Liga 2 preview: Can Metaloglobus edge out victory against Şirineaşa?

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Stadium (5000 seats)

Metaloglobus hope to have lots of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 16 points and a 16th spot in the Liga 2 table. Visiting Şirineaşa own 13th place with 21 pts.

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

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Metaloglobus form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 2, Metaloglobus have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 7 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Metaloglobus after consecutive victories at their own ground.

No payout for Metaloglobus in their previous match, an away game at Otelul that ended in defeat 0-3. The first defeat after collecting points in four league rounds.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Otelul (0-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Metaloglobus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Metaloglobus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.

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Şirineaşa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Şirineaşa so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Dragu (2) and Răsdan secured the home win 3-1 against Ripensia Timişoara in their previous game.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Ripensia Timişoara.

Şirineaşa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.

Observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Şirineaşa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Metaloglobus one win, one draw and Şirineaşa three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MetaloglobusD. Huiban
D. Huiban
6 goals
ŞirineaşaC. Dragu
C. Dragu
6 goals
MetaloglobusM. Zukanovic
M. Zukanovic
3 goals

Metaloglobus missing players

Şirineaşa missing players

Metaloglobus Şirineaşa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 7 16
5 3 1 Won W 2 2 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
10 4 2 Lost L 1 5 9
15 8 3 Scored S 4 6 20
20 7 3 Conceded C 3 12 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 75%
44% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 56%
12% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
38% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 50%
19% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 25%
44% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 25%
 
4.4 4.7 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.6 3.8
5.1 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 7.1 5.7
2.7 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 8.6 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10 10.6
3.6 4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.5
26% 29% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 34%
 
9.8 8.4 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.9 9.8
3.6 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Metaloglobus is in the best form (4-0-2) in Liga 2
  • Şirineaşa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Şirineaşa have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Şirineaşa 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 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 17 10 4 3 32 18 9 5 2 2 15 9 8 5 2 1 17 9 14 34
2 CSM Iaşi 16 9 4 3 20 11 7 6 1 0 9 1 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 31
3 Otelul 16 9 4 3 19 11 9 7 2 0 14 5 7 2 2 3 5 6 8 31
4 Unirea Slobozia 17 8 6 3 27 12 9 4 4 1 11 4 8 4 2 2 16 8 15 30
5 Unirea Dej 16 7 6 3 26 22 9 4 3 2 15 12 7 3 3 1 11 10 4 27
6 SCM Gloria Buzau 17 7 6 4 23 19 9 5 3 1 11 6 8 2 3 3 12 13 4 27
7 Csikszereda 16 7 4 5 22 13 7 4 1 2 12 5 9 3 3 3 10 8 9 25
8 Brasov Steagul Renast 17 6 6 5 19 16 8 3 4 1 10 6 9 3 2 4 9 10 3 24
9 Dinamo Bucuresti 16 7 3 6 18 16 7 3 1 3 10 9 9 4 2 3 8 7 2 24
10 Concordia Chiajna 16 7 2 7 18 14 9 3 1 5 7 9 7 4 1 2 11 5 4 23
11 CSM Slatina 16 5 7 4 16 10 7 3 2 2 8 4 9 2 5 2 8 6 6 22
12 Viitorul Şelimbăr 16 5 6 5 14 16 9 2 6 1 9 7 7 3 0 4 5 9 -2 21
13 Şirineaşa 16 7 0 9 20 26 9 5 0 4 14 14 7 2 0 5 6 12 -6 21
14 Dumbrăviţa 16 6 1 9 20 32 7 3 0 4 8 13 9 3 1 5 12 19 -12 19
15 Ripensia Timişoara 16 4 4 8 14 17 7 4 1 2 11 5 9 0 3 6 3 12 -3 16
16 Metaloglobus 16 5 1 10 15 20 7 3 0 4 8 7 9 2 1 6 7 13 -5 16
17 FCM Baia Mare 16 3 6 7 17 24 7 2 3 2 13 11 9 1 3 5 4 13 -7 15
18 Progresul Spartac 16 3 6 7 14 23 9 1 4 4 8 15 7 2 2 3 6 8 -9 15
19 ASU Poli Timişoara 16 2 6 8 10 22 9 2 3 4 7 11 7 0 3 4 3 11 -12 12
20 Unirea Constanta 16 4 0 12 13 35 8 3 0 5 9 15 8 1 0 7 4 20 -22 12

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.