Şcolar Reşiţa vs Ripensia Timişoara match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Mircea Chivu

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Mircea Chivu (12500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Liga 2, with both Şcolar Reşiţa and Ripensia Timişoara experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 16th place.

Insights:
  • Şcolar Reşiţa has the fewest scored goals (7) in Liga 2
  • Ripensia Timişoara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Şcolar Reşiţa and Ripensia Timişoara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Şcolar Reşiţa form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 2 for Şcolar Reşiţa, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Liga 2, at their home stadium (Stadionul Mircea Chivu) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Şcolar has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Mircea Chivu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Şcolar haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 193 minutes ago. C. Danci scored that one.

An away draw last time out for Şcolar Reşiţa, facing Rapid Bucuresti in a game that ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at SSC Farul.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Şcolar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Şcolar have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Şcolar Reşiţa defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ripensia Timişoara form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ripensia Timişoara so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Timişoara, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Ripensia Timişoara might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Astra proved too strong as Timişoara slumped to a 1-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadionul Ciarda Roşie. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Concordia Chiajna at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Timişoara lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ripensia Timişoara playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Ripensia Timişoara wins, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ripensia Timişoara as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Timişoara have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Şcolar victory, two draws and three Ripensia Timişoara wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ŞcolarD. Ene
D. Ene
6 goals

Şcolar Reşiţa missing players

Ripensia Timişoara missing players

Şcolar Reşiţa Ripensia Timişoara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 6 10
4 2 1 Won W 2 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 3 2 Lost L 1 4 5
7 4 2 Scored S 3 4 12
16 10 5 Conceded C 3 14 19
77% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 90%
38% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
15% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 30%
23% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 40%
46% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 20%
54% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.2 8.6
2.1 2.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 4.4
26% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 27%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Ripensia Timişoara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ripensia Timişoara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Şcolar Reşiţa has the fewest scored goals (7) in Liga 2
  • Şcolar Reşiţa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Liga 2
  • Şcolar Reşiţa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Şcolar Reşiţa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 U Craiova 1948 13 7 6 0 24 10 7 5 2 0 15 4 6 2 4 0 9 6 14 27
2 Dunarea Calarasi 13 7 3 3 18 13 6 4 1 1 9 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 24
3 ASU Poli Timisoara 13 6 6 1 14 9 7 4 3 0 7 2 6 2 3 1 7 7 5 24
4 Sirineasa 13 7 2 4 24 20 8 4 1 3 14 14 5 3 1 1 10 6 4 23
5 Rapid Bucuresti 13 7 2 4 20 20 7 4 2 1 10 8 6 3 0 3 10 12 0 23
6 Metaloglobus 14 6 4 4 16 10 7 3 3 1 9 4 7 3 1 3 7 6 6 22
7 SCM Gloria Buzau 13 5 5 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 2 4 1 9 6 5 20
8 SSC Farul 12 6 2 4 15 13 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 0 2 9 6 2 20
9 Csikszereda 13 5 4 4 14 12 7 3 2 2 8 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 2 19
10 Petrolul 52 13 5 3 5 20 14 8 2 2 4 11 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 6 18
11 Sporting Turnu 14 4 6 4 22 18 6 2 3 1 10 9 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 18
12 Mioveni 13 4 6 3 9 6 6 1 3 2 2 3 7 3 3 1 7 3 3 18
13 Universitatea Cluj 12 5 2 5 15 11 4 2 1 1 6 3 8 3 1 4 9 8 4 17
14 CSM Slatina 13 5 2 6 13 14 7 4 0 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 6 6 -1 17
15 Unirea Slobozia 13 4 3 6 12 18 7 2 3 2 5 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -6 15
16 Ripensia Timişoara 10 5 0 5 12 19 4 3 0 1 8 5 6 2 0 4 4 14 -7 15
17 Şcolar Reşiţa 13 4 3 6 7 16 6 2 1 3 4 10 7 2 2 3 3 6 -9 15
18 Comuna Recea 13 4 2 7 19 25 8 3 2 3 16 14 5 1 0 4 3 11 -6 14
19 Concordia Chiajna 14 3 3 8 17 19 6 3 0 3 10 6 8 0 3 5 7 13 -2 12
20 Aerostar Bacau 13 2 2 9 16 24 7 1 1 5 9 15 6 1 1 4 7 9 -8 8
21 Pandurii Targu Jiu 14 1 2 11 10 31 6 0 1 5 3 12 8 1 1 6 7 19 -21 5

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.