Round two of the Liga 1 season and the participants have adjusted from insights gained in the first game. Here's the SSC Farul - Voluntari guide:
Not a lot of time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Champions League match only four days back. That game was an away game at Sheriff, so at least Farul are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
SSC Farul form and stats
Last season, SSC Farul's league statistics were 19 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, providing 1st place in the Liga 1. In these 30 matches they scored {54 goals} and gave away 28. Playing as the home side in the previous season SSC Farul generated 12-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 9 conceded.
The supporters are hoping that SSC Farul will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the Champions League fixture against Sheriff.
In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus Hermannstadt with a 1-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with SSC Farul perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SSC Farul as a small favourite), we find 5 games. SSC Farul has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Voluntari form and stats
Let's have a look at how Voluntari performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 15/21 goals scored/conceded.
Merloi (2) scored in Voluntari's previous match, the home game against Botosani that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to U Craiova 1948 (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Voluntari in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Voluntari, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Farul victories, two draws and two Voluntari wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Merloi 2 goals |
SSC Farul missing players
Voluntari missing players
| SSC Farul | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| SSC Farul | Last season | Voluntari | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 76 | 48 | Scored | S | 28 | 48 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 31 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 90% | ||
| 85% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 42% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 35% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 25% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.2 | ||
| 5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | ||
| 10.3 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Botosani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | CSM Iasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | SSC Farul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 42 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 29 |
