A victory to the home team is anticipated from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Otelul regulars are positive that the mismatch between 4th and Metaloglobus's 15th place in the table will be revealed on the playing field.
- Otelul have the most points (20) at home in Liga 2
- Metaloglobus have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
This looks to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Otelul form and stats
Home games in the Liga 2 have been a walk in the park for Otelul so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cosmin Andrei Dur-Bozoanca not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.
Otelul enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ripensia Timişoara's place. The match ended 1-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against FCM Baia Mare.Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 12 league matches, 10 have produced two goals or less.
The Otelul fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Otelul are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Oţelul in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Metaloglobus form and stats
Metaloglobus have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga 2, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Metaloglobus hope to make it five in this match.
Huiban, Chiorean and Zukanovic scored in Metaloglobus's previous match, the home game against Progresul Spartac that ended 3-0. Metaloglobus delivered their win in the match against Progresul Spartac already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! Huiban has bagged at least one goal for the visitors four fixtures in a row. The smartness!
Preceding that game was the away victory against ASU Poli Timişoara with the score of 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Metaloglobus when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
The attacking power of Metaloglobus when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Metaloglobus have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Cârjan 6 goals |   D. Huiban 6 goals | M. Zukanovic 3 goals |
Otelul missing players
Metaloglobus missing players
| Otelul | Metaloglobus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 60% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 7% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 40% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 44% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 29% |
| 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.8 | 9.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
- Metaloglobus have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Metaloglobus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Otelul have not yet lost a game at home.
- Otelul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Otelul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Otelul have the most points (20) at home in Liga 2
- Otelul have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Unirea Slobozia | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 3 | CSM Iaşi | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Otelul | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Unirea Dej | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Csikszereda | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Brașov Steagul Renașt | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | CSM Slatina | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 10 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Concordia Chiajna | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 13 | Şirineaşa | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Ripensia Timişoara | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Metaloglobus | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Dumbrăviţa | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | FCM Baia Mare | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Progresul Spartac | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanța | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -21 | 12 |
| 20 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 9 |
