Evenly matched teams: Unirea Slobozia vs Ripensia Timişoara match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul 1 Mai (6000 seats)

The Liga 2 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Unirea Slobozia and Ripensia Timişoara are placed 12th and 17th respectively.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Romania Cup. That game was an away game at Mostistea Ulmu, so at least Slobozia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Unirea Slobozia form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Unirea Slobozia's two home games in the Liga 2 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadionul 1 Mai. The Slobozia fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadionul 1 Mai and will expect new points from this game. Unirea Slobozia has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Şcolar Reşiţa.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga 2 game versus SSC Farul in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadionul 1 Mai.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Unirea Slobozia at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Ripensia Timişoara form and stats

It's not happening yet for Ripensia Timişoara on their Liga 2 travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on C. Petruescu, the Timişoara manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Timişoara are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Liga 2 against SCM Gloria Buzau (placed 16th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ASU Poli Timisoara wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Timişoara in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Ripensia Timişoara, one draw and three defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Timişoara's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Timişoara can't defend away. 11 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Unirea Slobozia missing players

Ripensia Timişoara missing players

Unirea Slobozia Ripensia Timişoara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 3
6 1 0 Scored S 0 1 5
6 0 0 Conceded C 0 11 12
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 60%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 40%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 40%
60% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
43 18 0 Total Shots T S 0 22 39
19 8 0 Shots on Target S O 0 7 19
32% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 26%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Ripensia Timişoara's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ripensia Timişoara has the most conceded goals (11) away in Liga 2
  • Ripensia Timişoara has the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Liga 2
  • Ripensia Timişoara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ripensia Timişoara have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Ripensia Timişoara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unirea Slobozia has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia have not yet lost a game at home.
Unirea Slobozia Last season Ripensia Timişoara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
16 8   Played P   12 24
12 6   Won W   2 7
4 2   Drew D   7 10
0 0   Lost L   3 7
38 21   Scored S   14 35
12 7   Conceded C   19 36
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
75% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 79%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 62%
38% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 25%
31% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 17%
44% 50%   BTTS BTTS   58% 62%
56% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   42% 33%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
28 0   Total Shots T S   79 236
13 0   Shots on Target S O   32 96
46% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 34%

  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 6 4 2 0 16 9 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 1 2 0 8 6 7 14
2 Rapid Bucuresti 6 4 1 1 14 7 3 2 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 7 3 7 13
3 Dunarea Calarasi 5 4 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 12
4 ASU Poli Timisoara 6 3 2 1 5 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 11
5 Petrolul 52 6 3 1 2 13 5 3 1 0 2 6 3 3 2 1 0 7 2 8 10
6 Universitatea Cluj 6 3 1 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 10
7 Sporting Turnu 6 2 3 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 1 2 1 6 2 5 9
8 Metaloglobus 5 2 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 9
9 Concordia Chiajna 6 2 2 2 13 10 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 0 2 2 6 9 3 8
10 Csikszereda 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
11 SSC Farul 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 7
12 Unirea Slobozia 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 5 6 0 7
13 Mioveni 6 1 4 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 7
14 Şirineaşa 5 2 1 2 10 12 4 1 1 2 6 9 1 1 0 0 4 3 -2 7
15 Şcolar Reşiţa 5 2 1 2 2 7 3 0 1 2 0 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 -5 7
16 SCM Gloria Buzau 6 1 3 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 6
17 Ripensia Timişoara 5 2 0 3 5 12 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 -7 6
18 Comuna Recea 6 1 1 4 8 14 4 1 1 2 8 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 4
19 CSM Slatina 5 1 0 4 4 8 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 3
20 Aerostar Bacău 6 1 0 5 5 10 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -5 3
21 Pandurii Targu Jiu 5 0 0 5 2 15 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 0 0 3 1 8 -13 0

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.