In this 19th week match, on Sat Dec 11th, Voluntari will play host to Universitatea Craiova in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Voluntari recorded a 2-0 shutout win against U Craiova 1948. Gabriel Tamaş scored the first goal for Voluntari in the 77th minute, then Ion Gheorghe added another in the 81st minute In the end, U Craiova 1948 was frustrated by Voluntari’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Voluntari ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Voluntari should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Universitatea Craiova recorded a 2-2 draw against Botoşani. Elvir Koljic scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 31st minute, then in the 35th minute, Fili sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Herve Kage . Universitatea Craiova is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Universitatea Craiova was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Gustavo Di Mauro scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the 50th minute, then George Alexandru added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Voluntari couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win.
Ivan has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Universitatea Craiova. Voluntari is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Rata and Ion Gheorghe each having 2 goals in their last five.