Another enjoyable match in Liga 1 as Voluntari receive Universitatea Craiova

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu (4600 seats)

A total of 18 rounds of games are done and both Voluntari and Universitatea Craiova are high up in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Voluntari have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Liga 1

Voluntari and Universitatea Craiova 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 supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu as Voluntari have scored 12 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Voluntari, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating U Craiova 1948 away with the result 2-0. Gabriel Tamaş and Ion Gheorghe found the net in that victory.

A strong away win before that one, visiting SCM Gloria Buzau and winning 1-0.

There will be little rest for Voluntari after this match as they are travelling to Academica Clinceni for a Liga 1 game in only three days.

Voluntari has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Voluntari have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Universitatea Craiova form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Universitatea are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Botoşani (placed 6th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Filiasi.

A quick return to home after this game, as Universitatea are hosting UTA Arad in the Liga 1 only three days away.

Universitatea find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Universitatea Craiova in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads met earlier this campaign; Universitatea Craiova - Voluntari 3-0. Data for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Voluntari, two draws and eight wins for Universitatea Craiova. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Universitatea CraiovaA. Ivan
A. Ivan
9 goals
VoluntariV. Raţă
V. Raţă
6 goals
Universitatea CraiovaJ. Markovic
J. Markovic
6 goals

Voluntari missing players

Universitatea Craiova missing players

Voluntari Universitatea Craiova
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
10 6 1 Won W 0 3 9
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
6 2 0 Lost L 3 5 7
22 12 1 Scored S 1 10 34
18 6 0 Conceded C 6 13 21
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 67%
44% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 56%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 33%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 44%
33% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 39%
33% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 17%
 
3.6 3.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 5.2
5 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.1 3.1
2.6 2.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.3 9.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.6 14.2
4.2 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 5.6
29% 28% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 26% 34%
 
13.7 11.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.9 6.8
4.1 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Liga 1
  • Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Voluntari have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Liga 1

  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 18 16 0 2 28 8 9 9 0 0 17 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 20 48
2 FCSB 18 12 4 2 34 16 9 8 1 0 26 8 9 4 3 2 8 8 18 40
3 Voluntari 18 10 2 6 22 18 9 6 1 2 12 6 9 4 1 4 10 12 4 32
4 Universitatea Craiova 18 9 2 7 34 21 9 6 1 2 24 8 9 3 1 5 10 13 13 29
5 SSC Farul 18 8 5 5 21 10 9 7 1 1 16 2 9 1 4 4 5 8 11 29
6 Botoşani 18 7 8 3 18 17 9 2 5 2 7 9 9 5 3 1 11 8 1 29
7 Rapid Bucuresti 18 7 7 4 22 17 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 4 4 1 15 11 5 28
8 Argeş 18 8 3 7 18 14 9 3 1 5 7 9 9 5 2 2 11 5 4 27
9 UTA Arad 18 6 7 5 16 13 9 3 3 3 7 7 9 3 4 2 9 6 3 25
10 Sepsi 18 4 9 5 19 17 9 2 4 3 11 10 9 2 5 2 8 7 2 21
11 Chindia Targoviste 18 4 7 7 12 13 9 2 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 4 -1 19
12 Gaz Metan Mediaş 18 5 4 9 15 21 9 2 4 3 8 9 9 3 0 6 7 12 -6 19
13 Mioveni 18 4 5 9 11 25 9 2 3 4 3 7 9 2 2 5 8 18 -14 17
14 U Craiova 1948 18 3 6 9 11 19 9 2 3 4 5 9 9 1 3 5 6 10 -8 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 18 2 3 13 13 39 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -26 9
16 Academica Clinceni 18 1 4 13 13 39 9 1 2 6 7 15 9 0 2 7 6 24 -26 7

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.