This season has been challenging for Botoşani so far, and you could say the same about Argeş. The bottom dwellers have a chance to get some crucial points here.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Romania Cup game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at CFR Cluj. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Botoşani form and stats
4-7-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Botoşani so far this season. When Botoşani hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hermannstadt, Mioveni, UTA Arad, Botoşani and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
Botoşani travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hermannstadt that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Stoican made a successful contribution in the game against Hermannstadt, bringing on Camara who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Chindia Targoviste.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botoşani handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games.
Argeş form and stats
There's been little loot from Argeş's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Argeş only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. It's a growing despair in Argeş as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Argeş are looking to quickly end their 478 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1.
Two away games in a row for Argeş, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against CFR Cluj in the Romania Cup.
A 0-2 loss hosting Voluntari before that.Argeş are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Argeş as they have only managed to score 9 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Argeş have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These sides faced each other previously this match year: Argeş - Botoşani 0-2. Last seven meetings between these teams: Botoşani won three, Argeş triumphed in two and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 11 goals |   A. Garita 9 goals |  S. Camara 5 goals |
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| Botoşani | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 31 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 45 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 45 |
| 91% | 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 31% |
| 22% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| 16% | 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 47% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 34% |
| 31% | 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 19% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 5.9 | 7.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 25% | 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 27% | 24% |
| 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Argeş have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Argeş have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals (21) in Liga 1
- Argeş have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Liga 1
- Argeş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Argeş is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Botoşani have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Argeş have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SSC Farul | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botoşani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Argeş | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
