 goals. Metaloglobus has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Progresul Spartac form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 2. Progresul Spartac has drawn their two previous away games.

Progresul played 1-1 against Ripensia Timisoara in their previous match.

Before that, Progresul Spartac travelled to FCM Baia Mare and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Progresul Spartac in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Progresul Spartac, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Progresul are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MetaloglobusD. Huiban
D. Huiban
5 goals
Progresul SpartacI. Tudorache
I. Tudorache
3 goals
Progresul SpartacS. Visic
S. Visic
3 goals

Metaloglobus missing players

Progresul Spartac missing players

Metaloglobus Progresul Spartac
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 4 6 14
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 6
12 5 1 Scored S 6 6 13
17 7 1 Conceded C 3 5 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 86%
57% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 64%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 50%
14% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 17% 43%
14% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 29%
43% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 43%
 
4.7 4.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 4.8
5 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.3 4.6
2.8 3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.6 9 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7 8.9
3.4 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.5
26% 22% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 27%
 
9.5 7.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 10.1
3.3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 4.5
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Progresul Spartac have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Liga 2

  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 14 10 2 2 29 14 7 5 1 1 14 7 7 5 1 1 15 7 15 32
2 Unirea Slobozia 14 8 4 2 24 8 7 4 2 1 8 1 7 4 2 1 16 7 16 28
3 Csikszereda 14 7 4 3 20 9 6 4 1 1 11 3 8 3 3 2 9 6 11 25
4 CSM Iaşi 14 7 4 3 17 10 6 5 1 0 8 1 8 2 3 3 9 9 7 25
5 SCM Gloria Buzau 14 7 4 3 21 16 7 5 2 0 10 4 7 2 2 3 11 12 5 25
6 Unirea Dej 14 7 4 3 24 20 8 4 2 2 14 11 6 3 2 1 10 9 4 25
7 Otelul 14 7 4 3 15 11 8 6 2 0 11 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 25
8 Dinamo Bucureşti 14 6 3 5 16 15 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 3 2 2 6 6 1 21
9 CSM Slatina 14 5 5 4 15 9 6 3 1 2 8 4 8 2 4 2 7 5 6 20
10 Brasov Steagul Renast 14 5 5 4 17 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 7 2 1 4 7 9 4 20
11 Viitorul Selimbar 14 4 6 4 12 12 8 2 6 0 9 4 6 2 0 4 3 8 0 18
12 Concordia Chiajna 14 5 2 7 16 14 8 2 1 5 6 9 6 3 1 2 10 5 2 17
13 Ripensia Timisoara 14 4 4 6 13 13 6 4 1 1 11 4 8 0 3 5 2 9 0 16
14 Şirineaşa 14 5 0 9 15 24 8 4 0 4 11 13 6 1 0 5 4 11 -9 15
15 FCM Baia Mare 14 3 5 6 15 21 6 2 3 1 12 9 8 1 2 5 3 12 -6 14
16 Progresul Spartac 14 3 5 6 13 19 8 1 3 4 7 14 6 2 2 2 6 5 -6 14
17 Metaloglobus 14 4 1 9 12 17 6 2 0 4 5 7 8 2 1 5 7 10 -5 13
18 Dumbrăviţa 14 4 1 9 15 32 6 2 0 4 6 13 8 2 1 5 9 19 -17 13
19 Unirea Constanța 14 4 0 10 12 31 7 3 0 4 8 13 7 1 0 6 4 18 -19 12
20 ASU Poli Timişoara 14 1 5 8 8 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 6 0 2 4 3 11 -13 8

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.