Astra Ploieşti vs Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Prediction & Betting Tips

The Liga I tie at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici on Sunday sees home team Astra Ploieşti welcome Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Astra Ploieşti v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe can be seen below (including the best match odds).

📊 Form Guide

Astra Ploieşti WDDWLL ⚖

Astra Ploieşti will be hoping to bounce back here after the 2-0 Liga I defeat last time out to Universitatea Craiova.

Over their last six fixtures, Bogdan Andone's Astra Ploieşti have managed to score a combined total of 9 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Astra Ploieşti:

• have not been beaten in the league by Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe in their last 2 games.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league matches.

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe DLWWLD ⚖

In their last fixture, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe drew 0-0 in the Liga I match with CFR Cluj.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe has become fairly consistent in recent matches. A glance at their last 6 meetings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 5 and Alb-roșii have scored 6. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.

Leading up to this clash, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe:

• haven't been defeated by Astra Ploieşti when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes going back to 04/08/2018 tells us that Astra Ploieşti have won 3 of these and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

A combined total of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 from Dracii Negri and 8 belonging to Alb-roșii. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

🗞️ Team News: Astra Ploieşti

Astra Ploieşti boss Bogdan Andone does not have any fitness concerns at all before this match with a completely healthy group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

Due to a completely healthy squad available to select from, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe manager Leontin Grozavu has no fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

🔮 Prediction

It seems to us that Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and Astra Ploieşti should play out a closely-fought contest here.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 1-1 score at full-time.

Victor Martins, 23:16 08/09/2020