Hermannstadt vs Voluntari match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Municipal

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 13.December
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (8200 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadionul Municipal haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Hermannstadt languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Voluntari will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Hermannstadt form and stats

Overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Hermannstadt, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1, are 1-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Hermannstadt, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Hermannstadt drew their last game, 1-1 away at Chindia Targoviste (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (placed 9th). Before that game, the home loss against Astra with the scoreline 0-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hermannstadt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won one, drawn six and lost two.

The Hermannstadt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. Hermannstadt's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Voluntari form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Voluntari playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Voluntari seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Voluntari's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Academica Clinceni that finished 3-3. A 0-6 loss hosting Gaz Metan Medias before that.

The match against Academica Clinceni looked like a defeat for Voluntari, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Ion Gheorghe equalized in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Academica Clinceni was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Voluntari, three draws and two defeats.

After this away game Voluntari return home for a Liga 1 game against Chindia Targoviste. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Voluntari have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 5 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Voluntari have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Hermannstadt victories, three draws and three Voluntari wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariC. Achim
C. Achim
3 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
3 goals
HermannstadtR. Santos Pires
R. Santos Pires
2 goals

Hermannstadt missing players

Voluntari missing players

Hermannstadt Voluntari
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 3 5 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 4
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 6
11 5 1 Scored S 4 5 17
16 6 1 Conceded C 7 9 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
73% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 83%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 75%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 25%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 17%
64% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 58%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 17%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.4 8.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.8 9.7
2.7 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.4 3.8
37% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 42% 37%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Hermannstadt has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga 1
  • Hermannstadt have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hermannstadt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FCSB 12 10 0 2 34 12 6 6 0 0 21 3 6 4 0 2 13 9 22 30
2 Universitatea Craiova 11 8 1 2 14 5 5 3 0 2 5 3 6 5 1 0 9 2 9 25
3 CFR Cluj 11 6 3 2 12 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 6 21
4 Sepsi 12 5 5 2 17 12 6 2 3 1 7 5 6 3 2 1 10 7 5 20
5 Academica Clinceni 12 5 5 2 14 9 6 3 1 2 6 4 6 2 4 0 8 5 5 20
6 UTA Arad 12 4 5 3 12 14 5 1 2 2 4 6 7 3 3 1 8 8 -2 17
7 Viitorul 11 4 4 3 17 15 6 2 3 1 11 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 2 16
8 Voluntari 12 4 2 6 17 19 7 3 1 3 12 10 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 14
9 Chindia Targoviste 11 4 2 5 7 9 5 2 0 3 4 7 6 2 2 2 3 2 -2 14
10 Gaz Metan Medias 11 4 1 6 17 17 5 1 1 3 7 9 6 3 0 3 10 8 0 13
11 Botosani 12 3 4 5 17 19 5 1 2 2 6 5 7 2 2 3 11 14 -2 13
12 Dinamo Bucuresti 12 3 3 6 13 14 6 1 3 2 6 5 6 2 0 4 7 9 -1 12
13 Hermannstadt 11 2 5 4 11 16 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 1 3 2 6 10 -5 11
14 CSM Iasi 11 3 1 7 12 29 6 2 1 3 9 14 5 1 0 4 3 15 -17 10
15 Arges 12 2 3 7 10 19 7 2 1 4 7 10 5 0 2 3 3 9 -9 9
16 Astra 11 2 2 7 11 20 6 1 1 4 8 12 5 1 1 3 3 8 -9 8

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.