Only a win will satisfy the Botosani supporters in this Stadionul Municipal clash with CSM Iasi, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Liga 1 table.
Botoşani and CSM Iaşi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Botoşani form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, Botoşani have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. After failing to beat FCSB here at Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Botoşani has won their last four matches.
Botoşani are returning here after visiting Sepsi in a Liga 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Marko Dugandžić scored the goal(s). Before that, Botoşani had a home game versus Hermannstadt which ended with a victory 2-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Botoşani have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won six times, drawn five and lost two.
Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Botoşani have conceded 15 in these home matches.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for CSM Iaşi so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose). CSM Iaşi are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the CFR Cluj fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of CSM Iaşi, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
The manager M. Rednic was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 1 match played at their home ground Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu. CSM Iaşi suffered a 2-5 loss to Universitatea Craiova (placed 2nd). Prior to that match, the CSM Iaşi manager M. Rednic faced defeat when travelling to Sepsi and losing 0-1.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Universitatea Craiova was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
We have checked recent matches where CSM Iaşi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were zero victories, two draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting CSM Iaşi as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. CSM Iaşi have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result CSM Iaşi - Botoşani 0-3 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botoşani three wins, two draws and CSM Iaşi five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ofosu 5 goals |  S. Ashkovski 5 goals |  M. Roman 3 goals |
Botoşani missing players
CSM Iaşi missing players
| Botoşani | CSM Iaşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 34 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 76% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 58% | 72% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 52% |
| 24% | 17% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 20% |
| 8% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 56% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 32% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 307 | 159 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 95 | 235 |
| 132 | 65 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 47 | 109 |
| 26% | 25% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 17% | 23% |
- Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Botoşani is in the best form (5-1-0)
- CSM Iaşi has the most dropped points from leading position (24)
- CSM Iaşi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they 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 | CFR Cluj | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 49 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | FCSB | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 43 |
| 4 | Botoşani | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | Astra | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Viitorul | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 39 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 25 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 12 | CSM Iaşi | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | Academica Clinceni | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -25 | 17 |
| 15 | Gloria Lunca Teuz Cermei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Crisul Chisineu Cris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |