Otelul v CSM Iaşi betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Oţelul (13932 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new season for Otelul and CSM Iaşi. The sheet is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Otelul form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Otelul as they were promoted from 3. Liga: Series 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 15 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 18 games. The team scored 38 goals at home last season and conceded 2. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Otelul have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 2 losses. In these games, Otelul have scored 1 goal and conceded 5 times.

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CSM Iaşi form and stats

Let's have a look at how CSM Iaşi performed last season in the Liga 2: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 15/12 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for CSM Iaşi as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which CSM Iaşi have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games CSM Iaşi has scored 1 goal and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Otelul four wins, five draws and CSM Iaşi one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Otelul missing players

CSM Iaşi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Otelul CSM Iaşi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Otelul Last season CSM Iaşi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   13 25
23 14   Won W   4 10
1 0   Drew D   4 6
3 0   Lost L   5 9
74 51   Scored S   16 32
14 3   Conceded C   16 26
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 84%
78% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 64%
59% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
41% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 32%
26% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
33% 21%   BTTS BTTS   38% 40%
63% 79%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 40%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   38% 36%
 
6.2 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.5
1.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 3
0 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
15.8 20.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.6 9.8
8 10   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.7
38% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 28%
 
4.2 5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 10.6
2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Unirea Slobozia 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Dinamo Bucuresti 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 ASU Poli Timişoara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brașov Steagul Renașt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Concordia Chiajna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Csikszereda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 CSM Iaşi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 CSM Slatina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Dumbrăviţa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Metaloglobus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ripensia Timişoara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SCM Gloria Buzau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Şirineaşa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Unirea Constanța 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Unirea Dej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Viitorul Şelimbăr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Progresul Spartac 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 FCM Baia Mare 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Otelul 18 15 1 2 54 10 9 9 0 0 38 2 9 6 1 2 16 8 44 46
2 Focsani 18 14 2 2 42 13 9 7 2 0 25 5 9 7 0 2 17 8 29 44
3 Metalul Buzau 18 10 3 5 43 19 9 7 0 2 25 8 9 3 3 3 18 11 24 33
4 Aerostar Bacau 18 9 4 5 32 19 9 7 0 2 20 8 9 2 4 3 12 11 13 31
5 Sporting Liesti 18 9 1 8 31 25 9 6 0 3 18 9 9 3 1 5 13 16 6 28
6 Viitorul Ianca 18 8 4 6 32 34 9 5 3 1 18 15 9 3 1 5 14 19 -2 28
7 Olimpia Ramnicu Sarat 18 8 3 7 40 24 9 3 3 3 16 10 9 5 0 4 24 14 16 27
8 Dinamo Bacau 18 4 2 12 20 43 9 2 1 6 12 21 9 2 1 6 8 22 -23 14
9 Faurei 18 2 2 14 23 57 9 1 2 6 15 24 9 1 0 8 8 33 -34 8
10 Sportul Chiscani 18 0 0 18 12 85 9 0 0 9 6 34 9 0 0 9 6 51 -73 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Unirea Slobozia 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Dinamo Bucuresti 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
3 ASU Poli Timişoara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brașov Steagul Renașt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Concordia Chiajna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Csikszereda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 CSM Iaşi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 CSM Slatina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Dumbrăviţa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Metaloglobus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ripensia Timişoara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 SCM Gloria Buzau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Şirineaşa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Unirea Constanța 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Unirea Dej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Viitorul Şelimbăr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Progresul Spartac 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 FCM Baia Mare 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.