Liga 2 preview: Can Unirea Slobozia edge out victory against Unirea Dej?

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sat 26.November
Match begins: 11:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul 1 Mai (5000 seats)

The Unirea Slobozia & Unirea Dej head coaches Enache and Militaru are both afraid of and looking forward to this key game in the higher regions of the Liga 2 table.

Insights:
  • Unirea Slobozia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Dej have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 2

Unirea Slobozia and Unirea Dej 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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Unirea Slobozia form and stats

Unirea Slobozia have performed here at Stadionul 1 Mai this season with 4 wins from 7 Liga 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mario Robert Mihai Contra not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.

Happy days for Unirea Slobozia in their previous game, a fixture away at Şirineaşa (placed 14th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Unirea Slobozia "killed" Şirineaşa in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

A 0-0 result against Petrolul 52 before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Romania Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Unirea Slobozia handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Slobozia has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Unirea Slobozia have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Unirea Dej form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 2, on their Liga 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Unirea failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs SCM Gloria Buzau (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 2-3.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CSA Steaua Bucuresti wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Unirea Dej are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 14 league games.

Unirea are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Unirea Dej have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Unirea DejA. Cocian
A. Cocian
8 goals
Unirea SloboziaI. Coadă
I. Coadă
4 goals
Unirea SloboziaC. Rus
C. Rus
4 goals

Unirea Slobozia missing players

Unirea Dej missing players

Unirea Slobozia Unirea Dej
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 6 14
8 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
24 8 0 Scored S 0 10 24
8 1 1 Conceded C 2 9 20
86% 71% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 29% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
21% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
36% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 86%
50% 86% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
29% 43% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 7%
 
5.9 7.1 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.3 4.9
3.3 2.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.7 4.9
2.3 2.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 11.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.7 10.1
4.9 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.9
35% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 35%
 
6.9 4.6 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.5 11.7
2.6 1.4 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 4.9
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • All of Unirea Dej's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Unirea Dej have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Unirea Dej have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Dej have the most points from losing position (9) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Dej haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Unirea Slobozia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Unirea Slobozia have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia have the the best goal difference (+16) in Liga 2
  • Unirea Slobozia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Unirea Slobozia have won significantly more corners at 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 CSA Steaua Bucuresti 14 10 2 2 29 14 7 5 1 1 14 7 7 5 1 1 15 7 15 32
2 Unirea Slobozia 14 8 4 2 24 8 7 4 2 1 8 1 7 4 2 1 16 7 16 28
3 Csikszereda 14 7 4 3 20 9 6 4 1 1 11 3 8 3 3 2 9 6 11 25
4 CSM Iaşi 14 7 4 3 17 10 6 5 1 0 8 1 8 2 3 3 9 9 7 25
5 SCM Gloria Buzau 14 7 4 3 21 16 7 5 2 0 10 4 7 2 2 3 11 12 5 25
6 Unirea Dej 14 7 4 3 24 20 8 4 2 2 14 11 6 3 2 1 10 9 4 25
7 Otelul 14 7 4 3 15 11 8 6 2 0 11 5 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 25
8 Dinamo Bucureşti 14 6 3 5 16 15 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 3 2 2 6 6 1 21
9 CSM Slatina 14 5 5 4 15 9 6 3 1 2 8 4 8 2 4 2 7 5 6 20
10 Brasov Steagul Renast 14 5 5 4 17 13 7 3 4 0 10 4 7 2 1 4 7 9 4 20
11 Viitorul Selimbar 14 4 6 4 12 12 8 2 6 0 9 4 6 2 0 4 3 8 0 18
12 Concordia Chiajna 14 5 2 7 16 14 8 2 1 5 6 9 6 3 1 2 10 5 2 17
13 Ripensia Timisoara 14 4 4 6 13 13 6 4 1 1 11 4 8 0 3 5 2 9 0 16
14 Şirineaşa 14 5 0 9 15 24 8 4 0 4 11 13 6 1 0 5 4 11 -9 15
15 FCM Baia Mare 14 3 5 6 15 21 6 2 3 1 12 9 8 1 2 5 3 12 -6 14
16 Progresul Spartac 14 3 5 6 13 19 8 1 3 4 7 14 6 2 2 2 6 5 -6 14
17 Metaloglobus 14 4 1 9 12 17 6 2 0 4 5 7 8 2 1 5 7 10 -5 13
18 Dumbrăviţa 14 4 1 9 15 32 6 2 0 4 6 13 8 2 1 5 9 19 -17 13
19 Unirea Constanța 14 4 0 10 12 31 7 3 0 4 8 13 7 1 0 6 4 18 -19 12
20 ASU Poli Timişoara 14 1 5 8 8 21 8 1 3 4 5 10 6 0 2 4 3 11 -13 8

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.