Soccer betting preview: Voluntari welcomes Argeş in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Voluntari languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Argeş will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Argeş has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Voluntari and Argeş.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari's results here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Victor Teodor Rimniceanu not having conceded a league goal in 219 minutes.

Voluntari travelled for their previous game, a trip to CFR Cluj that ended 0-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Viitorul with a 1-0 scoreline.

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 Voluntari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.

Voluntari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Voluntari defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Argeş form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Argeş playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Things are running smoothly for Argeş who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Academica Clinceni.

There were no winners in Argeş's previous match, a Liga 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Sepsi (placed 4th). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Viitorul.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Argeş in our archives, and the results are: one win for Argeş, five draws and two defeats.

The visiting Argeş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Argeş in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Argeş - Voluntari 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşC. Malele
C. Malele
7 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
4 goals
VoluntariJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
4 goals

Voluntari missing players

Argeş missing players

Voluntari Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
5 3 1 Won W 1 3 6
6 2 1 Drew D 2 4 9
12 6 2 Lost L 0 4 8
26 14 5 Scored S 5 11 23
36 17 7 Conceded C 3 14 28
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
57% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 35%
26% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 17%
13% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
57% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 52%
17% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 22%
35% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
8.3 8.9 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.7 7.7
3.3 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.5
35% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 28%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Argeş haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 23 15 3 5 48 21 11 9 1 1 30 7 12 6 2 4 18 14 27 48
2 CFR Cluj 23 14 6 3 30 12 12 5 5 2 12 7 11 9 1 1 18 5 18 48
3 Universitatea Craiova 23 12 8 3 27 13 11 5 3 3 11 8 12 7 5 0 16 5 14 44
4 Sepsi 23 8 12 3 37 24 11 4 5 2 19 12 12 4 7 1 18 12 13 36
5 Botosani 23 10 6 7 35 29 12 5 4 3 17 10 11 5 2 4 18 19 6 36
6 Academica Clinceni 23 8 10 5 22 20 12 5 4 3 10 9 11 3 6 2 12 11 2 34
7 Chindia Targoviste 23 7 8 8 20 21 12 3 4 5 13 17 11 4 4 3 7 4 -1 29
8 UTA Arad 23 7 8 8 22 31 11 1 4 6 7 18 12 6 4 2 15 13 -9 29
9 Gaz Metan Medias 23 8 4 11 29 34 11 5 2 4 14 14 12 3 2 7 15 20 -5 28
10 Argeş 23 6 9 8 23 28 12 3 5 4 12 14 11 3 4 4 11 14 -5 27
11 Dinamo Bucuresti 23 7 5 11 23 26 12 3 4 5 12 11 11 4 1 6 11 15 -3 26
12 Viitorul 23 5 10 8 29 31 11 3 5 3 19 19 12 2 5 5 10 12 -2 25
13 Astra 23 6 7 10 31 36 11 2 4 5 13 16 12 4 3 5 18 20 -5 25
14 Hermannstadt 23 4 10 9 22 32 12 3 4 5 12 16 11 1 6 4 10 16 -10 22
15 Voluntari 23 5 6 12 26 36 11 3 2 6 14 17 12 2 4 6 12 19 -10 21
16 CSM Iasi 23 4 4 15 23 53 12 2 2 8 12 25 11 2 2 7 11 28 -30 16

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.