The football match FC Voluntari vs Gaz Metan Medias will take place on Monday, August 24, 2020, in the first stage of League 1, on the “Anghel Iordănescu” stadium in Voluntari.
FC Voluntari lost many starters
FC Voluntari ranked 5th in the League 1 play-out in the 2019-2020 season. The team coached by Mihai Teja had a series of 11 undefeated matches between February 9 and July 6 (8 wins and 3 draws), but at the end of the championship, the players were no longer focused, having 5 defeats in the last 6 stages. Many players left during the summer break – Valentin Cojocaru, Bozhidar Mitrev, Claudiu Belu-Iordache, Alexandru Paşcanu, Nicolás Gorobsov, Aïssa Laïdouni, Alexandru Mățan, Moussa Sanoh, Daniel Benzar, Vlăduţ Morar, Alexandru Tudorie and Cătălin Bogdan Szijj, Răzvan Grădinaru, Alexandru Stoica and Sebastian Mailat came. Ilfov’s are much weaker after running out of many starters, but most were on loan. The management of the club has so far managed to borrow it from CFR Cluj only Sebastian Mailat, otherwise, it did not bring anything notable, but probably the group will be strengthened in the coming days.
- Probable team FC Voluntari (4-3-3): Râmniceanu – Struna, C. Achim, Armaş, Kocić – Grădinaru, Căpăţână, De Lucas – Borţoneanu, Simonovski, I. Gheorghe
- Coach: Mihai Teja
- Injured: none
- Suspend: none
- Reserves: Cotolan, Ricardinho, R. Mihai, Balaur, Al. Vlad, Cr. Costin, Eric, Mailat, Al. Stoica
Gaz Metan Medias did not win any match in the playoffs
Gaz Metan Mediaș qualified for the playoffs for the first time last season of League 1, but after fulfilling their goal, the players had no motivation. The group from Medieş did not receive a license from FRF to be able to play in the European cups this season. The “Gazists” ranked last in the playoffs, where they had no victory. During the summer break, the “black and whites” parted ways with Ricardo Batista, Mihai Butean, Marian Pleașcă, Marius Constantin, Thomas Juel-Nielsen, Boubacar Fofana, Neluț Roșu, Paul Costea, Ely Fernandes, Stephan Drăghici, Ioan Hora and Sergiu They transferred and brought back or borrowed Alexandru Buzbuchi, Yuri Matias, Ondřej Bačo, Mihai Velisar, Bogdan Jica, Moussa Sanoh, Bryan Alceus, Yves Pambou, Ovidiu Bic, Sergiu Ciocan, and Luis Niţu. The club’s management tried to bring back the coach Edward Iordănescu, but he did not accept the offer and in the end, he managed to convince the Czech Dušan Uhrin Jr. not to leave. The Transylvanians have lost a lot of starters and for the next season, they aim to stay in League 1.
- Probable team Gaz Metan Mediaş (4-2-3-1): Pleşca – Moura, Matias, Larie, Velisar – Droppa, Pambou – Sanoh, Ciocan, D. Cardoso – L. Niţu
- Coach: Dusan Uhrin Jr.
- Injured: none
- Suspended: Chamed
- Reserves: Buzbuchi, R. Romeo, R. Popa, Bačo, Jica, Trif, Diakota, Dogaru, Nicula
FC Voluntari vs Gaz Metan Medias Picks
Gaz Metan has 5 victories in a row in the matches played with the Ilfov team at Mediaș or Voluntari. In 7 matches played on the “Anghel Iordănescu” stadium, Voluntari won twice, Gaz Metan 3 times and twice the score was equal. Both teams lost many players during the summer break and coach Mihai Teja and Dušan Uhrin Jr. need time to build a new competitive team. It will be a match open to any result, no team being the favorite. I recommend you to bet that the team from Medieş will score at least one goal in the match. They managed to score a goal in 6 of the 7 games played at Voluntari.
Our Prediction: Gaz Metan Mediaș over 0.5 goals
Odds: 1.65
