The visiting Universitatea Craiova side should be the strongest party at Voluntari, as the visitors enjoy a 19 point edge from their 26 league fixtures this season.
- Voluntari is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Voluntari form and stats
The story so far in the Liga 1 for Voluntari at their home stadium (Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. It's trouble wherever Voluntari are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Voluntari faced defeat in their previous match, away at U Craiova 1948 (1-2).
Ahead of that match, Voluntari lost 1-2 at home to FCSB.There will be little rest for Voluntari after this match as they are travelling to Mioveni for a Liga 1 game in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Voluntari here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). From these home matches, Voluntari have conceded only 11 goals.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
4-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Universitatea Craiova in their Liga 1 matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FCSB (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. The draw against FCSB came from a losing position. The Universitatea Craiova manager Radoi brought on Koljič as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Before that, Universitatea secured a home win against CFR Cluj with the score 2-0.Low on goals? 9 of this side's latest 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Universitatea Craiova are hosting Arges in the Liga 1 only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Universitatea Craiova as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Universitatea Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Universitatea Craiova - Voluntari 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Voluntari victory, three draws and six Universitatea Craiova wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ivan 8 goals |   V. Damaşcan 7 goals |  A. Nemec 6 goals |
Voluntari missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Voluntari | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 33 |
| 31 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 46% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 62% | 65% |
| 42% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 35% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 46% | 23% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 54% | 46% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 15% | 31% |
| 35% | 54% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 23% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.3 | 8.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 10.2 | 12 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 34% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 25% | 28% |
| 12.9 | 11.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Voluntari is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | FCSB | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 38 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | Botosani | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 31 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Arges | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 26 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -11 | 24 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -20 | 18 |
