Delightful dogfight as daring Voluntari duel with determined Botoşani

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

The home followers expect a win in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive against a struggling visitor. Voluntari are in 9th spot while the guesting Botoşani sweat at 13th.

Insights:
  • Botoşani have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga 1

Voluntari and Botoşani should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

Voluntari's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Mioveni. The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Universitatea Cluj and winning 3-2.

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 Voluntari have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Voluntari here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). Voluntari are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Botoşani form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botoşani so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

Botoşani are looking to quickly end their 325 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.

Botoşani played 0-0 against Universitatea Cluj in their previous match.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Petrolul 52 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Botoşani have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this team's latest 12 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Botoşani when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 15 league matches away. In the opposite end, Botoşani have conceded 29 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other already this season, with the result Botoşani - Voluntari 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Voluntari victories, three draws and five Botoşani wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniS. Mailat
S. Mailat
14 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
10 goals
VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
9 goals

Voluntari missing players

Botoşani missing players

Voluntari Botoşani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 19 8 Played P 5 18 37
11 6 4 Won W 0 4 10
14 7 3 Drew D 0 5 14
12 6 1 Lost L 5 9 13
41 18 12 Scored S 1 13 34
41 15 6 Conceded C 13 31 46
89% 84% 88% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 86%
65% 47% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 61% 57%
41% 32% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 28% 27%
16% 11% 12% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 19%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 14%
49% 32% 38% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 41%
35% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 38%
27% 42% 25% Failed to Score F T 80% 44% 35%
 
3.9 4.3 3.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.5 4
4.4 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.2 5
2.1 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
8.9 8.6 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.4 9.5
2.9 2.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 3.6
39% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 24% 26%
 
11.5 10 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.4 10.5
4.1 3.3 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.2 4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the most matches under the total-line (27) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Liga 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 SSC Farul 30 19 7 4 54 28 15 12 2 1 32 9 15 7 5 3 22 19 26 64
2 CFR Cluj 30 20 3 7 54 28 15 11 0 4 29 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 26 63
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 15 8 5 2 30 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 16 57
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 15 11 2 2 24 12 15 5 4 6 13 15 10 54
5 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 7 8 40 26 15 10 3 2 27 12 15 5 4 6 13 14 14 52
6 Sepsi 30 11 9 10 47 30 15 6 4 5 27 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 15 8 2 5 20 13 15 3 5 7 14 20 1 40
8 Petrolul 52 30 11 3 16 28 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 15 5 0 10 11 26 -16 36
9 Voluntari 30 8 10 12 28 32 15 5 4 6 13 11 15 3 6 6 15 21 -4 34
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 8 10 12 25 37 15 6 6 3 16 11 15 2 4 9 9 26 -12 34
11 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 30 29 15 6 3 6 18 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 1 32
12 Chindia Targoviste 30 7 11 12 32 42 15 3 8 4 17 20 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 32
13 Botoşani 30 7 11 12 29 44 15 4 7 4 19 15 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 32
14 UTA Arad 30 6 9 15 29 41 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 1 5 9 9 21 -12 27
15 Arges 30 6 9 15 21 41 15 4 4 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 9 22 -20 27
16 Mioveni 30 4 10 16 23 45 15 2 6 7 8 16 15 2 4 9 15 29 -22 22

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.