Argeş vs Botoşani preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Keep working on their own tactics or look more at the opposition? Both Argeş and Botoşani need to try something more original than earlier. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Liga 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Argeş form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Argeş have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin in the Liga 1. When Argeş hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, Argeş, UTA Arad and Chindia Târgovişte), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Two draws in a row at home now for Argeş.

Argeş shared the glory with Chindia Târgovişte in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting U Craiova 1948 (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Argeş have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Argeş have conceded 14 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Botoşani form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Botoşani so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Botoşani has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Botoşani won their last game, 1-0 versus Universitatea Craiova played at home. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight matches not winning.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against FCSB wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Botoşani playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Botoşani wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

The attacking power of Botoşani when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. For Botoşani, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These two sides played each other earlier this match year: Botoşani - Argeş 0-0. Last six meetings between these sides: Argeş won two, Botoşani triumphed in two and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Garita
A. Garita
8 goals
BotoşaniS. Mailat
S. Mailat
6 goals
BotoşaniS. Camara
S. Camara
3 goals

Argeş missing players

Botoşani missing players

Argeş Botoşani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 11 22
6 4 3 Won W 0 2 5
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 9
10 4 0 Lost L 0 5 8
18 11 9 Scored S 2 7 18
31 14 4 Conceded C 2 23 34
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 86%
64% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 55%
36% 36% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 32%
23% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 23%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 18%
36% 36% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 45%
27% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 32%
45% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 36%
 
3.3 4.1 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3 4
5 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.4 5
2.3 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
7.7 10.2 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.7 8.5
3 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.3
27% 26% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 25%
 
11.7 9.3 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7 13.2 12
5.3 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga 1
  • Argeş have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botoşani have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 22 15 2 5 37 19 11 8 0 3 20 9 11 7 2 2 17 10 18 47
2 SSC Farul 22 13 6 3 42 22 11 8 2 1 24 7 11 5 4 2 18 15 20 45
3 FCSB 22 12 5 5 37 25 11 6 4 1 22 13 11 6 1 4 15 12 12 41
4 Rapid Bucuresti 22 12 5 5 30 19 11 8 3 0 20 8 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 41
5 Universitatea Craiova 22 11 5 6 27 22 11 7 2 2 17 11 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 38
6 Sepsi 22 9 5 8 35 20 11 4 2 5 17 8 11 5 3 3 18 12 15 32
7 Petrolul 52 22 9 3 10 21 25 11 5 3 3 12 10 11 4 0 7 9 15 -4 30
8 Voluntari 22 6 8 8 20 22 11 4 3 4 11 8 11 2 5 4 9 14 -2 26
9 Hermannstadt 22 9 6 7 26 21 11 5 1 5 16 12 11 4 5 2 10 9 5 24
10 U Craiova 1948 22 6 6 10 22 25 11 4 2 5 10 11 11 2 4 5 12 14 -3 24
11 Argeş 22 6 6 10 18 31 11 4 3 4 11 14 11 2 3 6 7 17 -13 24
12 Botoşani 22 5 9 8 18 34 11 3 5 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 7 23 -16 24
13 Chindia Târgovişte 22 5 7 10 23 31 11 2 5 4 12 16 11 3 2 6 11 15 -8 22
14 Universitatea Cluj 22 5 7 10 16 24 11 4 4 3 10 9 11 1 3 7 6 15 -8 22
15 UTA Arad 22 4 8 10 19 30 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 1 4 6 6 15 -11 20
16 Mioveni 22 2 6 14 14 35 11 1 4 6 5 12 11 1 2 8 9 23 -21 12

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.