Evenly matched teams: Voluntari vs U Craiova 1948 match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Liga 1: Voluntari are 5 points short of U Craiova 1948, but are driven to go full force. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga 1

These are busy days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Liga 1. That game was an away game at FCSB, so at least Voluntari are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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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 2 defeats.

The home team returns to Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu after drawing with FCSB (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Ciobotariu made a successful contribution in the game against FCSB, bringing on Nemec who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Preceding that match was the home game against Rapid Bucuresti that was lost 0-1.

Voluntari have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively Voluntari have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sidibe scored in U Craiova 1948's previous match, the home game against Rapid Bucuresti that ended 1-0.

Before that, Craiova travelled to Universitatea Cluj and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

U Craiova 1948 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 6 goals have been conceded by U Craiova 1948 in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Voluntari victories, zero draws and zero U Craiova 1948 wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
3 goals
U Craiova 1948S. Sidibe
S. Sidibe
3 goals
VoluntariD. Florea
D. Florea
2 goals

Voluntari missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Voluntari U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 2 2 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
7 3 3 Scored S 2 6 12
11 2 0 Conceded C 2 6 10
80% 60% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 20% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
40% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 60%
40% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
50% 80% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
3.2 3.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 6
4 4.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 4.1
2.3 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.2 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.8 12.4
2.6 2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.6
27% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 26%
 
11.9 11.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.6 11.7
4.3 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 6.2 4.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of U Craiova 1948's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • U Craiova 1948 have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 6 3 1 19 9 6 4 2 0 10 3 4 2 1 1 9 6 10 21
2 Rapid Bucuresti 10 7 0 3 10 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 6 3 0 3 4 4 5 21
3 Hermannstadt 9 5 4 0 13 6 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 1 3 0 4 3 7 19
4 Petrolul 52 10 5 2 3 10 9 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 6 6 1 17
5 CFR Cluj 8 5 0 3 15 9 6 4 0 2 12 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 15
6 UTA Arad 10 4 3 3 10 11 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 1 2 3 3 8 -1 15
7 U Craiova 1948 10 4 2 4 12 10 5 3 0 2 6 4 5 1 2 2 6 6 2 14
8 Universitatea Craiova 9 4 2 3 11 11 5 3 1 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 3 5 0 14
9 Sepsi 10 3 4 3 11 8 4 1 1 2 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 13
10 Arges 10 4 1 5 9 14 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 2 9 -5 13
11 Botosani 9 3 3 3 9 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 0 12
12 Voluntari 10 2 3 5 7 11 5 1 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 3 4 9 -4 9
13 FCSB 8 1 5 2 10 13 5 1 4 0 8 7 3 0 1 2 2 6 -3 8
14 Universitatea Cluj 10 1 4 5 6 11 4 0 2 2 2 4 6 1 2 3 4 7 -5 7
15 Mioveni 10 1 3 6 5 14 5 0 2 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 3 8 -9 6
16 Chindia Targoviste 9 0 3 6 10 17 4 0 1 3 4 8 5 0 2 3 6 9 -7 3

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.