Astra have travelled here for an interesting duel against the home team Ripensia Timişoara. Get smart on the match with this full Liga 2 preview!
- Ripensia Timişoara have not yet lost a game at home.
- Astra have not yet lost a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ripensia Timişoara form and stats
Ripensia Timişoara have played three Liga 2 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. The home fans are hungry for more even though Ripensia Timişoara have been steadily collecting points here at Stadionul Electrica through three straight draws.
A strong away win for Timişoara against Scolar Resita the last match.
Heartbreak before that as Ripensia Timişoara lost 0-2 at CSA Steaua Bucureşti's place.Timişoara are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Ripensia Timişoara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Astra form and stats
Astra are still undefeated on their travels in the Liga 2. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Astra lost away at Dunărea Călăraşi (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Unirea Slobozia in the Liga 2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Astra playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
It's early days yet, but Astra has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Golda 3 goals |  D. Brăilă 2 goals | D. Taras 1 goals |
Ripensia Timişoara missing players
Astra missing players
| Ripensia Timişoara | Astra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 6.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 8.2 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 13.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 38% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 31% |
- Astra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Astra have not yet lost a game away.
- Astra have scored in all their matches so far.
- Astra have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Astra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ripensia Timişoara have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ripensia Timişoara have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ripensia Timişoara have yet to win a game at home.
| Ripensia Timişoara | Last season | Astra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 12 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 87% | ||
| 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 74% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 19% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 23% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 13% | ||
| 38% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 46% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 28% | ||
| 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 38% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | ||
| 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 Bucureşti | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Concordia Chiajna | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Corona Brasov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | Universitatea Cluj | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Ripensia Timişoara | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | CSM Iasi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Viitorul Selimbar | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Brasov Steagul Renast | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Unirea Dej | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 16 | Sirineasa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 17 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | Csikszereda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| 19 | Unirea Constanța | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | -21 | 0 |
| 20 | Astra | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -2 |