BUCHAREST. FCSB defeats Sepsi 1-0 after A. Baluta scored just 1 goal (16′). Sepsi was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 12,458 spectators.​ The referee was Adrian Viorel Cojocaru with the support of Valentin Avram and Alexandru Filip. The 4th official was Cătălin Ion Buşi. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.41 degrees Celsius or 63.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sepsi had a strong ball possession 62% while FCSB was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sepsi was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, FCSB found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

FCSB shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sepsi shot 12 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

FCSB didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Sepsi received 1 yellow card (Darius Oroian).

Standings

After playing this match, FCSB has 54 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sepsi will stays with 33 points like Universitatea Cluj to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away against Universitatea Cluj on the 17th of February with a 11-2 head to head record in favor of FCSB (2 draws).

Sepsi will host SSC Farul on the 17th of February with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of SSC Farul (1 draw).

FCSB – Formation

FCSB started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ilias Charalambous decided to play with the following team: Adrian Sut, Octavian Popescu, Stefan Tarnovanu (7.5), Alexandru Pantea (7.3), Siyabonga Ngezana (7.0), Joyskim Dawa (7.7), Risto Radunovic (8.1), Baba Alhassan (7.3), Mihai Lixandru (6.7), Darius Olaru (7.9), Alexandru Baluta (8.4), David Miculescu (6.0) and Florinel Coman (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Valentin Cretu, Luis Phelipe (6.6), Ionut Pantiru, Andrei Pandele, Nana Antwi, Ovidiu Popescu (6.4), Eduard Radaslavescu and Andrei Vlad.

FCSB could not rely on the presence of Ovidiu Popescu (injured).

Substitutions

FCSB made 3 changes: Florinel Coman for Luis Phelipe (46′), David Miculescu for Ovidiu Popescu (64′) and Alexandru Baluta for Valentin Cretu (90′).

Player of the match: Alexandru Baluta​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FCSB was Alexandru Baluta.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Sepsi – Formation

Sepsi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Bernd Storck played with: Bogdan Oteliță, Branislav Niňaj, Gabriel Debeljuh, Roland Niczuly (6.8), Denis Ciobotariu (7.0), Ákos Kecskés (7.1), Florin Stefan (7.0), Darius Oroian (7.3), Nicolae Păun (7.3), Sherif Kallaku (6.4), Andres Dumitrescu (6.6), Adnan Aganović (7.0) and Pavol Šafranko (7.3), Cosmin Matei (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonathan Rodriguez, Ion Gheorghe, Dinu Moldovan, Denis Florin Renta, Davide Popsa, Mihai Bălașa, Rajmund Niczuly, Roland Varga, Mario Rondon (6.8) and Kevin Varga (6.7).

Sepsi could not rely on the presence of Kevin Varga (injured).

Substitutions

Sepsi made 5 changes: Adnan Aganović for Mario Rondon (72′), Andres Dumitrescu for Kevin Varga (61′), Sherif Kallaku for Ion Gheorghe (88′), Ákos Kecskés for Mihai Bălașa (88′) and Darius Oroian for Denis Florin Renta (88′).

Player of the match: Nicolae Păun​

The most impressive player for Sepsi was Nicolae Păun.

His rating is 7.3 with 57 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• FCSB – Sepsi – 1-0
• Hermannstadt – Petrolul 52 – 0-0