Liga 2 prediction and preview: Mioveni modest favorites to beat ASU Poli Timişoara

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dacia (10000 seats)

2nd position in the Liga 2 table for Mioveni so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed ASU Poli Timişoara visits Stadionul Dacia.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sporting Turnu, was also a home game here at Stadionul Dacia. The away team is better rested.

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Mioveni form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Liga 2 games here at Stadionul Dacia for Mioveni. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The Mioveni supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sporting Turnu in Liga 2 and win 5-2. Before that, Mioveni played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Concordia Chiajna.

An impressive turnaround for Mioveni in the match against Sporting Turnu as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 5-2 win. D. Massaro scored the final goal. A goal frenzy last time out for Mioveni, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Sporting Turnu. Fun stuff to watch!

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 Mioveni have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Mioveni can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. 12 goals have been conceded.

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ASU Poli Timişoara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Visiting ASU Poli Timişoara has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The ASU Poli Timişoara goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 227 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Universitatea Cluj (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Liga 2 match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that, ASU Poli Timişoara secured a home win against Sportul Snagov with the score 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where ASU Poli Timişoara have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W0-D3-L1.

ASU Poli Timişoara find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. ASU Poli Timişoara are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the ASU Poli Timişoara - Mioveni 0-1 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Mioveni won 4, ASU Poli Timişoara won 2 and 1 draw. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MioveniA. Hergheligiu
A. Hergheligiu
6 goals
MioveniV. Balint
V. Balint
6 goals
MioveniD. Massaro
D. Massaro
5 goals

Mioveni missing players

ASU Poli Timişoara missing players

Mioveni ASU Poli Timişoara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 0 3 6
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
2 1 0 Lost L 4 4 6
34 21 3 Scored S 0 9 17
18 12 1 Conceded C 5 7 11
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 79%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 44% 42%
44% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 16%
33% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 5%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 21%
44% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 47%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 53%
 
5.5 6.2 7.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 3.2 4.3
5.6 3.9 10 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.2 6.1 5.8
2.2 2.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
224 138 31 Total Shots T S 14 50 156
89 50 4 Shots on Target S O 5 22 52
37% 42% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 31%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • ASU Poli Timişoara has the fewest conceded goals (11)
  • ASU Poli Timişoara has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ASU Poli Timişoara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • All of Mioveni's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mioveni have scored at least twice as many goals at home as ASU Poli Timişoara have scored away.
  • Mioveni have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Mioveni haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Mioveni
29-10-19 RC Mioveni 0 - 2 Hermannstadt
02-11-19 L2 Mioveni 4 - 0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
13-11-19 L2 Mioveni 1 - 5 Rapid Bucuresti
17-11-19 L2 Concordia Chiajna 1 - 1 Mioveni
26-11-19 L2 Mioveni 5 - 2 Sporting Turnu
30-11-19 L2 Mioveni 10:00 ASU Poli Timişoara
07-12-19 L2 Scolar Resita 10:00 Mioveni
22-02-20 L2 Mioveni 10:00 Sirineasa
28-02-20 L2 Arges 10:00 Mioveni
07-03-20 L2 Mioveni 10:00 SCM Gloria Buzau
ASU Poli Timişoara
05-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 0 - 1 ASU Poli Timişoara
09-11-19 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 1 - 0 Csikszereda
13-11-19 L2 Ripensia Timisoara 1 - 1 ASU Poli Timişoara
16-11-19 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 2 - 0 Sportul Snagov
23-11-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 0 - 0 ASU Poli Timişoara
30-11-19 L2 Mioveni 10:00 ASU Poli Timişoara
07-12-19 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 10:00 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
28-02-20 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 10:00 Rapid Bucuresti
07-03-20 L2 Concordia Chiajna 10:00 ASU Poli Timişoara
14-03-20 L2 ASU Poli Timişoara 10:00 Sporting Turnu

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 UTA Arad 19 12 5 2 40 12 10 9 1 0 25 1 9 3 4 2 15 11 28 41
2 Mioveni 18 9 7 2 34 18 9 5 3 1 21 12 9 4 4 1 13 6 16 34
3 Petrolul 52 19 9 6 4 22 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 10 4 4 2 10 10 6 33
4 Sporting Turnu 19 9 5 5 35 24 10 6 4 0 19 8 9 3 1 5 16 16 11 32
5 Rapid Bucuresti 17 9 4 4 28 15 10 6 3 1 16 6 7 3 1 3 12 9 13 31
6 Metaloglobus 19 8 6 5 23 18 10 5 3 2 10 4 9 3 3 3 13 14 5 30
7 Arges 19 8 6 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 16 13 9 3 3 3 9 9 3 30
8 SCM Gloria Buzau 19 9 2 8 28 21 10 6 1 3 18 7 9 3 1 5 10 14 7 29
9 Ripensia Timisoara 19 6 8 5 27 27 9 4 2 3 16 14 10 2 6 2 11 13 0 26
10 Sirineasa 19 7 5 7 22 24 10 5 2 3 12 12 9 2 3 4 10 12 -2 26
11 ASU Poli Timişoara 19 6 7 6 17 11 10 3 5 2 8 4 9 3 2 4 9 7 6 25
12 SSC Farul 18 7 4 7 20 16 8 7 1 0 15 2 10 0 3 7 5 14 4 25
13 Dunarea Calarasi 18 7 4 7 27 27 8 4 1 3 15 13 10 3 3 4 12 14 0 25
14 Csikszereda 19 6 6 7 15 19 9 4 5 0 12 6 10 2 1 7 3 13 -4 24
15 Concordia Chiajna 19 6 6 7 16 21 10 6 3 1 12 8 9 0 3 6 4 13 -5 24
16 Universitatea Cluj 18 5 8 5 23 19 8 3 4 1 13 7 10 2 4 4 10 12 4 23
17 Scolar Resita 19 4 5 10 24 33 10 4 2 4 16 19 9 0 3 6 8 14 -9 17
18 Sportul Snagov 18 2 3 13 16 44 9 2 2 5 12 20 9 0 1 8 4 24 -28 9
19 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 18 1 5 12 9 39 8 0 4 4 2 10 10 1 1 8 7 29 -30 8
20 Juventus Bucuresti 13 2 0 11 8 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 3 21 -25 6

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.