SFâNTU GHEORGHE. Sepsi overcame Dinamo Bucureşti to win 2-1. M. Ștefănescu was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Sepsi to strike first with a goal of Marius Ștefănescu at the 11′. Then Marius Ștefănescu scored again for Sepsi in the 30′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Gonçalo Gregório reduced the distance for Dinamo Bucureşti (51′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Sfântu Gheorghe on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu who had the assistance of Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Mihai Marius Marica. The 4th official was Florin Andrei. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was freezing at -0.08 degrees Celsius or 31.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sepsi was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Dinamo Bucureşti that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sepsi had a more offensive attitude with 41 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sepsi won the match​.

Sepsi shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Dinamo Bucureşti shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sepsi received 2 yellow cards (Denis Ciobotariu and Marius Ștefănescu). On the other side, Dinamo Bucureşti didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this encounter, Sepsi has 23 points like Otelul to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Dinamo Bucureşti will stays with 10 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Sepsi will play away with Otelul on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Dinamo Bucureşti will host Universitatea Cluj on the 9th of December with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Dinamo Bucureşti (4 draws).

Sepsi – Formation

Sepsi started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Liviu Ciobotariu decided to play with the following team: Adnan Aganović, Roland Niczuly (7.0), Bogdan Oteliță (6.7), Ákos Kecskés (6.7), Branislav Niňaj (7.1), Denis Ciobotariu (7.0), Isnik Alimi (6.7), Jonathan Rodriguez (8.1), Marius Ștefănescu (8.7), Cosmin Matei (7.9), Roland Varga (7.0) and Pavol Šafranko (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ion Gheorghe, Mihai Bălașa, Dinu Moldovan, Florin Stefan, Nicolae Păun, Vitalie Damaşcan (7.0), Sherif Kallaku (6.7), Krisztian Dobozi and Mario Rondon (7.0).

Substitutions

Sepsi made 4 changes: Roland Varga for Vitalie Damaşcan (63′), Cosmin Matei for Nicolae Păun (90′), Marius Ștefănescu for Sherif Kallaku (81′) and Pavol Šafranko for Mario Rondon (81′).

Player of the match: Marius Ștefănescu​

The most impressive player for Sepsi was Marius Ștefănescu.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 29 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Dinamo Bucureşti – Formation

Dinamo Bucureşti started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Željko Kopić played with: Quentin Bena, Goncalo Gregorio, Adnan Golubovic (6.8), Lucas (6.8), Razvan Patriche (6.8), Ricardo Grigore (6.8), Gabriel Moura (7.0), Andrei Bani (6.6), Christian Ilic (7.0), Dani Iglesias (6.8), Costin Amzar (7.8) and Lamine Ghezali  (7.0), Hakim Abdallah (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Cristian Costin (6.4), Gonçalo Gregório (7.5), Iulian Rosu, Gorka Larrucea, Dennis Politic (6.8), Antonio Bordusanu, Deniz Giafer, Alexandru Irimia and Razvan Began.

Substitutions

Dinamo Bucureşti made 3 changes: Andrei Bani for Dennis Politic (46′), Hakim Abdallah for Gonçalo Gregório (46′) and Ricardo Grigore for Cristian Costin (73′).

Player of the match: Costin Amzar​

The player that probably impressed the most for Dinamo Bucureşti was Costin Amzar.

His rating is (7.8) with 46 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sepsi – Dinamo Bucureşti – 2-1