The Sporting Turnu & Argeş managers E. Lincar and I. Badea are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga 2 league table.
Sporting Turnu form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Municipal as Sporting Turnu have scored 21 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga 2 are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Turnu fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul Municipal and will expect new points from this game. Sporting Turnu has played 24 games in a row here without a defeat.
A strong away win for Turnu against SSC Farul the last match, as D. Ispas were on target. Before that, Turnu had a home game versus Concordia Chiajna which ended with a victory 2-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Turnu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Turnu as a small favourite), we find two games. Turnu has won zero of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Sporting Turnu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. Sporting Turnu have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Argeş form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Argeş playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Argeş as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Argeş play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Pandurii Targu Jiu. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Mioveni.
As mentioned above, Argeş was the only team on the pitch versus Pandurii Targu Jiu in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argeş playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Argeş wins, four draws and four defeats.
Argeş find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Argeş as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Argeş - Turnu 3-2.Top Goalscorers
  A. Blejdea 14 goals |   S. Pană 8 goals | C. Ciobanu 7 goals |
Sporting Turnu missing players
Argeş missing players
| Sporting Turnu | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 39 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 36 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 88% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 83% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 54% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 33% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 271 | 134 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 142 | 244 |
| 102 | 46 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 49 | 89 |
| 38% | 46% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 37% |
- All of Sporting Turnu's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Turnu have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting Turnu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting Turnu have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Turnu haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | UTA Arad | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting Turnu | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Argeş | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Metaloglobus | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 8 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 9 | Sirineasa | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 36 |
| 10 | Dunarea Calarasi | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Concordia Chiajna | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Csikszereda | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Scolar Resita | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Sportul Snagov | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 30 | -43 | 9 |
| 19 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 34 | -43 | 8 |
| 20 | Juventus Bucuresti | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -25 | 6 |