Popesti Leordeni vs Metalul Buzau

Romania • Liga II • 2026/2027 • Round 12

Popesti Leordeni

09:0031 October 2026

Metalul Buzau

Match information

Country: Romania
Competition: Liga II
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 12
Date: 31 October 2026
Kick-off: 09:00
Stadium: Stadionul Clinceni

Prediction

Popesti Leordeni win42%

Draw29%

Metalul Buzau win29%

Full prediction

Clubs

Popesti Leordeni

Country: Romania
Stadium: Stadionul Inter Gaz
City: Popeşti-Leordeni
Capacity: 3 000
Surface: grass

Metalul Buzau

Founded: 1954
Country: Romania
Stadium: Teren Sintetic Cornel Negoescu
City: Buzău
Capacity: 3 000
Surface: artificial turf

Recent form

Popesti Leordeni

LLWWW

Metalul Buzau

WWWDW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	Chindia Targoviste	11	+13	24
4	Popesti Leordeni	11	+11	24
5	Cetatea Suceava	11	+10	21
6	Metalul Buzau	11	+6	21
7	CSM Resita	11	+3	21

Full standings

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
Marathon	2.36	3.25	2.56
Betfair	2.30	3.50	2.63
1xBet	2.36	3.25	2.56
Betano	2.35	3.25	2.90
Dafabet	2.33	3.25	2.90

Best odds: 1 - 2.36 | X - 3.50 | 2 - 2.90

Double Chance

1X: 1.42
X2: 1.60
12: 1.31

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.67
No: 2.17

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.06
Under 0.5: 10.00
Over 1.5: 1.29
Under 1.5: 3.72
Over 2.5: 1.87
Under 2.5: 1.94
Over 3.5: 3.00
Under 3.5: 1.34
Over 4.5: 5.45
Under 4.5: 1.13
Over 5.5: 11.00
Under 5.5: 1.04

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Popesti Leordeni	Metalul Buzau
-2.5 / +2.5	9.30	1.02
-2 / +2	8.90	1.03
-1.5 / +1.5	4.85	1.11
-1 / +1	3.92	1.18
0 / 0	1.76	1.90
+1 / -1	1.14	4.45
+1.5 / -1.5	1.09	5.40
+2 / -2	1.01	10.00

Match result probability

Popesti Leordeni win42%

Draw29%

Metalul Buzau win29%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 71%
X2: 58%
12: 71%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 63%
Under 1.5: 37%
Over 2.5: 36%
Under 2.5: 64%
Over 3.5: 17%
Under 3.5: 83%

Both teams to score

Yes: 43%
No: 57%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Popesti Leordeni	Metalul Buzau
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	99%	1%
+2.5 / -2.5	97%	3%
+1.5 / -1.5	90%	10%
+0.5 / -0.5	71%	29%
-0.5 / +0.5	42%	58%
-1.5 / +1.5	18%	82%
-2.5 / +2.5	6%	94%
-3.5 / +3.5	2%	98%
-4.5 / +4.5	0%	100%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Popesti Leordeni: Catalin Gheorghe
Metalul Buzau: Valentin Stan

Squad - Popesti Leordeni

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
1	Marc Radulescu	19
12	Razvan Began	30
90	Alexandru Achiriloaiei	25
Defenders
3	Andrei Bobaru	26
4	Nicolae Leafu	31
16	Darius Dobrean	22
16	Razvan Iacob	18
19	lonut Nadolu	23
20	Andrei Sin	34
21	Luca Patrascoiu	20
27	Nicusor Fota	29
45	Alexandru Dutu Stefan	22
	Mario Tanasescu	19
Midfielders
5	Eric Damascan	18
6	Ayomide Raji	20
8	Cristian Balgiu	32
10	Leonard Boiangiu	29
11	Marius Tudorica	32
15	Adrian Capraru	19
17	Robert Enache	24
18	Patrick Mutu	19
26	Denis Ciobanu	22
28	Bogdan Firtinescu	20
Forwards
7	Robert Mustaca	24
9	Alexandru Dane	25
13	Wilfred Njindja	29
23	Andrei Sora	18
24	Quadri Taiwo	20
25	Mihai Ion	28
29	Mihai Neicutescu	28
30	Alexandru Nicola	29
45	Alexandru Ditu	18

Squad - Metalul Buzau

#	Player	Age
Goalkeepers
23	Andrei Ureche	28
25	Iulian Dinu	28
Defenders
2	Claudiu Juncanaru	30
3	Raul Alecsandroaie	18
4	Nicolaie Olaru Alberto	28
5	Danila Parfeon	28
16	Adelin Ilie	18
26	Nikolaos Baxevanos	27
80	Ricardo Caldararu	18
Midfielders
6	Yasuhiro Hanada	26
8	Dorinel Oprea Danut	28
9	Geani Cretu	26
10	Razvan Milea	26
14	Ilyas El Khabchi	28
15	Koki Hayashi	25
19	Darius Bancila	19
20	Andrei Cublesan	18
27	Florin Opait	19
77	Florentin Puiu	23
97	Alin Nica	28
99	Gabriel Bortoneanu Claudiu	27
Forwards
7	Cristian Dumitru	24
11	Adrian-Sabin Moldovan	27
28	Valentin Robu	23
70	Luca Nagy	20
98	Alexandru Saim Tudor	28

Head-to-head

No previous meetings of these clubs in the data.

