Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Sportul Snagov welcomes Luceafărul Oradea

Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Wed 10.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dumitru Mătărău (1150 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sportul Snagov and Luceafărul Oradea.

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Sportul Snagov form and stats

Sportul Snagov are steadily winning games and points here at Stadionul Dumitru Mătărău. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

Sportul Snagov's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Academica Clinceni. Prior to that, an away loss at UTA Arad.

There will be little rest for Sportul Snagov after this match as they are travelling to Baloteşti for a Liga 2 game in only two days.

Sportul Snagov are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 14 matches. Sportul Snagov have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.

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Luceafărul Oradea form and stats

There's been little loot from Luceafărul Oradea's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games. Luceafărul Oradea only has 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

Luceafărul Oradea failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Argeş that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Luceafărul Oradea manager C. Lupuţ faced defeat in their match when travelling to Academica Clinceni and losing 0-5.

A quick return to home after this game, as Luceafărul Oradea are hosting Petrolul 52 in the Liga 2 only three days away.

The attacking power of Luceafărul Oradea when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored in 14 matches. Luceafărul Oradea are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Luceafărul Oradea - Sportul Snagov 1-1. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Sportul Snagov, 3 draws and 3 wins for Luceafărul Oradea.

Top Goalscorers

V. Pop
9 goals
A. Dulca
7 goals
D. Buia
6 goals

Sportul Snagov missing players

Luceafărul Oradea missing players

Sportul Snagov Luceafărul Oradea
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
43 19 Scored 10 34
22 7 Conceded 37 50
89% 86% Over 0.5 93% 89%
71% 57% Over 1.5 93% 79%
46% 29% Over 2.5 64% 61%
18% 7% Over 3.5 43% 39%
7% 7% Over 4.5 21% 18%
43% 29% Both teams to score 43% 46%
46% 57% Clean Sheet 14% 29%
21% 29% Failed To Score 50% 36%
Key stats this season:
  • Luceafărul Oradea is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Academica Clinceni 28 21 1 6 57 17 14 11 1 2 34 7 14 10 0 4 23 10 40 64
2 Chindia Târgovişte 28 18 6 4 56 29 14 10 3 1 36 18 14 8 3 3 20 11 27 60
3 Petrolul 52 28 18 5 5 51 23 14 10 4 0 31 8 14 8 1 5 20 15 28 59
4 Sportul Snagov 28 18 5 5 43 22 14 9 3 2 19 7 14 9 2 3 24 15 21 59
5 Universitatea Cluj 28 17 6 5 56 20 14 10 3 1 32 9 14 7 3 4 24 11 36 57
6 Argeş 28 14 8 6 40 23 14 10 3 1 28 6 14 4 5 5 12 17 17 50
7 Mioveni 28 13 6 9 41 30 14 8 3 3 26 17 14 5 3 6 15 13 11 45
8 UTA Arad 28 12 5 11 43 39 14 7 2 5 25 21 14 5 3 6 18 18 4 41
9 Ripensia Timişoara 28 9 9 10 33 37 14 6 4 4 17 15 14 3 5 6 16 22 -4 36
10 Metaloglobus 28 9 7 12 26 49 14 6 4 4 14 11 14 3 3 8 12 38 -23 34
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 28 9 6 13 45 46 14 7 2 5 28 22 14 2 4 8 17 24 -1 33
12 Şirineaşa 28 8 9 11 31 32 14 8 2 4 24 13 14 0 7 7 7 19 -1 33
13 SSC Farul 28 10 2 16 36 47 14 8 1 5 24 17 14 2 1 11 12 30 -11 32
14 ASU Poli Timişoara 28 8 7 13 23 28 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 4 3 7 10 14 -5 31
15 Luceafărul Oradea 28 8 7 13 34 50 14 7 4 3 24 13 14 1 3 10 10 37 -16 31
16 Juventus Bucureşti 28 6 12 10 37 41 14 4 6 4 21 17 14 2 6 6 16 24 -4 30
17 Aerostar Bacău 28 7 5 16 39 54 14 5 2 7 21 19 14 2 3 9 18 35 -15 26
18 Baloteşti 28 6 4 18 25 54 14 4 3 7 16 23 14 2 1 11 9 31 -29 22
19 ACS Poli Timişoara 28 4 7 17 25 53 14 3 4 7 16 21 14 1 3 10 9 32 -28 19
20 Dacia Unirea Brăila 28 3 7 18 24 71 14 3 4 7 14 24 14 0 3 11 10 47 -47 16
21 Petrolul Ploiesti 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3