Here's the complete lowdown on the Voluntari - Botoşani game:

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 17.Jul
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Voluntari and Botoşani fans have their best supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Liga 1 season. Game on!

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Voluntari form and stats

The season before, Voluntari's league results were 8 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 9th spot in the Liga 1. During these 30 matches they scored {28 goals} and gave away 32. Playing as the host team in the previous season Voluntari generated 5-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with {13 goals} and 11 conceded.

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.

Voluntari have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Voluntari scored {1 goals} and let in {3 goals} during these three games.

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Botoşani form and stats

Let's have a look at how Botoşani performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 10/29 goals scored/conceded.

Botoşani are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Botoşani have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Voluntari, three draws and five wins for Botoşani. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Voluntari missing players

Botoşani missing players

Voluntari Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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
Voluntari Last season Botoşani
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   19 39
12 7   Won W   4 11
16 7   Drew D   5 14
12 6   Lost L   10 14
48 20   Scored S   13 39
46 15   Conceded C   33 49
90% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 87%
68% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 59%
42% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 28%
20% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
10% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 15%
50% 30%   BTTS BTTS   32% 41%
35% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 36%
25% 40%   Failed to Score F T   47% 36%
 
3.9 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.1
4.3 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.8
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
4 1   Red cards R C   4 4
 
9.2 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 10.1
3.2 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.6
38% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%
 
12.1 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.5
4.1 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botoşani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Petrolul 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 U Craiova 1948 9 4 4 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 3 0 4 2 6 36
2 Voluntari 9 4 5 0 17 11 5 2 3 0 7 4 4 2 2 0 10 7 6 34
3 Petrolul 52 9 5 1 3 9 9 5 3 0 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 6 0 34
4 Universitatea Cluj 9 5 1 3 12 9 5 3 0 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 33
5 Botoşani 9 4 3 2 10 5 5 3 2 0 7 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 31
6 Hermannstadt 9 4 3 2 10 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 31
7 UTA Arad 9 3 3 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 2 6 6 1 26
8 Arges 9 3 1 5 10 11 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 4 7 -1 24
9 Chindia Targoviste 9 2 1 6 7 12 4 1 1 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 1 5 -5 23
10 Mioveni 9 0 0 9 1 19 4 0 0 4 0 7 5 0 0 5 1 12 -18 11

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.