Voluntari vs Astra match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Liga 1, with both Voluntari and Astra experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 13th place.

Insights:
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Astra has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1

It's no vacation for neither Voluntari nor Astra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Voluntari form and stats

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Voluntari so far this season. All in all it has been a very rough period for Voluntari who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against CSM Iaşi, 88 days ago.

The home team returns to Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu after being equal after 90 minutes with Sepsi (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Liga 1 game ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Universitatea Craiova that ended 1-1.

Voluntari has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Voluntari have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Astra form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Astra so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Astra in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting Viitorul, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to CFR Cluj.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Argeş in just three days.

Astra are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Astra have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari and Astra have met before this season: Astra - Voluntari 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Voluntari victories, four draws and three Astra wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AstraC. Budescu
C. Budescu
7 goals
AstraV. Gheorghe
V. Gheorghe
4 goals
VoluntariC. Achim
C. Achim
3 goals

Voluntari missing players

Astra missing players

Voluntari Astra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
11 5 0 Lost L 1 5 10
24 13 4 Scored S 2 12 24
33 14 0 Conceded C 2 17 31
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 80%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
25% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 30%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 30% 20%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 40%
10% 10% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 25%
35% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.2 8.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.5 7.1
3.3 4.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.1
36% 32% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 43% 38%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Astra has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • Astra 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 20 14 3 3 47 19 10 9 1 0 30 6 10 5 2 3 17 13 28 45
2 CFR Cluj 19 12 5 2 26 9 10 4 4 2 10 6 9 8 1 0 16 3 17 41
3 Universitatea Craiova 20 10 7 3 23 13 10 4 3 3 10 8 10 6 4 0 13 5 10 37
4 Sepsi 20 8 9 3 33 20 10 4 4 2 16 9 10 4 5 1 17 11 13 33
5 Academica Clinceni 20 7 9 4 21 17 10 5 3 2 10 6 10 2 6 2 11 11 4 30
6 Chindia Targoviste 19 7 7 5 17 15 9 3 3 3 10 12 10 4 4 2 7 3 2 28
7 Botosani 20 7 6 7 28 25 10 3 4 3 13 8 10 4 2 4 15 17 3 27
8 Viitorul 19 5 9 5 27 26 10 3 5 2 19 18 9 2 4 3 8 8 1 24
9 Gaz Metan Mediaş 20 7 3 10 26 31 10 4 2 4 13 14 10 3 1 6 13 17 -5 24
10 UTA Arad 19 6 6 7 17 28 9 1 3 5 6 16 10 5 3 2 11 12 -11 24
11 Dinamo Bucuresti 19 6 4 9 22 24 10 3 3 4 12 10 9 3 1 5 10 14 -2 22
12 Argeş 20 4 8 8 19 27 10 2 4 4 10 13 10 2 4 4 9 14 -8 20
13 Astra 19 4 6 9 24 30 9 2 3 4 12 13 10 2 3 5 12 17 -6 18
14 Voluntari 20 4 5 11 24 33 10 3 2 5 13 14 10 1 3 6 11 19 -9 17
15 Hermannstadt 20 3 8 9 19 30 10 2 3 5 10 15 10 1 5 4 9 15 -11 17
16 CSM Iaşi 20 4 3 13 18 44 10 2 2 6 10 19 10 2 1 7 8 25 -26 15

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.