Voluntari look to Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu supporters for inspiration before Petrolul 52 match

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Liga 1: The average league table spots illustrates the road Voluntari and Petrolul 52 have been on so far. Both squads are up for it; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari have collected 19 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 5-4-6. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu, but a victory now would be sweet for Voluntari.

Voluntari shared the glory with U Craiova 1948 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against U Craiova 1948 as Florea's goal in the 82nd minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach Ciobotariu made a successful contribution in the game against U Craiova 1948, bringing on Florea who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus UTA Arad that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Voluntari handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Voluntari have scored {13 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Voluntari have conceded only 11 goals.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Petrolul 52 so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 5-0-10 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Petrolul are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Home advantage was not enough for Petrolul 52 in their previous game as they lost hosting Universitatea Cluj, 0-2. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Mioveni.

We have checked recent matches where Petrolul 52 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Petrolul rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the teams met previously this campaign; Voluntari - Petrolul 52 0-1. Previous three meetings between these contenders: Voluntari won one, Petrolul 52 were winners in one and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
9 goals
VoluntariV. Damaşcan
V. Damaşcan
9 goals
Petrolul 52G. Grozav
G. Grozav
8 goals

Voluntari missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

Voluntari Petrolul 52
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 3 Played P 4 16 34
9 5 1 Won W 3 6 14
13 6 2 Drew D 0 0 3
12 6 0 Lost L 1 10 17
35 15 1 Scored S 3 12 32
37 13 0 Conceded C 2 26 46
88% 82% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
65% 47% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 56% 65%
38% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 32%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
47% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 35%
35% 41% 100% Clean Sheets C S 75% 31% 35%
29% 47% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 32%
 
3.9 4.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 3.5
4.7 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 5.7
2.2 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
8.6 8.5 4.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 8.3 8
2.7 2.6 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.2 3.1
38% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 24% 30%
 
12.1 10.6 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.7 10.2
4.2 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Petrolul 52 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Liga 1
  • Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 Botosani 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.