It's advantage Voluntari at this point, with the 3rd position in the Liga 1 table and eagerly waiting for Rapid Bucuresti (who are placed 7th).
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (17) away in Liga 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Voluntari and Rapid Bucuresti.
Voluntari form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 12 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu for Voluntari. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Voluntari has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the CFR Cluj defeat 100 days ago.
The Voluntari manager Ciobotariu and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mioveni (placed 11th).
Before that, Voluntari had a home game versus Gaz Metan Medias which ended with a victory 3-1.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 six games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost zero.
The manager Ciobotariu will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SSC Farul in only four days.
Voluntari have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Voluntari have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Playing away, Rapid Bucuresti, who have the most scored goals (17) away in Liga 1, have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gaz Metan Medias (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting UTA Arad.Rapid Bucuresti are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rapid Bucuresti are hosting Sepsi in the Liga 1 only three days away.
Rapid Bucuresti find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rapid Bucuresti have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Bucuresti - Voluntari 0-1 was the end result in these teams' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Voluntari wins - draws - Rapid Bucuresti wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been from the last two duels.Top Goalscorers
  V. Raţă 7 goals |   A. Bălan 6 goals | I. Gheorghe 5 goals |
Voluntari missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Voluntari | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 28 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 71% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | 21% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 32% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | 29% |
| 13.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (17) away in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | CFR Cluj | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 59 |
| 2 | FCSB | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Botosani | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Arges | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Medias | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 29 | -32 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -28 | 11 |
