A new Liga 1 season is ready to start and this is the first real fixture for Petrolul 52 and Voluntari. Game on!
Petrolul 52 form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Petrolul 52 as they were promoted from Liga 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 16 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 19 games. The team scored 21 goals at home last season and conceded 1. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Petrolul 52 have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 4 victories, 1 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Petrolul 52 have scored 15 goals and conceded 4 times.
Voluntari form and stats
Let's have a look at how Voluntari performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Voluntari, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's a day of discovery for Voluntari as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Voluntari have played five with the results W1-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Voluntari has scored 16 goals and conceded 8 times.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Diarra 15 goals | M. Bratu 6 goals |  E. Cebotaru 4 goals |
Petrolul 52 missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Petrolul 52 | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petrolul 52 | Last season | Voluntari | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | ||
| 66% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 41% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 2% | ||
| 28% | 13% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 38% | ||
| 66% | 87% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 45% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 8 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 61 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 57 |
| 4 | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 44 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 41 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 57 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 56 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 35 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 32 |
| 6 | Arges | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -23 | 27 |
