FC Voluntari – Academica Clinceni will be played on Friday at 15:15, the duel will count for the 12th round of League 1.
Coincidentally, both Voluntari and Academica left the Romanian Cup. If Mihai Teja’s team lost in special conditions to a tennis score, 6-0, at home, instead, Ilie Poenaru’s team was overtaken by the second division Farul Constanța, score 2-1, “sharks” producing thus one of the biggest surprises of the competition. Not because Academica would be a great force of League 1, but the revelation of the first league being on the 5th place with 19 points!
On the other hand, FC Voluntari is only on the 10th place with 13 points and recently it was hit hard by the coronavirus, several important players being tested positive.
In the last season of League 1, the two Ilfov groups dueled four times, each time producing a show, in each of the four games scoring three goals. It should be noted that three of the four confoundings ended with the score of 2-1, twice prevailing Academica and once Voluntari, Teja’s team having a record of 3-0 in the playoffs. the out of the last edition of the first league.
FC Voluntari have not drawn in all last 10 matches in all competitions;
Academica has only one defeat in the last five matches held in all competitions;
The Ilfov derby catches the two teams with totally different moods. Mihai Teja’s boys have only one victory in the last six official matches held in all competitions. On the other hand, except for the Cup failure I mentioned, Academica forgot to lose in the championship, Ilie Poenaru’s team winning without receiving a goal the last four duels, among the “victims” being Viitorul, Sepsi or Universitatea, formations with budgets and lots far above that of the Academy. We will bet taking into account the current form of the two teams but especially the team problems faced by FC Voluntari.
PREDICTION: Academica Clinceni to win @ 1,84
