After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Botoşani and Academica Clinceni in this fresh Liga 1 season. Read our match preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Botoşani form and stats
The hosts won their first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Municipal, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Botoşani last season were 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses from 5 games.
The home team returns to Stadionul Municipal after being equal after 90 minutes with Dinamo Bucuresti (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Liga 1 game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting CSM Iasi in a game that was won 4-0.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Botoşani's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
Botoşani has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
One match played away so far in the Liga 1 for Academica Clinceni and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from 7 games.
Academica played 0-0 against Chindia Targoviste in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Hermannstadt.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Academica playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, one draw and four home wins.
Academica Clinceni have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Botoşani one win, three draws and Academica Clinceni one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 2 goals | A. Chindriş 1 goals |  R. Ofosu 1 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| Botoşani | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 31 |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 53% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 27% |
- Botoşani has the most scored goals (8) in Liga 1
- Botoşani has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Liga 1
- Botoşani has the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Liga 1
| Botoşani | Last season | Academica Clinceni | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 40 | 68 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 75% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 57% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 35% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 56% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 421 | 236 | Total Shots | T S | 154 | 341 | ||
| 167 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 71 | 146 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | FCSB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | CSM Iasi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Academica Clinceni | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Argeş | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Astra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Viitorul | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 44 |
| 3 | Astra | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 32 |
| 5 | FCSB | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Medias | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 25 |