SIBIU. Hermannstadt and CSM Iaşi didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. CSM Iaşi was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

Petrişor Petrescu didn’t convert a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Hermannstadt to win the match.​

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Sibiu on Friday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Istvan Kovacs assisted by Vasile Marinescu and Mihai Ovidiu Artene. The 4th official was Ionela Alina Peşu. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.84 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

CSM Iaşi had a strong ball possession 56% while Hermannstadt was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hermannstadt was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Hermannstadt to win the match​.

Hermannstadt shot 13 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, CSM Iaşi shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Hermannstadt received 2 yellow cards (Florin Bejan and Baba Alhassan). Regarding the opposition, CSM Iaşi received 2 yellow cards (Silviu Lung Jr. and Julián Augusto Marchioni).

Standings

After playing this contest, Hermannstadt will have 25 points like Petrolul 52 to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, CSM Iaşi will have 19 points like UTA Arad to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Hermannstadt will host Otelul on the 2nd of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

CSM Iaşi will play away agasint Otelul on the 9th of March with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of Otelul (6 draws).

Hermannstadt – Formation

Hermannstadt adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marius Constantin Măldărăşanu decided to play with the following team: Cătălin Căbuz (7.3), Alexandru Oroian (7.1), Florin Bejan (6.8), Ionuț Stoica (7.0), Mihai Butean (7.3), Silviu Balaure (7.0), Sota Mino (7.3), Baba Alhassan (7.5), Alexandru Daniel Jipa (7.7), Gabriel Iancu (6.4) and Daniel Paraschiv (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Paolo Medina (6.6), Cristian Neguț (7.1), Valerică Găman, Petrişor Petrescu (6.1), Alessandro Murgia, Cosmin Alexandru Bucuroiu, Ionuț Biceanu (6.7), Vlad Muțiu and Rúben Fonseca (6.3).

Substitutions

Hermannstadt made 5 changes: Silviu Balaure for Petrişor Petrescu (70′), Baba Alhassan for Ionuț Biceanu (70′), Daniel Paraschiv for Rúben Fonseca (84′), Gabriel Iancu for Cristian Neguț (60′) and Alexandru Oroian for Paolo Medina (84′).

Player of the match: Alexandru Daniel Jipa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hermannstadt was Alexandru Daniel Jipa.

His rating is (7.7) with 27 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

CSM Iaşi – Formation

Also CSM Iaşi adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Leontin Florian Grozavu played with: Silviu Lung Jr. (7.3), Marius Mădălin Martac (6.8), Florin Ilie (6.6), Matija Katanec (7.1), Rareș Sebastian Ispas (7.0), Stefan Stefanovici (7.0), Mihai Bordeianu (7.0), Julián Augusto Marchioni (6.8), Luis Phelipe (7.1), Andrei Ciobanu (6.7) and Shayon Harrison (6.7).

They had on the bench: Nicolás Samayoa, Andrei Cosmin Gheorghiță (6.8), Răzvan Tincu, Sergiu Buş (6.6), Alin Roman (6.7), Antonio Dumitru, Ionuț Ailenei, Robert Ion and Carlos Jatobá (7.0).

Substitutions

CSM Iaşi made 5 changes: Andrei Ciobanu for Alin Roman (46′), Shayon Harrison for Sergiu Buş (46′), Luis Phelipe for Nicolás Samayoa (90′), Stefan Stefanovici for Andrei Cosmin Gheorghiță (80′) and Mihai Bordeianu for Carlos Jatobá (75′).

Player of the match: Silviu Lung Jr.​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for CSM Iaşi was the goalkeeper: Silviu Lung Jr.. His rating is 7.34. He performed 2 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• Petrolul 52 – Botoşani – 2-1
• Hermannstadt – CSM Iaşi – 0-0