Romania - Liga IIStadionul Inter GazData current as of 18 September 2026

Popești-Leordeni vs ASU Poli Timişoara: match statistics

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Popești-Leordeni vs ASU Poli Timişoara: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Popești-Leordeni play ASU Poli Timişoara in Liga II (Romania). The match date is 19 September 2026. Venue: Stadionul Inter Gaz.

Current form

Popești-Leordeni: 3-2-0, 2.20 points/match. ASU Poli Timişoara: 4-1-0, 2.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Popești-Leordeni scores 2.29 and concedes 1.43 goals per match. ASU Poli Timişoara scores 2.00 and concedes 0.57. League average: 2.96 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Popești-Leordeni 100%, ASU Poli Timişoara 57%. Over 2.5: Popești-Leordeni 57%, ASU Poli Timişoara 43%. League level: BTTS 60%, Over 2.5 58%.

xG, shots and style

ASU Poli Timişoara has higher xG: 1.74 vs 1.67. Popești-Leordeni: 13.6 shots per match, ASU Poli Timişoara: 12.1.

Match halves

Popești-Leordeni: half-time lead 57%, second-half goals 1.00. ASU Poli Timişoara: half-time lead 43%, second-half goals 1.29.

Goals by minute

Popești-Leordeni: 76-90+ (4 goals). ASU Poli Timişoara: 76-90+ (6 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga II: 2.96 goals per match, BTTS 60%, Over 2.5 58%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Before the match

1X2 odds

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Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
2.29Goals scored / match2
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1.43Goals conceded / match0.57
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
52%Average possession60%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
5Shots on target / match5.86
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13.57Shots per match12.14
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
5Shots on target5.86
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
16.8%Shot conversion16.5%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
52%Possession60%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1.67xG for1.74
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1.39xG against0.99
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

Shooting quality

Popești-Leordeni: Efficient finishingASU Poli Timişoara: Efficient finishing
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
Accuracy (shots on target)37%48%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.14
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.460.34

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

ASU Poli Timişoara is 18% better for: last-5 form.

2.2 pts / match - Popești-Leordeni · 2.6 pts / match - ASU Poli Timişoara

Popești-Leordeni
DWDWW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
57% W43% D0% L
Season (W-D-L)
4-3-0
2.14 pts / match · goal difference +6
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-2-0
2.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
3-0-0
Last 5 at home
3-0-0
WWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.53Opponent xG: 1.33BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 60%
ASU Poli Timişoara
WWWDW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
71% W29% D0% L
Season (W-D-L)
5-2-0
2.43 pts / match · goal difference +10
Last 5 (W-D-L)
4-1-0
2.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
1-2-0
Last 5 away
1-2-0
DWD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 0.6xG: 1.53Opponent xG: 0.89BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Popești-Leordeni is 15% better for: goals scored per match.

2.29 goals / match - Popești-Leordeni · 2 goals / match - ASU Poli Timişoara

ASU Poli Timişoara is 151% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.43 goals / match - Popești-Leordeni · 0.57 goals / match - ASU Poli Timişoara

Popești-Leordeni scoring profile: very strong

Popești-Leordeni scores in 100% of matches (7 of 7 matches), while ASU Poli Timişoara keeps a clean sheet in 43% (3 of 7 matches).

ASU Poli Timişoara scoring profile: very strong

ASU Poli Timişoara scores in 100% of matches (7 of 7 matches), while Popești-Leordeni keeps a clean sheet in 0% (0 of 7 matches).

16Goals scored (season)14
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
10Goals conceded (season)4
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
3.71Average goals in match2.57
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
12Goals scored (last 5)12
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
7Goals conceded (last 5)3
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

How often they score at least...

100%1 goal100%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
57%2 goals43%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
57%3 goals29%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
14%4 goals14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

How often they concede at least...

