Evenly matched teams: Metaloglobus vs Unirea Slobozia match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Valentin Stănescu (9513 seats)

Metaloglobus have found it difficult to get points this league season. Will they get some points when Unirea Slobozia visit Stadionul Valentin Stănescu?

Insights:
  • Unirea Slobozia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Metaloglobus and Unirea Slobozia 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 have collected 13 points from their Liga 2 home games so far after 4-1-4.

Metaloglobus lost their last game at Csikszereda after a 1-2 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten in four league matches.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus FCM Baia Mare that ended 0-0.

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

The Metaloglobus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Metaloglobus have conceded only 8 goals.

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Unirea Slobozia form and stats

Playing away, Unirea Slobozia have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 2 this season.

Unirea Slobozia have much to remedy after their unpredictable loss (1-2) to ASU Poli Timişoara in their previous outing, played at their own home ground. Unirea Slobozia were so close to getting something from the game against ASU Poli Timişoara, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.

A 0-0 draw at CSM Slatina's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Slobozia playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Unirea Slobozia wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Unirea Slobozia's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Unirea Slobozia in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived match featuring both these sides is the Unirea Slobozia - Metaloglobus 1-0 played not long ago this season. Data for the last seven meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Metaloglobus, one draw and three wins for Unirea Slobozia. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

MetaloglobusD. Huiban
D. Huiban
8 goals
Unirea SloboziaC. Rus
C. Rus
6 goals
MetaloglobusM. Zukanovic
M. Zukanovic
4 goals

Metaloglobus missing players

Unirea Slobozia missing players

Metaloglobus Unirea Slobozia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 3 10 22
6 4 0 Won W 3 4 8
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 8
11 4 1 Lost L 0 3 6
19 10 1 Scored S 10 17 33
24 8 2 Conceded C 4 11 22
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
62% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 64%
43% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 20% 14%
43% 30% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
24% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
43% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 27%
 
4.6 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 5.7
5 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 3.1
2.5 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 10.9 7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 10 11.6
3.8 4.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9.3 4.5 4.5
24% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 34%
 
9.1 7.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 8.7 7.4
3.5 3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Unirea Slobozia have won significantly less corners away then at 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 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 19 12 4 3 37 18 10 6 2 2 18 9 9 6 2 1 19 9 19 40
2 CSM Iasi 19 12 4 3 30 14 9 8 1 0 16 3 10 4 3 3 14 11 16 40
3 Otelul 19 10 6 3 21 12 10 8 2 0 15 5 9 2 4 3 6 7 9 36
4 Unirea Dej 19 8 8 3 30 25 10 4 4 2 16 13 9 4 4 1 14 12 5 32
5 Unirea Slobozia 19 8 7 4 30 17 10 4 5 1 13 6 9 4 2 3 17 11 13 31
6 Dinamo Bucuresti 19 9 4 6 27 18 9 4 2 3 17 10 10 5 2 3 10 8 9 31
7 SCM Gloria Buzau 19 8 7 4 27 21 10 6 3 1 14 7 9 2 4 3 13 14 6 31
8 Concordia Chiajna 19 9 2 8 22 17 10 4 1 5 9 10 9 5 1 3 13 7 5 29
9 Brașov Steagul Renașt 19 7 7 5 26 20 9 4 4 1 15 8 10 3 3 4 11 12 6 28
10 CSM Slatina 19 6 9 4 18 11 9 3 4 2 9 5 10 3 5 2 9 6 7 27
11 Csikszereda 19 7 5 7 25 18 9 4 2 3 15 9 10 3 3 4 10 9 7 26
12 Şirineaşa 19 8 1 10 22 28 10 5 0 5 14 15 9 3 1 5 8 13 -6 25
13 Viitorul Şelimbăr 19 6 6 7 19 22 10 2 6 2 10 9 9 4 0 5 9 13 -3 24
14 Dumbravita 19 7 3 9 24 34 9 4 1 4 12 15 10 3 2 5 12 19 -10 24
15 Metaloglobus 19 6 3 10 18 22 9 4 1 4 10 8 10 2 2 6 8 14 -4 21
16 Progresul Spartac 19 3 8 8 17 28 10 1 5 4 8 15 9 2 3 4 9 13 -11 17
17 Ripensia Timişoara 19 4 4 11 16 23 9 4 1 4 12 9 10 0 3 7 4 14 -7 16
18 FCM Baia Mare 19 3 7 9 18 29 9 2 4 3 14 13 10 1 3 6 4 16 -11 16
19 ASU Poli Timişoara 19 2 7 10 13 29 10 2 3 5 8 14 9 0 4 5 5 15 -16 13
20 Unirea Constanța 19 4 0 15 15 49 9 3 0 6 9 18 10 1 0 9 6 31 -34 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.