SFâNTU GHEORGHE. Voluntari beat Sepsi to win 2-1. It was Voluntari to strike first with a goal of C. Costin at the 22′. Then V. Rata scored again for Voluntari in the 54′ minute with a goal. Eventually, P. Bojic reduced the distance for Sepsi with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Sepsi was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Sfântu Gheorghe on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Istvan Kovacs who had the assistance of Mihai Ovidiu Artene and Ciprian Florin Danșa. The 4th official was Bogdan Dumitrache. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Sepsi

1 - 2

Voluntari

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 24 Total 7
  • 8 On Target 6
  • 16 Off Target 1
  • 8 Shots blocked 0
  • 119 Attack 91
  • 104 Dangerous attack 42
  • 91 Ball safe 99
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 20
  • 1 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Sepsi was more aggressive with 104 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Voluntari was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Sepsi shot 24 times, 8 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Voluntari shot 7 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Sepsi received 1 yellow card (P. Bojic). On the other side, Voluntari received 5 yellow cards (I. Armas, Ricardinho, L. Droppa, H. Tavares and C. Achim).

Match Timeline

22'
33'
Ricardinho- Yellow
36'
Igor Armaş - Yellow
54'
Vadim Rață(goal)
Nicolae Păun- sub ->A. Aganovic
62'
62'
66'
Lukas Droppa- Yellow
67'
70'
73'
78'
77'
82'
Marcelo Lopes - sub ->I. Gheorghe
85'
85'
90'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
CFR Cluj
57
10
Sepsi
42
9
Botoşani
41
9
FCSB
56
10
Universitatea Craiova
48
10
Rapid Bucuresti
39
9
Voluntari
35
10
U Craiova 1948
34
9
SSC Farul
32
10
UTA Arad
33
9
Argeş
27
10
Mioveni
31
9
Chindia Târgovişte
26
9
Dinamo Bucureşti
23
9
Academica Clinceni
-23
9
Gaz Metan Mediaş
-46
9
UTA Bătrâna Doamnă
2
3

    After this match, Sepsi will stay with 10 points to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Voluntari will have 24 points like FCSB to stay in the 3rd place.

    Next matches

    In the next match in the Voluntari will host Argeş on the 23rd of October with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Argeş (0 draws).

    Sepsi – Formation

    Sepsi
    G
    Roland Niczuly 33.Romania
    D
    Radoslav Dimitrov 88.Bulgaria
    D
    Hugo Sousa 2.Portugal
    D
    B. Mitrea 3.Romania
    D
    R. Ispas 27.Romania
    M
    Boubacar Fofana 17.Guinea
    77'
    M
    Adnan Aganovic 77.Croatia
    62'
    F
    Catalin Golofca 90.Romania
    F
    Anass Achahbar 10.Netherlands
    70'
    F
    Kevin Luckassen 42.Netherlands
    F
    Cristian Bărbuț 21.Romania
    62'
    Substitutes
    G
    Răzvan Began 12.Romania
    D
    Răzvan Tincu 4.Romania
    M
    Stefan Ashkovski 15.Macedonia
    62'
    M
    Petar Bojić 91.Serbia
    70' 85' 85'
    M
    Eder González 14.Spain
    M
    Nicolae Păun 6.Romania
    62'
    F
    Tsvetelin Chunchukov 23.Bulgaria
    77'
    F
    Marius Ștefănescu 11.Romania
    F
    Nándor Tamás 22.Romania

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

    The manager Leontin Florian Grozavu decided to play with the following team: Roland Niczuly, Radoslav Dimitrov, Hugo Sousa, Bogdan Mitrea, Rareș Sebastian Ispas, Cătălin Golofca, Boubacar Fofana, Anass Achahbar, Adnan Aganović, Kevin Luckassen and Cristian Bărbuț.

    The home team had on the bench: Răzvan Began, Răzvan Tincu, Stefan Aškovski, Petar Bojić, Eder González, Nicolae Păun, Tsvetelin Chunchukov, Marius Ștefănescu and Nándor Tamás.

    Substitutions

    Sepsi made 5 changes: C. Barbut for S. Ashkovski (62′), A. Aganovic for N. I. Paun (62′), C. Golofca for M. Stefanescu (70′), A. Achahbar for P. Bojic (70′) and B. Fofana for T. Chunchukov (78′).

    Voluntari – Formation

    Voluntari
    Adam Nemec 77.Slovakia
    73'
    G
    Mihai Popa 71.Romania
    D
    U. Meleke 3.Ivory Coast
    D
    Gabriel Tamaş 30.Romania
    D
    Igor Armaş 5.Moldova
    36'
    D
    Marius Briceag 6.Romania
    M
    Ricardinho 24.Portugal
    33'
    M
    Lukas Droppa 66.Czech Republic
    66'
    M
    Vadim Rață 22.Moldova
    90' 54'
    M
    I. Gheorghe 8.Romania
    82'
    F
    Cristian Costin 98.Romania
    22'
    Substitutes
    G
    Victor Rimniceanu 12.Romania
    D
    Cosmin Florin Achim 2.Romania
    D
    Alexandru Vlad 23.Romania
    M
    Lóránd Fülöp 80.Romania
    73'
    M
    Hélder Tavares 18.Cape Verde
    90' 90'
    M
    Neluț Roșu 20.Romania
    M
    Antonio Stan 99.Romania
    F
    Marcelo Lopes 14.Portugal
    82'
    F
    D. Paraschiv 9.Romania

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

    On the opposite side, Liviu Ciobotariu played with: Mihai Popa, Ricardinho, Ulrich Meleke, Gabriel Tamaş, Igor Armas, Marius Briceag, Cristian Ionuț Costin, Lukáš Droppa, Vadim Rață, Adam Nemec and Ion Gheorghe.

    These were the players on the bench: Victor Rîmniceanu, Cosmin Florin Achim, Alexandru Vlad, Lóránd Fülöp, Hélder Tavares, Neluț Roşu, Antonio Stan, Marcelo Lopes and Daniel George Paraschiv.

    Substitutions

    Voluntari made 4 changes: A. Nemec for L. Fulop (73′), I. Gheorghe for M. Lopes (82′), U. Meleke for C. Achim (90′) and V. Rata for H. Tavares (90′).

    Results of the day

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