Form: last 10 matches

	Popesti Leordeni	Metalul Buzau
W-D-L	6-1-3	6-2-2
Scored (per match)	22 (2.2)	14 (1.4)
Conceded (per match)	16 (1.6)	8 (0.8)
Clean sheets	2 / 10	6 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	3 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	8 / 10	3 / 10

Recent form - Popesti Leordeni

W24 October 2026 • Liga II • CS Din. Bucuresti 1 : 2 Popesti Leordeni (Half-time 1 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Liga II • Popesti Leordeni 2 : 0 Afumati (Half-time 1 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Liga II • Metaloglobus Bucharest 0 : 3 Popesti Leordeni (Half-time 0 : 1)
L26 September 2026 • Club Friendlies • Farul Constanta 2 : 1 Popesti Leordeni (Half-time 1 : 0)
L19 September 2026 • Liga II • Popesti Leordeni 3 : 4 Politehnica Timisoara (Half-time 2 : 3)
W12 September 2026 • Liga II • Gloria Bistrita 2 : 3 Popesti Leordeni (Half-time 2 : 3)
W5 September 2026 • Liga II • Popesti Leordeni 3 : 2 FC Bihor (Half-time 2 : 0)
D29 August 2026 • Liga II • Cetatea Suceava 1 : 1 Popesti Leordeni (Half-time 0 : 1)
W22 August 2026 • Liga II • Popesti Leordeni 4 : 1 CSM Resita (Half-time 1 : 1)
L19 August 2026 • Cupa României • Popesti Leordeni 0 : 3 FC Bacau (Half-time 0 : 1)

Recent form - Metalul Buzau

W24 October 2026 • Liga II • Metalul Buzau 3 : 0 Stefanesti (Half-time 2 : 0)
D17 October 2026 • Liga II • CSM Satu Mare 0 : 0 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Liga II • Metalul Buzau 1 : 0 FC ASA Tg. Mures (Half-time 0 : 0)
W19 September 2026 • Liga II • Concordia 0 : 1 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 0 : 0)
W13 September 2026 • Liga II • Metalul Buzau 2 : 0 Unirea Slobozia (Half-time 0 : 0)
D5 September 2026 • Liga II • Selimbar 1 : 1 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 0 : 1)
L29 August 2026 • Liga II • Metalul Buzau 1 : 3 Chindia Targoviste (Half-time 1 : 1)
L22 August 2026 • Liga II • CSM Slatina 2 : 0 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 1 : 0)
W15 August 2026 • Liga II • CS Din. Bucuresti 0 : 1 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 0 : 1)
W12 August 2026 • Cupa României • Baicoi 2 : 4 Metalul Buzau (Half-time 1 : 2)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Politehnica Timisoara	11	8	3	0	21	8	+13	27
2	CSM Slatina	11	8	1	2	19	10	+9	25
3	Chindia Targoviste	11	8	0	3	27	14	+13	24
4	Popesti Leordeni	11	7	3	1	26	15	+11	24
5	Cetatea Suceava	11	6	3	2	22	12	+10	21
6	Metalul Buzau	11	6	3	2	13	7	+6	21
7	CSM Resita	11	7	0	4	16	13	+3	21
8	Concordia	11	6	1	4	26	18	+8	19
9	FC Bacau	11	5	3	3	22	10	+12	18
10	FC Bihor	11	5	3	3	18	10	+8	18
11	Gloria Bistrita	11	6	0	5	15	14	+1	18
12	Afumati	11	5	2	4	17	17	0	17
13	Metaloglobus Bucharest	11	4	3	4	13	15	-2	15
14	FC ASA Tg. Mures	11	3	2	6	14	21	-7	11
15	Ramnicu Valcea	11	3	2	6	10	17	-7	11
16	Steaua Bucuresti	11	2	4	5	13	19	-6	10
17	Selimbar	11	2	3	6	8	20	-12	9
18	Unirea Slobozia	11	2	2	7	14	15	-1	8
19	CS Din. Bucuresti	11	2	1	8	16	32	-16	7
20	CSM Satu Mare	11	0	6	5	7	15	-8	6
21	Stefanesti	11	2	0	9	7	26	-19	6
22	CSC Dumbravita	11	0	3	8	7	23	-16	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Politehnica Timisoara	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16
2	CSM Slatina	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	15
3	FC Bacau	6	4	2	0	17	3	+14	14
4	FC Bihor	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14
5	Cetatea Suceava	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13
6	Chindia Targoviste	5	4	0	1	14	7	+7	12
7	Popesti Leordeni	5	4	0	1	15	9	+6	12
8	Metalul Buzau	5	4	0	1	10	4	+6	12
9	CSM Resita	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12
10	Gloria Bistrita	6	4	0	2	9	7	+2	12
11	Afumati	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	10
12	FC ASA Tg. Mures	5	3	0	2	10	11	-1	9
13	Metaloglobus Bucharest	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	8
14	Concordia	5	2	0	3	9	8	+1	6
15	Selimbar	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
16	Steaua Bucuresti	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
17	Stefanesti	5	2	0	3	6	8	-2	6
18	Ramnicu Valcea	6	1	2	3	7	9	-2	5
19	Unirea Slobozia	5	1	1	3	11	8	+3	4
20	CSM Satu Mare	5	0	3	2	1	5	-4	3
21	CSC Dumbravita	6	0	2	4	2	9	-7	2
22	CS Din. Bucuresti	5	0	1	4	5	11	-6	1