Moving closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table teams do battle. Both are aiming to better their league status, Botoşani in 6th and Argeş in 7th spot.
- Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have collected 24 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 6-6-2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 217 minutes without scoring a league goal. Santos was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Botoşani will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against SSC Farul (placed 4th).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Mioveni.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 four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.
The Botoşani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Botoşani have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Argeş form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Argeş have produced an overall stat of 6-3-5 so far.
Argeş have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alexandru Doru Greab. It's been 430 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.
Argeş won their last game, 1-0 versus FCSB played at home.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Voluntari.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Argeş playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Argeş wins, five draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
Botoşani and Argeş have duelled before this season: Argeş - Botoşani 0-1. Statistics for the last four meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Botoşani, one draw and one win for Argeş. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Roman 3 goals |  J. Dawa 3 goals |  E. Papa 3 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Argeş missing players
| Botoşani | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 26 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 86% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 69% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 52% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 24% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 38% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 8.9 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 26% |
| 9.3 | 7.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 3.4 |
- Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
| 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 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 29 | 73 |
| 2 | FCSB | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 53 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 59 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 51 |
| 4 | SSC Farul | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| 5 | Voluntari | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 47 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Argeş | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Rapid Bucuresti | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Sepsi | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 36 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 34 | -39 | 17 |
| 15 | Academica Clinceni | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 33 | -42 | 14 |
| 16 | Gaz Metan Medias | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 10 |
