BUCHAREST. FCSB had a astounding comeback against Chindia Târgovişte. FCSB capitalized on its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 7:55 pm local time. The referee was Andrei Florin Chivulete who was helped by Andrei Gabriel Constantinescu and Ferencz Tunyogi. The 4th official was Adrian Sorin Costreie. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.2 degrees Celsius or 36.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 9 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 154 Attack 85
- 139 Dangerous attack 34
- 92 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 0
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
FCSB had a strong ball possession 56% while Chindia Târgovişte was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FCSB was more pushing with 139 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FCSB won the match.
FCSB shot 16 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Chindia Târgovişte shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
FCSB received 1 yellow card (L. Cristea). Talking about the opposition, Chindia Târgovişte received 3 yellow cards (D. Popadiuc, L. Corbu and D. Popa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, FCSB will have 58 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Chindia Târgovişte will stay with 28 points to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away with Mioveni on the 19th of February with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of FCSB (1 draw).
Chindia Târgovişte will host Botoşani on the 20th of February with a 2-2 head to head stats.
FCSB – Formation
FCSB started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Anton Petrea decided to play with the following team: Andrei Vlad, Risto Radunović, Paulo Vinícius, Iulian Cristea, Ovidiu Popescu, Florin Tănase, Malcom Edjouma, Darius Olaru, Octavian Popescu, Andrei Dumiter and Andrei Cordea.
The home team had on the bench: Cătălin Straton, Valentin Crețu, Andrei Miron, Sorin Serban, Valentin Gheorghe, Răzvan Oaidă, Adrian Șut, Claudiu Keșerü and Ianis Stoica.
Substitutions
FCSB made 5 changes: O. Popescu for I. Stoica (40′), R. Radunovic for S. Serban (46′), A. I. Cordea for V. Gheorghe (46′), A. Dumiter for C. Keseru (49′) and M. Edjouma for R. Oaida (85′).
Chindia Târgovişte – Formation
Chindia Târgovişte started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Emil Săndoi played with: Cătălin Căbuz, Tiberiu Căpuşă, Paul Iacob, Andrei Pițian, Adrian Ionita, Mihai Butean, Marco Dulca, Juan Pablo Passaglia, Richard Steven Sila, Doru Popadiuc and Daniel Popa.
These were the players on the bench: Dinu Moldovan, Daniel Celea, Laurențiu Corbu, Simo Roumpoulakou, Mikael Cantave, Milan Kocić, Andrei Serban, Marian Şerban and Tsvetelin Chunchukov.
Substitutions
Chindia Târgovişte made 4 changes: M. Butean for T. Chunchukov (75′), R. S. Sila for M. Cantave (84′), A. Ionita for A. Serban (85′) and J. Passaglia for L. Corbu (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
- Argeş – Mioveni – 1-0
- UTA Arad – Dinamo Bucureşti – 0-0
- FCSB – Chindia Târgovişte – 3-2