Match details. Liga 2, Regular Season - 12. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 10:00 Lagos time. It is played at Stadionul Municipal.
What's at stake. Scm Ramnicu Valcea are 16th on 11 points after 11 games, level on points with ASA Targu Mures, 2 points clear of Viitorul Şelimbăr. A win would take them above ASA Targu Mures. CS Afumati are 12th on 17 points after 11 games, 1 point behind Gloria Bistriţa, 2 points clear of Metaloglobus. A win would take them above Gloria Bistriţa.
Form. Scm Ramnicu Valcea have won three, drawn one and lost six of their last ten, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L W L. In this competition Scm Ramnicu Valcea have gone L L L W L L. CS Afumati have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L W W D. In this competition CS Afumati have gone L L W W D W.
The numbers. Scm Ramnicu Valcea score 1.2 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets and two games without a goal. Scm Ramnicu Valcea average 4.3 corners and 2.6 cards a game. CS Afumati score 1.2 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. CS Afumati average 5.5 corners and 1.4 cards a game.
Head to head. CS Afumati have won all of the last two meetings. Two of the two went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in one. The last time they met, on 6 May 2017, it finished Scm Ramnicu Valcea 0-3 CS Afumati.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 53%.
The case against. Scm Ramnicu Valcea's record still gives them 32% to win.
The read. CS Afumati to win. CS Afumati are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour CS Afumati.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: CS Afumati 1UP (the signs point different ways). Predicted score: Scm Ramnicu Valcea 0-1 CS Afumati (8% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).