Liga 1 preview: Can Viitorul edge out victory against Voluntari?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (3000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Viitorul are in the 7th position while the guesting Voluntari worry at 14th.

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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Viitorul form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Central for Viitorul. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Viitorul haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 253 minutes ago. G. Iancu scored that one. The Viitorul goalkeeper Catalin Vasile Cabuz is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 188 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

Viitorul drew their last game, also a home match. Academica Clinceni was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at CFR Cluj that finished 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viitorul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 13 games), Viitorul's attacking play is working. Viitorul's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-3-7 (13 played). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Voluntari, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Impressive finishing from Moussa Sanoh and Eric De Oliveira secured the home win 2-0 against Hermannstadt in their previous game. Prior to that result Voluntari won their away game at Chindia Targoviste. The scoreline was 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Voluntari have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, two draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Voluntari when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Voluntari have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Voluntari - Viitorul 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Viitorul won seven, Voluntari won one and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ViitorulG. Iancu
G. Iancu
10 goals
Viitorul
R. Ferreira Mosca
6 goals
Voluntari
C. Ţîră
5 goals

Viitorul missing players

Voluntari missing players

Viitorul Voluntari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 8 3 Won W 0 3 5
7 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
8 3 0 Lost L 3 7 16
44 31 8 Scored S 1 12 22
29 13 3 Conceded C 4 24 45
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 85%
73% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 73%
62% 77% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 69% 69%
38% 54% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 23%
19% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 8%
58% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 54%
27% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 19%
27% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 42%
 
6 6.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 3.8 4
3.4 3.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.9 5.4
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
332 204 63 Total Shots T S 57 111 236
125 80 18 Shots on Target S O 18 43 91
35% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 28% 24%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Viitorul has the most scored goals (31) at home
  • Viitorul has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
  • Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viitorul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Viitorul have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Voluntari have scored away.
  • Voluntari has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
  • Voluntari has the fewest scored goals (22)
  • Voluntari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Voluntari has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Voluntari has the the worst goal difference (-23)
  • Voluntari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 26 15 7 4 51 16 13 11 2 0 30 2 13 4 5 4 21 14 35 52
2 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 4 8 41 28 13 9 1 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 17 16 13 46
3 Botoşani 26 12 9 5 36 30 13 6 4 3 18 16 13 6 5 2 18 14 6 45
4 FCSB 26 13 5 8 37 29 13 5 4 4 17 17 13 8 1 4 20 12 8 44
5 Gaz Metan Mediaş 26 12 7 7 34 30 13 7 5 1 19 10 13 5 2 6 15 20 4 43
6 Astra 26 13 6 7 38 29 13 8 4 1 24 13 13 5 2 6 14 16 9 42
7 Viitorul 26 11 7 8 44 29 13 8 2 3 31 13 13 3 5 5 13 16 15 40
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 10 4 12 37 41 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 1 2 10 12 29 -4 34
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 10 13 2 8 3 13 16 4 33
10 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 7 13 29 47 13 3 4 6 14 21 13 3 3 7 15 26 -18 25
11 Hermannstadt 26 5 10 11 26 44 13 5 5 3 17 18 13 0 5 8 9 26 -18 25
12 CSM Iasi 26 5 7 14 26 40 13 4 4 5 17 20 13 1 3 9 9 20 -14 22
13 Academica Clinceni 26 4 10 12 30 47 13 2 7 4 14 19 13 2 3 8 16 28 -17 22
14 Voluntari 26 5 5 16 22 45 13 2 2 9 10 21 13 3 3 7 12 24 -23 20

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.