Home advantage could prove decisive in SCM Gloria Buzau - SSC Farul battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (180000 seats)

SCM Gloria Buzau will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind SSC Farul.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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SCM Gloria Buzau form and stats

SCM Gloria Buzau have performed here at Stadionul Municipal this season with 4 wins from 6 Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.

The fans are hoping that SCM Gloria Buzau will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Liga 2 game against Argeş (placed 10th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sirineasa.

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

The match schedule is unforgiving for SCM Gloria Buzau as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga 2 match thankfully also at home. ASU Poli Timişoara are visiting.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), SCM Gloria Buzau's attacking play is working. Defensively SCM Gloria Buzau have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SSC Farul form and stats

There's been little loot from SSC Farul's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 7 away games in the Liga 2. SSC Farul, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Liga 2, only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

The supporters enjoyed SSC Farul's previous game versus Mioveni (placed 1st), a Liga 2 2-0 win played at home. Before that, SSC Farul travelled to Argeş and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

SSC Farul are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of three matches.

The attacking power of SSC Farul when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, SSC Farul have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

 V. Alexandru
V. Alexandru
8 goals
 D. Huiban
D. Huiban
5 goals
 V. Munteanu
V. Munteanu
4 goals

SCM Gloria Buzau missing players

SSC Farul missing players

SCM Gloria Buzau SSC Farul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 4 0 Won W 0 0 6
2 1 1 Drew D 2 3 4
5 1 1 Lost L 1 4 4
21 12 0 Scored S 3 5 15
14 3 2 Conceded C 4 10 12
85% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 79%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 57%
54% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 36%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 14%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
46% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 36%
46% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 57%
23% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 29%
 
5.8 8.2 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 4.7 5.8
4 4.2 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.3 3 3.9
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • SCM Gloria Buzau have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SCM Gloria Buzau have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SSC Farul have scored away.
  • SCM Gloria Buzau have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SSC Farul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SSC Farul have yet to win a game away.

SCM Gloria Buzau
All Liga 2 3. Liga: Series 1 Romania Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 2 - 1 Concordia Chiajna
08-10-19 L2 Sporting Turnu 2 - 1 SCM Gloria Buzau
16-10-19 L2 Şcolar Reşiţa 2 - 1 SCM Gloria Buzau
19-10-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 0 - 0 Sirineasa
28-10-19 L2 Argeş 3 - 1 SCM Gloria Buzau
02-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 10:00 SSC Farul
06-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 13:00 ASU Poli Timişoara
09-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 10:00 Metaloglobus
13-11-19 L2 UTA Arad 13:00 SCM Gloria Buzau
16-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 01:00 Dunărea Călăraşi
SSC Farul
All Liga 2 3. Liga: Series 2 Romania Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
05-10-19 L2 SSC Farul 1 - 0 Sportul Snagov
12-10-19 L2 Sirineasa 2 - 1 SSC Farul
16-10-19 L2 SSC Farul 3 - 2 Universitatea Cluj
21-10-19 L2 Argeş 2 - 2 SSC Farul
26-10-19 L2 SSC Farul 2 - 0 Mioveni
02-11-19 L2 SCM Gloria Buzau 10:00 SSC Farul
09-11-19 L2 SSC Farul 10:00 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
13-11-19 L2 Metaloglobus 13:00 SSC Farul
23-11-19 L2 UTA Arad 01:00 SSC Farul
30-11-19 L2 SSC Farul 10:00 Rapid Bucuresti

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mioveni 14 7 6 1 23 10 6 3 3 0 11 5 8 4 3 1 12 5 13 27
2 UTA Arad 11 8 2 1 31 8 6 5 1 0 18 1 5 3 1 1 13 7 23 26
3 Sporting Turnu 14 8 2 4 25 12 7 6 1 0 14 3 7 2 1 4 11 9 13 26
4 Sirineasa 14 7 3 4 19 15 8 5 1 2 10 8 6 2 2 2 9 7 4 24
5 Metaloglobus 14 6 4 4 18 13 7 4 1 2 8 3 7 2 3 2 10 10 5 22
6 SSC Farul 14 6 4 4 15 12 7 6 1 0 10 2 7 0 3 4 5 10 3 22
7 Rapid Bucuresti 12 6 3 3 14 10 7 4 2 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 21
8 Petrolul 52 12 6 3 3 14 11 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 4 1 2 7 7 3 21
9 SCM Gloria Buzau 13 6 2 5 21 14 6 4 1 1 12 3 7 2 1 4 9 11 7 20
10 Argeş 13 6 2 5 19 18 7 4 1 2 12 10 6 2 1 3 7 8 1 20
11 Csikszereda 14 5 4 5 13 16 7 3 4 0 11 6 7 2 0 5 2 10 -3 19
12 Concordia Chiajna 13 5 4 4 11 15 8 5 2 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 2 8 -4 19
13 Ripensia Timişoara 14 4 5 5 19 21 6 3 0 3 13 12 8 1 5 2 6 9 -2 17
14 Universitatea Cluj 13 4 4 5 18 15 5 2 2 1 10 5 8 2 2 4 8 10 3 16
15 Dunărea Călăraşi 13 4 4 5 17 19 5 2 1 2 9 9 8 2 3 3 8 10 -2 16
16 Şcolar Reşiţa 13 4 3 6 16 21 8 4 1 3 14 16 5 0 2 3 2 5 -5 15
17 ASU Poli Timişoara 13 3 5 5 12 9 8 1 5 2 5 4 5 2 0 3 7 5 3 14
18 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 14 1 4 9 9 26 7 0 3 4 2 10 7 1 1 5 7 16 -17 7
19 Juventus Bucuresti 13 2 0 11 8 33 6 1 0 5 5 12 7 1 0 6 3 21 -25 6
20 Sportul Snagov 13 1 2 10 8 32 6 1 1 4 4 12 7 0 1 6 4 20 -24 5

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