Liga 1 preview: Can Voluntari edge out victory against Universitatea Cluj?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

This match features two participants dwelling in the lower section of the Liga 1, Voluntari at 11th spot and Universitatea Cluj in 15th. A nice opportunity for one of the squads to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Voluntari have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Universitatea Cluj have the most dropped points from leading position (7) 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 total Liga 1 stats playing at home this season for Voluntari are 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Voluntari are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus SSC Farul.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sepsi.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Voluntari handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

As for guarding their own goal, Voluntari have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Universitatea Cluj form and stats

The Liga 1 season is young and Universitatea Cluj have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. It's looking increasingly bleak for Universitatea who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Universitatea Craiova was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Home advantage was not enough for Universitatea Cluj in their previous game as they lost hosting Sepsi, 0-1.

Prior to that match, the Universitatea manager Lincar faced defeat when travelling to UTA Arad and losing 1-2.

We have checked recent matches where Universitatea Cluj have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Universitatea have another match away in just four sleeps, a Liga 1 game versus Rapid Bucuresti. A back-breaking calendar for the visitors!

It's early days yet, but Universitatea Cluj has scored 3 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea ClujA. Bălan
A. Bălan
3 goals
VoluntariA. Nemec
A. Nemec
2 goals
VoluntariD. Florea
D. Florea
2 goals

Voluntari missing players

Universitatea Cluj missing players

Voluntari Universitatea Cluj
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 2 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
6 3 3 Scored S 2 3 4
5 1 0 Conceded C 3 6 9
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
50% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
50% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3.3 2.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.2
3.8 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4 3
2.5 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.5 7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10 11.2
3.7 3.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 2.8
27% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 24%
 
10 9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11 9.7
4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • All of Universitatea Cluj's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Universitatea Cluj have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Universitatea Cluj have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Universitatea Cluj have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Universitatea Cluj have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Cluj have yet to win a game.
  • Universitatea Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Voluntari have won significantly less corners at 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 SSC Farul 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 12
2 Rapid Bucuresti 6 4 0 2 6 3 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 12
3 Botosani 5 3 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 11
4 Sepsi 6 2 4 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 10
5 Petrolul 52 6 3 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 10
6 Hermannstadt 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 9
7 CFR Cluj 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 9
8 Arges 6 3 0 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 0 2 2 6 -2 9
9 Universitatea Craiova 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 8
10 U Craiova 1948 6 2 1 3 8 7 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 7
11 Voluntari 6 2 1 3 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 7
12 UTA Arad 6 2 1 3 4 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 3 0 6 -3 7
13 FCSB 5 1 3 1 6 7 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 6
14 Chindia Targoviste 5 0 2 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -4 2
15 Universitatea Cluj 6 0 2 4 4 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 6 -5 2
16 Mioveni 6 0 1 5 3 12 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 -9 1

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.