Liga 1 match prediction: Little separates Voluntari and Hermannstadt in quality

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

The home crowds bank on three points in this game, and the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. Voluntari are in 9th place while the guesting Hermannstadt sweat at 11th.

Voluntari have less rest than Hermannstadt in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Liga 1 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Chindia Târgovişte, so at least Voluntari are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Voluntari form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Voluntari have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games.

An away draw last time out for Voluntari, facing Chindia Târgovişte in a game that ended 1-1.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Argeş that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Voluntari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Voluntari have scored {13 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. Voluntari have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hermannstadt form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Hermannstadt have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Karlo Letica. It's been 260 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.

The supporters enjoyed Hermannstadt's previous game versus U Craiova 1948, a 1-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rapid Bucuresti at their stadium, the result 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hermannstadt playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Hermannstadt wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's most recent 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hermannstadt as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Voluntari - Hermannstadt 3-0 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h game, played this season. Last ten meetings with these participants: Voluntari won four, Hermannstadt were winners in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

HermannstadtD. Paraschiv
D. Paraschiv
10 goals
VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
8 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
7 goals

Voluntari missing players

Hermannstadt missing players

Voluntari Hermannstadt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
8 5 2 Won W 0 5 11
10 4 1 Drew D 1 5 8
12 6 2 Lost L 3 5 11
28 13 6 Scored S 2 12 30
32 11 5 Conceded C 6 15 29
87% 80% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
60% 40% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 60%
40% 33% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 33%
10% 7% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
43% 20% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 37%
37% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 37%
33% 53% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 37%
 
3.7 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.6 3.4
4.7 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 4.2
2.2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 8.7 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.2 8.6
2.7 2.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3.3
35% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 31% 30%
 
12.6 11.1 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.6 9.8
4.4 3.5 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 3.9

  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 U Craiova 1948 29 11 7 11 34 32 15 8 2 5 20 13 14 3 5 6 14 16 2 40
7 Sepsi 29 10 9 10 46 30 14 5 4 5 23 13 15 5 5 5 20 17 16 39
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 Târgovişte 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 Argeş 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.