Match Report
The table read 2nd (Viitorul, 32 pts) against 9th (Astra, 24 pts), 8 points apart. Viitorul had been under-performing their position — 30th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Viitorul were scoring 1 and conceding 0.44, Astra 0.67 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.12 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Astra — four in succession. Viitorul had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Astra, 1.
Stadionul Central in Ovidiu, capacity 4,545, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.