Match details. Superliga, Regular Season - 14. Kick-off is Mon 2 Nov, 16:30 Lagos time. It is played at Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu, Voluntari.
What's at stake. SC FC Voluntari are 15th on 8 points after 13 games, 4 points behind Arges Pitesti, 3 points clear of Csikszereda. FC Farul Constanta are 7th on 20 points after 13 games, 1 point behind FCSB, 1 point clear of Corvinul Hunedoara. A win would take them above FCSB.
Form. SC FC Voluntari have won one, drawn one and lost eight of their last ten, 0.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L L L. In this competition SC FC Voluntari have gone L L L L L W. FC Farul Constanta have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W L W. In this competition FC Farul Constanta have gone W L W L W D.
The numbers. SC FC Voluntari score one and concede 1.6 a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet. SC FC Voluntari average 13.1 shots (4.2 on target), 3.9 corners and 2.2 cards a game, with 44% of the ball. FC Farul Constanta score 0.4 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet and three games without a goal. FC Farul Constanta average 12.8 shots (5.4 on target), 4.5 corners and 1.6 cards a game, with 49% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last nine meetings SC FC Voluntari have won four, drawn two and lost three. Four of the nine went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in five. In the last four, SC FC Voluntari won two, one was drawn and FC Farul Constanta won one. The last time they met, on 25 Nov 2023, it finished SC FC Voluntari 4-2 FC Farul Constanta: SC FC Voluntari had 6 shots to 19, 35% of the ball, one yellow card.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%; five of the last nine meetings went under 2.5.
The case against. SC FC Voluntari's record still gives them 27% to win.
The read. FC Farul Constanta or the draw. FC Farul Constanta are the stronger side on form and the table.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: FC Farul Constanta Over 0.5 goals (FC Farul Constanta's own games don't back it (2 of 5)); FC Farul Constanta or draw and over 1.5 goals (the signs point different ways). Predicted score: SC FC Voluntari 1-1 FC Farul Constanta (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).