100%1 goal57%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%2 goals0%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
0%3 goals0%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
0%4 goals0%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

100%
Popești-Leordeni - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.7 of 7 matches
57%
ASU Poli Timişoara - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.4 of 7 matches
60%
League average

Goal patterns

43%BTTS at half-time0%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
14%BTTS in both halves0%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%Scored in both halves29%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

BTTS and goal count

57%Min. 3 goals and BTTS29%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
100%BTTS - last 560%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

Full match - team comparison (Over)

Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

1st half

100%Min. 1 goal before half-time71%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
57%Min. 2 goals before half-time14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
14%Min. 3 goals before half-time14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

2nd half

86%Min. 1 goal after half-time86%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%Min. 2 goals after half-time57%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%Min. 3 goals after half-time14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Popești-Leordeni is 27% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

2 pts / match - Popești-Leordeni · 1.57 pts / match - ASU Poli Timişoara

Popești-Leordeni - half-time state
57% leading29% draw14% trailing
ASU Poli Timişoara - half-time state
43% leading29% draw29% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

2Points per match (1st half)1.57
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1.29Goals scored (1st half)0.71
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
0.71Goals conceded (1st half)0.29
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
2Average goals (1st half)1
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%Clean sheet before half-time71%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
14%No goal before half-time57%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

After half-time (2nd half)

1.43Points per match (2nd half)2.43
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1Goals scored (2nd half)1.29
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
0.71Goals conceded (2nd half)0.29
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
1.71Average goals (2nd half)1.57
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%Clean sheet after half-time71%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara
43%No goal after half-time14%
Popești-LeordeniASU Poli Timişoara

Popești-Leordeni - second-half results

43% W14% D43% L
14
Half-time points
9
Half-time goals
+4
Goal difference (1st half)
10
Second-half points
+2
Goal difference (2nd half)
2.00
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 57% of matches and wins 57%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

ASU Poli Timişoara - second-half results

71% W29% D0% L
11
Half-time points
5
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
17
Second-half points
+7
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.57
PPG before half-time
Lead holding165%

Leads at half-time in 43% of matches and wins 71%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Popești-Leordeni - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.600.80
Goals scored / match1.60.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.8
Average goals in match2.21.6
1 goal100%80%
2 goals60%40%
3 goals20%40%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal0%60%
Goal difference+50
Half-time: 80% leading - 20% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 8
ASU Poli Timişoara - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.403.00
Goals scored / match0.81.6
Goals conceded / match0.40.2
Average goals in match1.21.8
1 goal80%100%
2 goals20%60%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet60%80%
No goal60%0%
Goal difference+2+7
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 100% won - 0% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 4

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Popești-Leordeni
ScoredConceded
3
1
0-15
3
1
16-30
3
3
31-45
1
3
46-60
2
0
61-75
4
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): +2 - wins late phases.

ASU Poli Timişoara
ScoredConceded
2
1
0-15
3
0
16-30
0
1
31-45
3
1
46-60
0
0
61-75
6
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (6 goals). Concedes most in 0-15 (1). Late-goal balance (76-90): +5 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

3.14
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.7
Estimated goal split
home : away
106%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
79%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
100%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
0%
0:0 risk
practically zero
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Popești-Leordeni

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.28
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.58
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.1 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.62
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.04
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
132%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
116%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.06
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.3
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 19% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

ASU Poli Timişoara

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.75
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.68
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.4 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.26
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.42
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
163%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
33%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.17
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.6
Late goals
43% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 14% come in the first quarter-hour.
43%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Liga II).

Teams vs league

Popești-LeordeniLigaASU Poli Timişoara
Average goals in match 3.712.96 2.57
Both teams scored 100%60% 57%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 57%58% 43%
Clean sheets 0%22% 43%
Goal before half-time 100%81% 71%
Goal after half-time 86%84% 86%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.96
Average goals per match
60%
Both teams scored
58%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
22%
Clean sheets
1.73
Home goals / match
1.23
Away goals / match
+41%
Home attack advantage
+29%
Home defence advantage
+14%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
35%
2 goals
13%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
84%
1 goal
49%
2 goals
21%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

FAQ

When do Popești-Leordeni and ASU Poli Timişoara play?

Popești-Leordeni face ASU Poli Timişoara on 19 September 2026 in Liga II at Stadionul Inter Gaz. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What do the goal statistics show before Popești-Leordeni vs ASU Poli Timişoara?

Popești-Leordeni score 2.29 goals per game on average and ASU Poli Timişoara 2.00. The Liga II average is 2.96 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 58% of games. Both teams score in 100% of Popești-Leordeni's matches and 57% of ASU Poli Timişoara's.

What form are Popești-Leordeni and ASU Poli Timişoara in?

Over the last 5 games Popești-Leordeni have a 3-2-0 record (2.20 points per game) and ASU Poli Timişoara 4-1-0 (2.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Popești-Leordeni vs ASU Poli Timişoara?

The statistical background for Popești-Leordeni vs ASU Poli Timişoara — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.