Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Voluntari & SSC Farul face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Voluntari form and stats
Last season their Romania Cup adventure ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the Liga 1, Voluntari have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Voluntari's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus CSM Iasi. The penalty miss from Nemec in the defeat against CSM Iasi was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hermannstadt (1-3).There will be little rest for Voluntari after this match as they are travelling to UTA Arad for a Liga 1 game in only four days.
Voluntari have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Voluntari are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).
SSC Farul form and stats
Farul's mission in Romania Cup last season failed in the group stage.2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SSC Farul in their Liga 1 matches away.
Two travels in a row for SSC Farul, whose manager Hagi could celebrate last time after the win against Dinamo Bucureşti.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus FCSB.A new game in only four days for SSC Farul, the Liga 1 home match versus Sepsi. Busy days.
SSC Farul have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
SSC Farul have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Voluntari.Top Goalscorers
  G. Merloi 3 goals |  A. Nemec 3 goals |   I. Larie 3 goals |
Voluntari missing players
SSC Farul missing players
| Voluntari | SSC Farul | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | SSC Farul | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Otelul | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | CSM Iasi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Botosani | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
