Liga 1: Argeş - Voluntari pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Liga 1: Two participants in reasonable shape get together for this match. Voluntari hold a tiny edge with their 3rd place in the league table?

Insights:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Argeş form and stats

The overall Liga 1 stats at home this season for Argeş are 6-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Argeş, as their goalkeeper Alexandru Doru Greab has completely shut out the opponents for 250 minutes in the Liga 1.

Argeş enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SSC Farul's place. The match ended 1-0 with Latovlevici scoring.

Before that, Argeş had a home game versus Mioveni which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Argeş perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Argeş as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Argeş has won four of these, drawn seven and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga 1 game versus FCSB in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Argeş here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Argeş have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Voluntari are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the match against Sepsi (placed 10th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against SSC Farul wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Voluntari, two draws and three defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Voluntari as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Voluntari in these games.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari - Argeş 0-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Previous four meetings involving these contenders: Argeş won four, Voluntari triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariV. Raţă
V. Raţă
7 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
5 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
5 goals

Argeş missing players

Voluntari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Argeş Voluntari
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
12 6 1 Won W 2 4 13
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 7
10 5 2 Lost L 2 5 7
25 12 3 Scored S 3 10 31
21 11 4 Conceded C 6 15 25
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 81%
44% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 63%
22% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 44%
7% 8% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 15%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
30% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 41%
41% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 37%
37% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 41%
 
4.4 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.7 3.8
4.2 3.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.7 4.9
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.6 10.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.6 8.5
3.4 4.5 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.7
27% 20% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 31%
 
9.1 8.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.2 12.9
3.3 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.2 4.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 27 21 4 2 41 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 13 9 2 2 19 9 26 67
2 FCSB 27 17 8 2 53 25 13 10 3 0 37 16 14 7 5 2 16 9 28 59
3 Voluntari 27 13 7 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 15 6 46
4 Universitatea Craiova 27 13 6 8 50 29 13 8 3 2 28 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 21 45
5 Botoşani 27 11 12 4 32 24 13 6 5 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 45
6 SSC Farul 27 12 6 9 38 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 13 3 5 5 16 12 18 42
7 Argeş 27 12 5 10 25 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 41
8 Rapid Bucuresti 27 8 12 7 30 27 13 4 6 3 12 9 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 36
9 UTA Arad 27 7 13 7 20 18 13 4 5 4 8 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 2 34
10 Sepsi 27 7 12 8 28 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 11 14 3 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 27 6 11 10 18 22 14 2 7 5 10 14 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 29
12 Mioveni 27 6 10 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 28
13 U Craiova 1948 27 6 9 12 24 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 27
14 Gaz Metan Medias 27 6 6 15 21 37 13 2 6 5 11 14 14 4 0 10 10 23 -16 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 27 4 4 19 21 58 14 4 3 7 16 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -37 16
16 Academica Clinceni 27 2 5 20 19 61 14 1 3 10 10 30 13 1 2 10 9 31 -42 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 27 21 4 2 41 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 13 9 2 2 19 9 26 67
2 FCSB 27 17 8 2 53 25 13 10 3 0 37 16 14 7 5 2 16 9 28 59
3 Voluntari 27 13 7 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 13 4 4 5 10 15 6 46
4 Universitatea Craiova 27 13 6 8 50 29 13 8 3 2 28 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 21 45
5 Botoşani 27 11 12 4 32 24 13 6 5 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 45
6 SSC Farul 27 12 6 9 38 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 13 3 5 5 16 12 18 42
7 Argeş 27 12 5 10 25 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 41
8 Rapid Bucuresti 27 8 12 7 30 27 13 4 6 3 12 9 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 36
9 UTA Arad 27 7 13 7 20 18 13 4 5 4 8 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 2 34
10 Sepsi 27 7 12 8 28 25 13 5 5 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 11 14 3 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 27 6 11 10 18 22 14 2 7 5 10 14 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 29
12 Mioveni 27 6 10 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 28
13 U Craiova 1948 27 6 9 12 24 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 27
14 Gaz Metan Medias 27 6 6 15 21 37 13 2 6 5 11 14 14 4 0 10 10 23 -16 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 27 4 4 19 21 58 14 4 3 7 16 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -37 16
16 Academica Clinceni 27 2 5 20 19 61 14 1 3 10 10 30 13 1 2 10 9 31 -42 11

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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.