Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Voluntari & FCSB face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Voluntari saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Liga 1. This match was also played here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, FCSB have had more rest.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari participated in Romania Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.Voluntari have performed here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu this season with 5 wins from 7 Liga 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
The Voluntari crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Arges here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu in a Liga 1 match.
Before that match, a Liga 1 win away at Sepsi.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Voluntari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.
There will be little rest for Voluntari after this match as they are travelling to CFR Cluj for a Liga 1 game in only three days.
The Voluntari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. From these home matches, Voluntari have conceded only 5 goals.
FCSB form and stats
FCSB was sent out of Romania Cup in the 8th finals last season.Playing away, FCSB have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga 1 this season. FCSB have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
FCSB have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Catalin George Straton. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.
Impressive finishing from Claudiu Keșerü, Florin Tănase and Andrei Dumiter secured the home win 3-0 against Mioveni in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chindia Târgovişte at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by FCSB in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for FCSB, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Arges in just four days.
The attacking power of FCSB when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by FCSB in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Voluntari won two, FCSB were winners in five and we saw three draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  C. Costin 4 goals |  V. Raţă 4 goals |   F. Tănase 4 goals |
Voluntari missing players
FCSB missing players
| Voluntari | FCSB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Scored | S | 23 | 55 | ||
| 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 31% | 29% | 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 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | FCSB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Botosani | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Rapid Bucuresti | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Arges | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Chindia Târgovişte | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Mioveni | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 14 | Sepsi | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -18 | 7 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -19 | 3 |