With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Botoşani fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dunărea Călăraşi.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Botoşani form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Botoşani has to build on here. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.In their previous game, the manager L. Ciobotariu led his Botoşani to a defeat in the Liga 1 match away at Voluntari. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Concordia Chiajna.
This is expected to be a close game, with Botoşani perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botoşani as a small favourite), we find three games. Botoşani has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The Botoşani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Dunărea Călăraşi form and stats
The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Dunărea Călăraşi as they have only collected 10 points from their 13 away games. Dunărea Călăraşi only has 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 7 draws.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus CSM Iasi with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Dunărea Călăraşi manager D. Alexa faced defeat in their match when travelling to Dinamo Bucuresti and losing 0-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Dunărea Călăraşi in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Dunărea Călăraşi, 7 draws and 7 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Dunărea Călăraşi's away games this season with only 5 goals from 13 matches. Dunărea Călăraşi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Botoşani - Dunărea Călăraşi 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Botoşani won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Dunărea Călăraşi has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndiaye 6 goals |   L. Fülöp 5 goals / 3 assists |  M. Roman 5 goals / 1 assists |
Botoşani missing players
Dunărea Călăraşi missing players
| Botoşani | Dunărea Călăraşi | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | Played | 14 | 28 |
| 32 | 14 | Scored | 5 | 17 |
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | 12 | 29 |
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | 79% | 79% |
| 75% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 43% | 54% |
| 43% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 21% |
| 18% | 14% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 4% |
| 64% | 50% | Both teams to score | 29% | 39% |
| 29% | 43% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 21% | Failed To Score | 64% | 54% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | FCSB | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 49 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 45 |
| 4 | Astra | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Viitorul | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Botoşani | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | CSM Iaşi | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 34 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 18 |
