Soccer preview: Home fans have high hopes when FCSB welcome Voluntari

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Naţională (55600 seats)

A win is the only result that will suffice for the FCSB followers in this Arena Naţională clash with Voluntari, as they enjoy a healthy lead on the away side in the Liga 1 standings.

Insights:
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+14) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Liga 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FCSB form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what FCSB have to build on here at Arena Naţională in the Liga 1.

FCSB enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Botosani's place. The match ended 1-0 with Lixandru scoring.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Universitatea Cluj that ended 2-2.

FCSB are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Naţională in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Voluntari so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).

The attacking players of Voluntari have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 244 minutes. 227 minutes! That's how long the Voluntari goalkeeper Jesus Fernandez Collado and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Voluntari delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Universitatea Craiova (placed 4th) in their previous fixture.

Before that, Voluntari travelled to UTA Arad and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Voluntari have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

FCSB have won or drawn the last 6 games (3-3-0) against Voluntari.

Top Goalscorers

FCSBD. Olaru
D. Olaru
6 goals
FCSBF. Coman
F. Coman
4 goals
FCSBA. Compagno
A. Compagno
4 goals

FCSB missing players

Voluntari missing players

FCSB Voluntari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 6 12
9 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
25 10 4 Scored S 1 7 15
11 4 2 Conceded C 4 12 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
75% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
67% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 75%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 50%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 17% 25%
58% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 75%
42% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
4.7 5.8 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 3.8
3.7 1.6 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.8
2.9 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.3 15 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.2 11.8
5.8 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.7
36% 37% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 34%
 
13.8 12 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 24 16.8 15.2
3.2 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 5.2 5.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • FCSB have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FCSB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+14) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FCSB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Voluntari have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have won significantly more corners away than 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 12 9 2 1 25 11 5 4 1 0 10 4 7 5 1 1 15 7 14 29
2 CFR Cluj 12 8 2 2 25 12 6 5 1 0 12 2 6 3 1 2 13 10 13 26
3 Rapid Bucuresti 12 6 4 2 25 14 7 4 2 1 15 8 5 2 2 1 10 6 11 22
4 Universitatea Craiova 12 6 4 2 19 10 5 4 1 0 11 2 7 2 3 2 8 8 9 22
5 SSC Farul 11 6 0 5 16 16 5 3 0 2 9 6 6 3 0 3 7 10 0 18
6 Hermannstadt 12 3 7 2 17 14 6 2 3 1 10 8 6 1 4 1 7 6 3 16
7 Petrolul 52 12 3 7 2 14 13 7 2 4 1 10 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 1 16
8 Universitatea Cluj 12 3 6 3 17 20 6 1 2 3 6 11 6 2 4 0 11 9 -3 15
9 Otelul 12 2 8 2 10 10 7 1 4 2 5 7 5 1 4 0 5 3 0 14
10 U Craiova 1948 12 4 1 7 20 23 7 2 1 4 15 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 -3 13
11 Sepsi 11 3 3 5 11 15 5 2 2 1 6 7 6 1 1 4 5 8 -4 12
12 Voluntari 12 3 3 6 15 23 6 2 1 3 8 11 6 1 2 3 7 12 -8 12
13 CSM Iasi 11 3 2 6 13 18 4 0 2 2 3 8 7 3 0 4 10 10 -5 11
14 UTA Arad 11 2 4 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 0 3 3 4 9 -6 10
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 12 2 3 7 8 20 7 1 2 4 3 10 5 1 1 3 5 10 -12 9
16 Botosani 12 0 6 6 11 21 6 0 4 2 5 7 6 0 2 4 6 14 -10 6

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.