Evenly matched teams: Voluntari vs Chindia Târgovişte match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 10.May
Match begins: 13:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 12th position in the Liga 1 table. Visiting Chindia Târgovişte holds 8th place with 39 pts.

Insights:
  • Voluntari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Liga 1 match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Argeş.

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Voluntari form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Voluntari at their home stadium (Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. Voluntari has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Andone and the players.

Jefte was the last player to score a league goal for Voluntari and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Voluntari haven't scored in 332 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager B. Andone led his Voluntari to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Argeş. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. Before that game, the home loss against Hermannstadt 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 Voluntari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost four.

Voluntari has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Chindia Târgovişte, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1, playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. Chindia Târgovişte has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Târgovişte's last game was the home draw against Gaz Metan Medias (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against UTA Arad with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chindia Târgovişte playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Târgovişte wins, three draws and three defeats.

After this away game Târgovişte return home for a Liga 1 game against Viitorul. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Chindia Târgovişte - Voluntari 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Voluntari won two, Chindia Târgovişte won five and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
8 goals
VoluntariJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
7 goals
Chindia TârgovişteD. Popa
D. Popa
7 goals

Voluntari missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Voluntari Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 4 Played P 5 17 36
10 5 0 Won W 1 7 14
9 4 1 Drew D 2 5 11
17 8 3 Lost L 2 5 11
35 18 2 Scored S 2 11 31
47 21 6 Conceded C 3 8 27
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 76% 86%
67% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 24% 44%
39% 35% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 6% 17%
17% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 11%
8% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
44% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 12% 31%
25% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 65% 50%
36% 35% 50% Failed to Score F T 60% 47% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.4 8.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.5 7.8
3.1 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.5
31% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 34%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (24) in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Liga 1
  • Chindia Târgovişte is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • 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 30 20 5 5 57 22 15 12 2 1 35 7 15 8 3 4 22 15 35 65
2 CFR Cluj 30 19 7 4 42 15 15 8 5 2 22 7 15 11 2 2 20 8 27 64
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 10 4 33 14 15 8 4 3 15 8 15 8 6 1 18 6 19 58
4 Sepsi 30 10 15 5 43 31 15 4 8 3 21 15 15 6 7 2 22 16 12 45
5 Academica Clinceni 30 10 14 6 30 26 15 6 5 4 13 12 15 4 9 2 17 14 4 44
6 Botoşani 30 11 9 10 39 36 15 6 4 5 19 14 15 5 5 5 20 22 3 42
7 Argeş 30 10 10 10 33 41 15 5 6 4 18 17 15 5 4 6 15 24 -8 40
8 Chindia Târgovişte 30 10 9 11 24 26 15 5 4 6 15 18 15 5 5 5 9 8 -2 39
9 Astra 30 9 11 10 38 39 15 4 6 5 18 18 15 5 5 5 20 21 -1 38
10 UTA Arad 30 9 10 11 26 36 15 2 5 8 9 20 15 7 5 3 17 16 -10 37
11 Gaz Metan Medias 30 9 6 15 33 41 15 5 3 7 15 19 15 4 3 8 18 22 -8 33
12 Voluntari 30 8 8 14 32 40 15 4 4 7 17 20 15 4 4 7 15 20 -8 32
13 Viitorul 30 6 13 11 36 37 15 3 7 5 21 24 15 3 6 6 15 13 -1 31
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 7 6 17 26 41 15 3 4 8 14 21 15 4 2 9 12 20 -15 27
15 Hermannstadt 30 5 11 14 28 40 15 4 5 6 17 19 15 1 6 8 11 21 -12 26
16 CSM Iasi 30 7 4 19 29 64 15 4 2 9 14 27 15 3 2 10 15 37 -35 25

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.