Liga 1 duel: Close contest expected between Voluntari and Rapid Bucuresti

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Straining Voluntari are aching to pull off a surprise win when they welcome enterprising Rapid Bucuresti in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Voluntari have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Voluntari form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Voluntari at their home stadium (Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Stress levels are on the rise for Voluntari's attacking players as they have now played 246 minutes without scoring in a league game. Matricardi was their last goal scorer.

Voluntari are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus CFR Cluj. Voluntari were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Voluntari drew at home versus Universitatea Cluj.

Voluntari aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Defensively Voluntari have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rapid Bucuresti, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1, in their Liga 1 matches away.

Bucuresti go into this game after a win, the home game against Universitatea Cluj that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sepsi with the score of 2-1.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Rapid Bucuresti as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Voluntari one win, one draw and Rapid Bucuresti one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
2 goals
VoluntariD. Florea
D. Florea
2 goals

Voluntari missing players

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Voluntari Rapid Bucuresti
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
6 3 0 Scored S 0 3 9
9 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
75% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 38%
50% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
50% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 50%
50% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.4 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.9
3.8 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 5.1
2.4 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7 6.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.2 8.5
2.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 3.8
27% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 30%
 
11.2 10.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 10.5
4.1 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Liga 1
  • Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rapid Bucuresti is in the best form (5-0-1) in Liga 1
  • Voluntari have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 8 5 3 0 13 5 5 3 2 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 8 18
2 Rapid Bucuresti 8 6 0 2 9 4 4 4 0 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 5 18
3 Petrolul 52 8 4 2 2 7 6 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 5 4 1 14
4 CFR Cluj 7 4 0 3 13 9 5 3 0 2 10 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 12
5 Arges 7 4 0 3 9 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -1 12
6 Botosani 6 3 2 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 11
7 Universitatea Craiova 6 3 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 11
8 UTA Arad 8 3 2 3 7 9 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 0 2 3 1 7 -2 11
9 Hermannstadt 6 2 4 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 10
10 Sepsi 8 2 4 2 9 6 3 1 1 1 5 2 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 10
11 U Craiova 1948 8 3 1 4 10 9 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 10
12 Voluntari 8 2 2 4 6 9 4 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 0 3 3 8 -3 8
13 FCSB 7 1 4 2 9 12 4 1 3 0 7 6 3 0 1 2 2 6 -3 7
14 Universitatea Cluj 8 0 3 5 4 10 3 0 1 2 1 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 -6 3
15 Mioveni 8 0 3 5 4 13 4 0 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 3 2 8 -9 3
16 Chindia Târgovişte 7 0 2 5 8 14 3 0 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 5 8 -6 2

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.