VOLUNTARI. Voluntari prevails over SSC Farul 4-2. SSC Farul was surely better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stadionul Anghel Iordanescu stadium in Voluntari on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Ovidiu Alin Hațegan who had the assistance of Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Ciprian Florin Danșa. The 4th official was Horia Gabriel Mladinovici. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.99 degrees Celsius or 40.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SSC Farul had a strong ball possession 65% while Voluntari was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SSC Farul was putting more pressure with 113 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Voluntari was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Voluntari shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, SSC Farul shot 19 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Voluntari didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, SSC Farul received 1 yellow card (Constantin Grameni).

Standings

After playing this match, Voluntari will have 20 points like Otelul, Sepsi and Universitatea Cluj to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, SSC Farul will stay with 22 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Voluntari will play away against CSM Iaşi on the 10th of February with a 6-6 head to head stats.

SSC Farul will play away agasint Botoşani on the 9th of March with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of SSC Farul (2 draws).

Voluntari – Formation

Voluntari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Ilie Poenaru decided to play with the following team: Jesús Fernández (6.1), Ricardinho (7.0), Patricio Matricardi (7.1), Igor Armaş  (7.5), Radu Boboc (6.3), Vadim Rata (7.0), Ljuban Crepulja (7.1), Doru Andrei (7.3), Nicolae Carnat (7.0), Robert Popescu (7.3) and Andrei Dumiter (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Naser Aliji, Octavian Vâlceanu, Cristian Paz, Lukas Droppa (7.1), Daniel Florea (6.7), Luka Bozickovic, Angelo Cocian (6.3), Ionut Andres and Roberto Voican (6.4).

Substitutions

Voluntari made 5 changes: Doru Andrei for Angelo Cocian (46′), Robert Popescu for Daniel Florea (60′), Doru Andrei for Roberto Voican (75′), David Kiki for Lukas Droppa (75′) and Ljuban Crepulja for Luka Bozickovic (90′).

Player of the match: Andrei Dumiter​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Voluntari was Andrei Dumiter.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 15 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7.

SSC Farul – Formation

SSC Farul started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Gheorghe Hagi played with: Tudor Baluta, Andrei Artean, Marian Aioani (6.0), Mihai Popescu (7.0), Ionut Larie (6.1), Gustavo Marins (6.3), Damien Dussaut (7.1), Ionut Vina (6.3), Constantin Grameni (7.3), David Kiki (6.6) and Adrian Mazilu (6.3), Louis Munteanu (6.7), Constantin Budescu (7.9).

They had on the bench: Alexandru Buzbuchi, Diogo Queirós, Rivaldinho (8.4), Gabriel Danuleasa, Dan Sirbu (6.4), Marco Borgnino (7.0), Darius Grosu, Enes Sali (6.3) and Nicolas Popescu (6.4).

Substitutions

SSC Farul made 5 changes: Gustavo Marins for Dan Sirbu (46′), Constantin Grameni for Enes Sali (84′), Andrei Dumiter for Rivaldinho (46′), David Kiki for Nicolas Popescu (76′) and Constantin Grameni for Marco Borgnino (68′).

Player of the match: Rivaldinho​

The most impressive player for SSC Farul was Rivaldinho.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 6.

His performance was fantastic also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Voluntari – SSC Farul – 4-2
• CFR Cluj – UTA Arad – 0-0