LIVE FC Argeș – Farul, duel with the thought of the play-off in the Supeliga: calculations and ranking

FC Argeș – Farul, live from 15:00

FC Argeș – Farul, the starting teams

FC Arges (4-3-3): Cabuz – Oancea, M. Tudose (capt.), Garutti, Borta – Yanis Pîrvu, Sierra, Rață – Micovschi, Matos, Bettaieb
reserves: Straton, Crăciun, Tofan, Briceag, Seto, Rădescu, Blagaic, R. Moldoveanu, Brobbey, Ad. Manole, Idowu, B. Bushes
Coach: Bogdan Andone
Absent: Sadriu (suspended)

Lighthouse (4-3-3): R. Munteanu – Sîrbu, Tîru, Gustavo, Pellegrini – Vînă, Dican, Radaslavescu – Ișfan, Alibec (capt.), Ganea
reserves: Buzbuchi, C. Gheorghe, Duțu, Fotin, Ramalho, L. Banu, Goncear, R. Tanasă, Grigoryan, Doicaru, Vojtus, Markovic
Coach: Ianis Zicu
Absent: Larie (suspended), Steve Furtado, Ionuț Cojocaru (injured)

UPDATE 12:50 » How the Mioveni lawn looks

The consistent layer of snow was removed from Orăsenescul in Mioveni. It has been working since yesterday at maximum speed, a foil was also applied to the playing surface, and the entire beautification process was resumed this morning, at 07:00.

FC Argeș- Farul will therefore be played on a decent lawn. Slightly soft, but nothing to be alarmed about.

Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Carei – Satu Mare) / A1: Mihai Marius Marica (Bistrita) / A2: Ferencz Tunyiogi (Zalau) / VAR referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galati) / Referee AVAR: Cosmin Bojan (Târgu Mureș) / R1: Cristian Moldoveanu (Sfântu Gheorghe – Covasna) / Referees Observer: Adrian Comănescu (Râmnicu Valcea)
Stadium: Orăsenesc, Mioveni (Capacity: 5,948 places)

FC Argeș, the big loser of the last stage, when a flagrant refereeing error put the team's presence in the Top 6 in real danger, receives this afternoon the visit of Farul, which only a victory keeps him in the calculations. Dobrogeni have only mathematical chances in the play-off!

With morale frayed after the “cold shower” from Ploiesti, the people of Pitesti are in a big mess! Without a victory over the “sharks”, the play-off moves further away from the purple-white grouping, which has been in the warm part of the standings for almost the entire season.

The mission of Bogdan Andone's boys is far from easy, taking into account the last performance of the “sailors”. The lighthouse put Rapid and leaves the feeling that it is a reborn team, especially since the “prodigal son” Denis Alibec returned home.

The confrontation also marks a farewell between Alexandru Ișfan, one of the top footballers of the championship, and his former team. Originally from Mioveni, the winger with 8 seasonal successes played for the Trivale club between 2021 and 2023, ticking off 65 matches and eight goals during this time.

FCSB, who play Metaloglobus tomorrow, are also keeping an eye on the duel in Mioveni. The red-blues are in direct battle with FC Argeș and hope for a wrong step by the team from Pitesti, in the context in which, with equal points, the newly promoted would win.

Bogdan Andone, on guard before FC Argeș – Farul: “It's a capital match!”

Bogdan Andone, the technician of the “purple eagles”, emphasized the crucial importance of the match with Farul:

“It's been a long week for us, after a rather complicated period. Unfortunately it caught us after a loss so we had to recharge mentally and physically. I thank the people who helped us with the snow removal and those from Strand for the grass field where we could train in the last days. It was extremely important for the team.

The lighthouse has been looking good lately. They changed the system, they play very offensively, they scored three goals with Rapid, two with Dinamo, four with Craiova. They are a team with execution and experience players, especially after the arrival of Alibec.

From the fifth or sixth stage, I was in the top six places. Now we have to prove that we deserve it. I don't want to talk about pressure. We don't do calculations. The most important game is coming up, a capital one”, Andone pointed out, according to arges-sport.ro.

I would like a full stadium. A team like FC Argeș, without supporters, is like a seven-headed dragon missing a few. It's a capital match, through which you can take the step towards the play-off or the play-out. Supporters must be with the team from the first minute to the end.

– Bogdan Andone, FC Argeș coach

We play with the knife to the bone. Stake matches are the best! We have to give our lives on the pitch and win the remaining three games. We are newly promoted, but we spent the whole championship in the play-offs. We have grown a lot, both individually and as a team, thanks to our coach.

– Yanis Pîrvu, “wing” FC Argeș, according the cited source

Ianis Zicu's analysis: “A special game, after everything that happened in the last week”

Here is what Ianis Zicu, the “sailors” antennae, also declared:

“It's a special game, after everything that happened in the last week, related to their game and what points they lost to Petrolul. I am convinced that, after the results recorded last night in the stage (no friday) their desire to make a good game at home will be very high and we must be prepared for anything that may arise during the game. From the frustration of the stands, to the pressure of the opposing team, which can be very high, as we meet an opponent who depends only on him to be in the play-offs.

We have to play a good game, be ready to fight, to fight.

The opponent plays very well on the counterattack, I think they are the best team in this regard. Plus the fixed phases, which, likewise, treat you very well”, said Zicu, according to ziuaconstanta.ro.

Marica fears a hostile arbitration: “I hope he doesn't take revenge on them”

Ciprian Marica, one of the shareholders of Farul, hopes that the referee of the meeting in Mioveni will not try to compensate for the mistake that damaged FC Argeș in the previous stage:.

“I saw what happened to the people from FC Argeș. And I saw that they are very angry and very vocal. When you want to correct a mistake, you make another and bigger one. That's the reality. Now, I hope the referees don't make this mistake again.

I mean, I hope they don't get their revenge against FC Argeș because those points were taken away from them. I hope this misfortune does not happen, because we would be laughed at. That's it, it was wrong! But I hope we don't continue in this mistake, and that there will be a fair refereeing in the match with FC Argeș. I hope they don't try to make up for this mistake. I'm really thinking… I hope it doesn't happen.

Maybe they have this tendency… I hope they don't say «It was wrong against them, Dani Coman screams that the team is not wanted in the play-offs, so now let's put them in the play-offs». I really hope that doesn't happen. I understand the dissatisfaction of those from FC Argeș and they are right, I also understand the referee that he wanted to correct a mistake, but let's stop here”, Ciprian Marica told GSP.ro.

FC Arges – Farul | Key data about the match, filtered by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache

– Seven wins, two draws and four defeats is the record recorded by Pitesti in the current season at home.

– Dobrogeni won three of the 13 away games in the current championship, and three other times they ended in a draw.

– FC Argeș is the formation with the most goals scored on the counterattack – 14.

– The Constanta group is leader in the hierarchy regarding successful dribbles – 251, chapter where the people from Pitesti are the last, only 135.

– The hosts have 12 games without conceding a goala performance that we meet in the first 27 rounds only at Dinamo and FC Botoșani.

– If it will be used, Victor Dican will mark the match with the number 150 in the Superliga. In front of a round number is also Bogdan Andone, for whom the game with Farul will be his 100th as a head coach on the premier stage.

– Argeșeni are the only ones in the championship who have given the captain's armband to two of the national U 21 eligible players, Mario Tudose – 6 stages and Yanis Pîrvu – 1 match.

– The most recent direct Superliga match: October 17, 2025, Farul-FC Argeș 0-0.