BUCHAREST. FCSB didn’t concede much to Voluntari to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Sunday. FCSB was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Marian Alexandru Barbu with the collaboration of Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe and Adrian Vornicu. The 4th official was Ovidiu Robu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.37 degrees Celsius or 81.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 24%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FCSB had a strong ball possession 61% while Voluntari was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FCSB was more aggressive with 84 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough FCSB to win the match​.

FCSB shot 24 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Voluntari shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FCSB received 2 yellow cards (Alexandru Pantea and Ovidiu Popescu). On the other side, Voluntari didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, FCSB will have 30 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Voluntari will have 13 points to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away against Rapid Bucuresti on the 9th of March with a 9-6 head to head in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

Voluntari will play away agasint CSM Iaşi on the 10th of February with a 6-6 head to head record.

FCSB – Formation

FCSB started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Ilias Charalambous decided to play with the following team: Stefan Tarnovanu (7.1), Alexandru Pantea (7.3), Siyabonga Ngezana (7.7), Joyskim Dawa (7.5), Risto Radunovic (7.5), Mihai Lixandru (6.4), Adrian Sut (8.1), Darius Olaru  (8.1), Dorin Rotariu (7.0), Andrea Compagno (6.4) and Florinel Coman (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Cristian Ganea (6.7), Alexandru Baluta (7.0), Damjan Djokovic, Valentin Cretu, Denis Harut, Octavian Popescu (7.1), David Miculescu (7.3), Ovidiu Popescu (7.0) and Andrei Vlad.

FCSB could not rely on the presence of Octavian Popescu (injured) and Cristian Ganea (injured).

Substitutions

FCSB made 5 changes: Florinel Coman for Octavian Popescu (40′), Dorin Rotariu for Alexandru Baluta (46′), Andrea Compagno for David Miculescu (64′), Mihai Lixandru for Ovidiu Popescu (46′) and Risto Radunovic for Cristian Ganea (75′).

Best player: Darius Olaru ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FCSB was Darius Olaru .

His rating is (8.1) with 84 passes (80% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 9 crosses.

Voluntari – Formation

Voluntari started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Marin Dună played with: Patricio Matricardi, Naser Aliji, Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson, Jesús Fernández (8.2), Ricardinho (8.5), Cristian Paz (7.8), Igor Armaș (7.1), Ljuban Crepulja (7.3), Radu Boboc (7.1), Vadim Rață (7.3) and Doru Andrei (7.0), Nicolae Carnat (7.3), Adam Nemec (7.3), Andrei Dumiter (6.4).

They had on the bench: Roberto Voican (6.7), Octavian Vâlceanu, Lukáš Droppa, Daniel Florea (6.1), Luka Božičković, Robert Popescu, Andreas Niță, Angelo Cocian and Ionut Andres.

Voluntari could not rely on the presence of Angelo Cocian (injured).

Substitutions

Voluntari made 5 changes: Nicolae Carnat for Roberto Voican (86′), Andrei Dumiter for Daniel Florea (77′), Adam Nemec for Angelo Cocian (90′), Doru Andrei for Andreas Niță (90′) and Vadim Rață for Luka Božičković (90′).

Best player: Ricardinho​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Voluntari was Ricardinho.

His rating is (8.5) with 40 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• CSM Iaşi – U Craiova 1948 – 1-1
• FCSB – Voluntari – 0-0
• Universitatea Craiova – Petrolul 52 – 1-3