Botoşani will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Academica Clinceni.
- Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Botoşani nor Academica Clinceni as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Botoşani form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, Botoşani have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Botoşani, who played 1-1 against Universitatea Craiova. That match was also played at this venue (Stadionul Municipal). Heartbreak before that as Botoşani lost 1-2 at FCSB's place.
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 Botoşani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost three.
Botoşani are traveling soon after this match as the Liga 1 match at CFR Cluj awaits in three days.
The Botoşani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Botoşani are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Academica Clinceni form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 4 wins, 9 draws and 2 defeats.
Academica Clinceni aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 253 league minutes without a goal. T. Moulin was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus FCSB with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-3 defeat away at CFR Cluj before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Academica in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Academica Clinceni, three draws and two defeats.
Academica Clinceni has another fixture away, a Liga 1 game, against Sepsi in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Academica have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. It's not easy to score on Academica Clinceni as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Academica Clinceni - Botoşani 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Botoşani victory, four draws and two Academica Clinceni wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Keyta 14 goals | R. Fili 4 goals |  T. Chunchukov 4 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Academica Clinceni missing players
| Botoşani | Academica Clinceni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 41 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 39 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 91% | 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 78% |
| 75% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 62% |
| 50% | 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 31% |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 62% | 44% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 25% | 38% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 22% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 11.6 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 33% | 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | 31% |
- Academica Clinceni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Târgovişte | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |