With the nervous opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Liga 2 meeting of the season. Viitorul Şelimbăr eagerly anticipate Unirea Dej in front of their home support.
Viitorul Şelimbăr 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.
Viitorul Şelimbăr form and stats
Last season, Viitorul Şelimbăr's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, providing 13th position in the Liga 2. During these 19 matches they scored {19 goals} and conceded 22. Appearing as the home side in the last season Viitorul Şelimbăr delivered 2-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {10 goals} and 9 conceded.
Viitorul are returning here after visiting Metaloglobus and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Năstăsie scored the goal(s).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Csikszereda (1-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Viitorul Şelimbăr have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Unirea Dej form and stats
Let's have a look at how Unirea Dej performed last season in the Liga 2: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded {25 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 14/12 goals scored/conceded.
Chira scored in Unirea's previous match, the home game against Alexandria that ended 1-0. Late drama in the previous game, when Chira scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Alexandria.
A 0-1 defeat away at Otelul before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Unirea Dej playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Unirea Dej wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Head 2 Head
Viitorul Şelimbăr-Unirea Dej H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Viitorul Şelimbăr one win, Unirea Dej one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  I. Năstăsie 1 goals |   C. Chira 1 goals |
Viitorul Şelimbăr missing players
Unirea Dej missing players
| Viitorul Şelimbăr | Unirea Dej | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viitorul Şelimbăr | Last season | Unirea Dej | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 86% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 45% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 62% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 21% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 31% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Concordia Chiajna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | CSM Slatina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Unirea Dej | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Viitorul Şelimbăr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chindia Târgovişte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Arges | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Şirineaşa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Progresul Spartac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dumbrăviţa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Scolar Resita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Alexandria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Metaloglobus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Tunari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Csikszereda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
