Foresta Suceava have journeyed here for an exciting game versus the hosting Istra 1961. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Arena Cup preview!
Foresta Suceava have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Istra 1961 form and stats
In the previous season, Istra 1961's league stats were 5 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses, producing 9th place in the Arena Cup. During these 20 matches they scored 24 goals and let in 41. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Istra 1961 generated 4-0-6 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 21 conceded.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Arena Cup game versus Sibenik in only three days. This game is also played here at Arenaturist 6.
Istra 1961 have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Istra 1961 scored 1 goal and let in 2 goals during these three games.
Foresta Suceava form and stats
Let's have a look at how Foresta Suceava performed last season in the Arena Cup: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 12/10 goals scored/conceded.
The schedule is very tough for Foresta Suceava now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Arena Cup game at Zarkovo is waiting in only three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Foresta Suceava have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Bandé 7 goals | D. Dijon 6 goals | R. Mišković 3 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Foresta Suceava missing players
| Istra 1961 | Foresta Suceava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Istra 1961 | Last season | Foresta Suceava | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 24 | 19 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 35% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 33% | ||
| 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 55% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 60% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 27% | ||
| 30% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.1 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 25% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | Dinamo Zagreb | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Osijek | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Gorica | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 18 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 31 | -34 | 7 |
| 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 | Dante Botosani | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | Foresta Suceava | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Bucovina Radauti | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 4 | Husana Husi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Somuz Falticeni | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Stiinta Miroslava | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | SJ Vaslui | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | CSM Bacau | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Pascani | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 2 |
