Liga 2 match prediction: Little separates Unirea Dej and Dunărea Călăraşi in quality

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Unirea (6000 seats)

This should be quite the spellbinding run-in at Stadionul Unirea in the Liga 2. Unirea Dej is in 15th place and host Dunărea Călăraşi in 12th position. Learn more about the game here!

The visiting Dunărea Călăraşi played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 2 match.

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Unirea Dej form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga 2 game of the season here at Stadionul Unirea. Last season these fans witnessed 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from Unirea Dej's 8 home games.

A. M. Bedea was the last player to score a league goal for Unirea Dej and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Unirea Dej haven't scored in 180 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Unirea, facing Ripensia Timişoara in a game that ended 0-0.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Unirea Slobozia (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Unirea Dej perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unirea as a small favourite), we find one game. Unirea Dej has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.

Early season league goal statistics from Unirea Dej's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Liga 2 away game of the season. During their previous season 16 away games resulted in 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The manager M. Condei was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 2 match played at their home ground Stadionul Central Ion Comşa. Călăraşi suffered a 1-3 loss to ASU Poli Timisoara (placed 9th).

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Ripensia Timişoara.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dunărea Călăraşi playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four Călăraşi wins, six draws and four defeats.

It's early days yet, but Dunărea Călăraşi has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Dunărea CălăraşiA. Bedea
A. Bedea
1 goals
Dunărea CălăraşiA. Stoica
A. Stoica
1 goals
Dunărea CălăraşiB. Matei
B. Matei
1 goals

Unirea Dej missing players

Dunărea Călăraşi missing players

Unirea Dej Dunărea Călăraşi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 3 4
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 6
50% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.5
6.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 7.5
2.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 57%
Unirea Dej Last season Dunărea Călăraşi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
16 8   Played P   16 30
6 5   Won W   6 12
3 2   Drew D   4 9
7 1   Lost L   6 9
19 13   Scored S   17 36
24 6   Conceded C   22 41
88% 75%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 93%
69% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 73%
50% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 50%
31% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 23%
19% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 13%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   62% 60%
25% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 30%
38% 38%   Failed to Score F T   12% 17%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.7
4.9 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.6
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.5 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.6 8.1
4 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 2.9
32% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Unirea Slobozia 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Universitatea Cluj 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Hermannstadt 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Concordia Chiajna 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Corona Brasov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CSA Steaua Bucureşti 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
6 Metaloglobus 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
7 Petrolul 52 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Viitorul Şelimbăr 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
9 ASU Poli Timisoara 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
10 Ripensia Timişoara 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Brașov Steagul Renașt 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Dunărea Călăraşi 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 -2 1
13 Şirineaşa 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
14 Dacia Unirea Brăila 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
15 Unirea Dej 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 SCM Gloria Buzau 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Csikszereda 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 CSM Iasi 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
19 Unirea Constanta 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
20 Astra 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 -5
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Comuna Recea 16 10 5 1 41 17 8 7 1 0 30 9 8 3 4 1 11 8 24 35
2 FCM Baia Mare 16 10 3 3 25 8 8 6 2 0 18 1 8 4 1 3 7 7 17 33
3 Viitorul Şelimbăr 16 7 7 2 26 19 8 4 4 0 16 7 8 3 3 2 10 12 7 28
4 Metalurgistul Cugir 16 7 6 3 22 17 8 4 3 1 13 9 8 3 3 2 9 8 5 27
5 Luceafarul Oradea 16 8 2 6 37 29 8 4 0 4 15 16 8 4 2 2 22 13 8 26
6 Sanmartin 16 8 1 7 31 30 8 5 0 3 21 16 8 3 1 4 10 14 1 25
7 Gloria Bistrita 16 7 4 5 17 19 8 5 1 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 9 13 -2 25
8 Avantul Reghin 16 5 7 4 27 21 8 3 3 2 10 7 8 2 4 2 17 14 6 22
9 Ariesul Turda 16 5 7 4 19 22 8 3 3 2 9 8 8 2 4 2 10 14 -3 22
10 Unirea Dej 16 6 3 7 19 24 8 5 2 1 13 6 8 1 1 6 6 18 -5 21
11 Sanatatea Cluj 16 5 5 6 22 21 8 2 3 3 14 12 8 3 2 3 8 9 1 20
12 Unirea Alba Iulia 16 4 4 8 21 22 8 4 2 2 14 7 8 0 2 6 7 15 -1 16
13 CFR Cluj II 16 4 3 9 21 35 8 3 3 2 12 13 8 1 0 7 9 22 -14 15
14 Industria Galda de Jos 16 3 2 11 19 35 8 2 1 5 10 13 8 1 1 6 9 22 -16 11
15 Odorheiu Secuiesc 16 2 4 10 11 28 8 1 2 5 7 14 8 1 2 5 4 14 -17 10
16 SCM Zalău 16 4 3 9 21 32 8 3 3 2 13 12 8 1 0 7 8 20 -11 9
Last season 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 29 14 12 3 43 22 14 8 5 1 22 8 15 6 7 2 21 14 21 89
2 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 5 10 48 40 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 7 1 7 22 22 8 83
3 Mioveni 30 12 13 5 41 22 14 4 7 3 15 8 16 8 6 2 26 14 19 82
4 Dunărea Călăraşi 30 12 9 9 36 41 14 6 5 3 19 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 -5 79
5 Csikszereda 30 11 10 9 32 26 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 6 6 3 15 10 6 75
6 ASU Poli Timisoara 29 10 11 8 27 29 15 8 4 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 10 18 -2 73

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.