Can Voluntari beat U Craiova 1948 in Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu clash?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

Another interesting game in the Liga 1. Voluntari is in the 13th position after playing two matches. They welcome U Craiova 1948 who are placed 9th after two games.

Voluntari and U Craiova 1948 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

The home fans saw their team lose the first Liga 1 game of the season here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss from Voluntari's 4 home games.

The Voluntari fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga 1 game also here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu: A 0-1 defeat against Botosani (placed 6th).

Heartbreak before that as Voluntari lost 2-3 at Dinamo Bucuresti's place.

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

At Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu, Voluntari has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga 1 ended in defeat. Last season U Craiova 1948 had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 6, drew 7 and lost 2.

U Craiova 1948 go into this game after a win, the home game against Dinamo Bucuresti that ended 1-0. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Mutu when Hugo Vieira scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CFR Cluj wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

U Craiova 1948 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

U Craiova 1948 have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

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Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948W. Baeten
W. Baeten
1 goals
U Craiova 1948J. Bauza
J. Bauza
1 goals

Voluntari missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Voluntari U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 2 3
4 1 1 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 7
3.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
3.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 11
5 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 38%
Voluntari Last season U Craiova 1948
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   15 29
11 5   Won W   6 14
11 6   Drew D   7 12
17 8   Lost L   2 3
38 18   Scored S   21 43
47 21   Conceded C   14 22
90% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 72%
64% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 55%
38% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 41%
15% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 24%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 21%
41% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 48%
31% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 48%
38% 42%   Failed to Score F T   33% 31%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 4.8
5.1 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.2
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 5
 
8.5 9.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 10.1
3.1 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 3.9
31% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rapid Bucuresti 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 CFR Cluj 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 FCSB 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
4 Sepsi 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
5 SSC Farul 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Botosani 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 UTA Arad 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 U Craiova 1948 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
10 Gaz Metan Medias 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Universitatea Craiova 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
12 Chindia Targoviste 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 Voluntari 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
14 Arges 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
15 Academica Clinceni 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Mioveni 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chindia Targoviste 9 4 4 1 7 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 36
2 Gaz Metan Medias 9 4 3 2 15 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 32
3 Viitorul 9 5 1 3 9 4 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 2 1 2 5 2 5 32
4 UTA Arad 9 4 1 4 7 9 5 2 0 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 -2 32
5 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 31
6 Arges 9 3 2 4 10 7 5 2 1 2 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 31
7 Voluntari 9 3 3 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 28
8 Hermannstadt 9 4 1 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 4 -3 26
9 Astra 9 1 2 6 6 12 5 0 1 4 2 8 4 1 1 2 4 4 -6 24
10 CSM Iasi 9 2 1 6 7 15 4 0 0 4 1 7 5 2 1 2 6 8 -8 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 U Craiova 1948 29 14 12 3 43 22 14 8 5 1 22 8 15 6 7 2 21 14 21 89
2 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 5 10 48 40 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 7 1 7 22 22 8 83
3 Mioveni 30 12 13 5 41 22 14 4 7 3 15 8 16 8 6 2 26 14 19 82
4 Dunarea Calarasi 30 12 9 9 36 41 14 6 5 3 19 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 -5 79
5 Csikszereda 30 11 10 9 32 26 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 6 6 3 15 10 6 75
6 ASU Poli Timisoara 29 10 11 8 27 29 15 8 4 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 10 18 -2 73

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.