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

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

A peek at the Liga 1 table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Check out our Voluntari - Sepsi match preview!

Insights:
  • Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Voluntari and Sepsi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari are steadily winning Liga 1 games and points here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Voluntari's attacking players as they have now played 294 minutes without scoring in a league game. Ciobotariu was their last goal scorer.

Voluntari faced defeat in their previous match, away at SSC Farul (0-3).

Before that, Voluntari drew at home versus Rapid Bucuresti.

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 eight games. Voluntari has won five of these, drawn one and lost two.

Voluntari has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Voluntari are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Sepsi form and stats

Sepsi have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-7-4 (13 played).

Sepsi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Rapid Bucuresti (placed 8th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Gaz Metan Medias.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Sepsi in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sepsi, three draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sepsi as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Sepsi as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Sepsi - Voluntari 1-2 was the output when this pair of teams last played each other, earlier this season. Voluntari-Sepsi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Voluntari four wins, Sepsi two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariV. Raţă
V. Raţă
7 goals
VoluntariI. Gheorghe
I. Gheorghe
5 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
5 goals

Voluntari missing players

Sepsi missing players

Voluntari Sepsi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
12 8 2 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 2 7 12
7 2 1 Lost L 2 4 7
28 18 3 Scored S 2 10 27
24 9 3 Conceded C 5 11 22
81% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 69%
42% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 19%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
38% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 46%
38% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 35%
42% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 35%
 
3.7 3.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.5
4.7 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.8 3.5
2.5 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 9.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10 11.7
3.6 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 4.4
30% 32% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 24%
 
13.2 12.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8 6.8
4.3 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • 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 26 20 4 2 39 14 13 11 2 0 20 5 13 9 2 2 19 9 25 64
2 FCSB 26 17 7 2 52 24 13 10 3 0 37 16 13 7 4 2 15 8 28 58
3 Botosani 26 11 11 4 31 23 13 6 5 2 16 10 13 5 6 2 15 13 8 44
4 Voluntari 26 12 7 7 28 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 15 4 43
5 Universitatea Craiova 26 12 6 8 47 28 13 8 3 2 28 9 13 4 3 6 19 19 19 42
6 SSC Farul 25 11 6 8 30 17 13 9 1 3 22 7 12 2 5 5 8 10 13 39
7 Arges 26 11 5 10 24 21 13 6 2 5 12 11 13 5 3 5 12 10 3 38
8 Rapid Bucuresti 26 8 12 6 29 25 13 4 6 3 12 9 13 4 6 3 17 16 4 36
9 Sepsi 26 7 12 7 27 22 13 5 5 3 17 11 13 2 7 4 10 11 5 33
10 UTA Arad 26 7 12 7 19 17 13 4 5 4 8 8 13 3 7 3 11 9 2 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 26 6 10 10 17 21 13 2 6 5 9 13 13 4 4 5 8 8 -4 28
12 Mioveni 26 6 9 11 17 30 13 4 5 4 9 10 13 2 4 7 8 20 -13 27
13 U Craiova 1948 26 6 8 12 23 30 13 4 4 5 10 13 13 2 4 7 13 17 -7 26
14 Gaz Metan Medias 26 6 6 14 21 33 13 2 6 5 11 14 13 4 0 9 10 19 -12 22
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 26 3 4 19 17 58 13 3 3 7 12 25 13 0 1 12 5 33 -41 13
16 Academica Clinceni 25 2 5 18 16 50 12 1 3 8 7 19 13 1 2 10 9 31 -34 11

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.