On Sep 3rd, Voluntari and Rapid Bucuresti will play a match in Voluntari in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which is great football weather. Voluntari sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Universitatea Cluj. Neither Voluntari nor Universitatea Cluj could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Voluntari is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while rapid Bucuresti is fresh off their 2-1 win against Sepsi. Mario Rondon scored the first goal for Sepsi in the 21st minute on a penalty kick, then Sefer tied it up for Rapid Bucuresti in the 27th minute on a penalty kick But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 47th minute on a goal by Alexandru Ioniță. Rapid Bucuresti should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Voluntari won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Rapid Bucuresti’s most prolific scorer has been Antonio Valentin Sefer. The Romanian midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Daniel Florea and Adam Nemec have been the hottest scorers for Voluntari in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.