Balanced ball game between Voluntari and Botoşani expected

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

It's round two of the Liga 1 campaign and a lot to play for. Read our in-depth preview of Voluntari-Botoşani!

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an animated game!

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Voluntari form and stats

Last season, Voluntari's league stats were 13 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, ending with 6th spot in the Liga 1. During these 30 matches they scored 31 goals and gave away 27. Playing as the home team in the last season Voluntari produced 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 11 conceded.

The Voluntari goalkeeper Mihai Maximilian Popa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

Voluntari are returning here after visiting Petrolul 52 and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Florea scored the goal(s). The victory against Petrolul 52 came after Florea's winning goal. The Voluntari manager Ciobotariu was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 60th minute.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Arges.

This is expected to be a close game, with Voluntari perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Voluntari as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Voluntari has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.

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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 7th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 13 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 16/16 goals scored/conceded.

Botoşani go into this game after a win, the home game against Chindia Targoviste that ended 3-2. That win felt good as this side had gone three league games without winning.

A 0-2 defeat away at Universitatea Craiova before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Botoşani in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Botoşani, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Voluntari won one game, four matches ended in a draw and Botoşani got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniS. Mailat
S. Mailat
2 goals
VoluntariD. Florea
D. Florea
1 goals

Voluntari missing players

Botoşani missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Voluntari Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid 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 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
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%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Voluntari Last season Botoşani
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
16 11   Won W   8 17
10 4   Drew D   7 13
14 5   Lost L   5 10
40 27   Scored S   24 51
41 16   Conceded C   22 39
85% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 90%
55% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 72%
40% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
20% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 18%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
38% 45%   BTTS BTTS   55% 48%
32% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 38%
45% 35%   Failed to Score F T   20% 25%
 
3.6 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
5.2 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.6
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.5
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
7.8 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.8
3.3 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
30% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%
 
13.6 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 9.7
4.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hermannstadt 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Arges 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Botoşani 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 SSC Farul 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Voluntari 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sepsi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Universitatea Craiova 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FCSB 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Universitatea Cluj 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Chindia Targoviste 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Petrolul 52 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Rapid Bucuresti 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 UTA Arad 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Mioveni 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hermannstadt 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Arges 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Botoşani 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 SSC Farul 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 CFR Cluj 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Voluntari 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sepsi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Universitatea Craiova 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FCSB 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Universitatea Cluj 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Chindia Targoviste 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 U Craiova 1948 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Petrolul 52 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Rapid Bucuresti 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 UTA Arad 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Mioveni 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.