On Friday Aug 26th, Voluntari will host Universitatea Cluj in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Voluntari is fresh off their 1-2 loss against SSC Farul. Patricio Matricardi struck first for Voluntari in the 24th minute on a feed from Daniel Florea, but Denis Alibec got the equalizer for SSC Farul in the 46th minute But luckily in the 80th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Ionuț Larie. Voluntari is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while universitatea Cluj is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sepsi. Mario Rondon struck first for Sepsi in the 52nd minute on a feed from Adnan Aganović, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Universitatea Cluj couldn’t manage to score, and Sepsi took the shutout win. Universitatea Cluj looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Adrian Ionuț Bălan has been the most effective weapon for Universitatea Cluj lately. The Romanian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. For Voluntari, their top scorers are Daniel Florea and Adam Nemec, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.