Liga 1 preview with statistics: Botoşani welcomes FCSB to Stadionul Municipal

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Botoşani will pray that their home support is enough to get some points from this rough dispute, against sparky FCSB.

Insights:
  • Botoşani have yet to win a game.
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (24) in Liga 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Botoşani form and stats

Overall Liga 1 results at home this season for Botoşani are 0-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Botoşani have been steadily collecting points here at Stadionul Municipal through three straight draws.

Botoşani lost their last game at Universitatea Craiova (placed 3rd) after a 1-5 scoreline. The first loss after going undefeated through three league fixtures. Botoşani were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that match, a home loss in the Romania Cup against Rapid Bucuresti.

Both teams on the scoresheet! That has been the case in 5 league fixtures in a row for this side. Could it happen again?

On the other hand, Botoşani have conceded 6 goals.

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FCSB form and stats

FCSB have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.

FCSB's last game was the home draw against Universitatea Cluj (2-2).

Earlier, the Romania Cup victory away at Bihor Oradea.

The FCSB manager Pintilii has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by FCSB in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these sides have all finished as FCSB victories. More of the same or streak broken?

Top Goalscorers

FCSBD. Olaru
D. Olaru
6 goals
FCSBF. Coman
F. Coman
4 goals

Botoşani missing players

FCSB missing players

Botoşani FCSB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
0 0 0 Won W 0 4 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
11 5 2 Scored S 1 14 24
20 6 2 Conceded C 2 7 11
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
55% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 73%
45% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
27% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.4 7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.3 4.5
5.7 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.7 3.3
2.7 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.5 2.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
11.6 14.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.2 12.9
3.8 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 5.3
26% 23% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 45% 41%
 
13.8 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.5 13.4
4.2 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botoşani have yet to win a game.
  • FCSB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FCSB have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FCSB have scored more than double the goals of Botoşani.
  • FCSB have the most points (13) away in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (14) away in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals (24) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+13) in Liga 1
  • FCSB have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Liga 1
  • FCSB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FCSB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 8 2 1 24 11 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 4 1 1 14 7 13 26
2 CFR Cluj 10 7 1 2 21 11 5 4 1 0 9 2 5 3 0 2 12 9 10 22
3 Universitatea Craiova 11 6 3 2 19 10 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 2 2 2 8 8 9 21
4 Rapid Bucuresti 11 5 4 2 22 12 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 2 2 1 10 6 10 19
5 Hermannstadt 11 3 6 2 16 13 6 2 3 1 10 8 5 1 3 1 6 5 3 15
6 Petrolul 52 11 3 6 2 14 13 6 2 3 1 10 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 1 15
7 SSC Farul 10 5 0 5 15 16 5 3 0 2 9 6 5 2 0 3 6 10 -1 15
8 Otelul 11 2 8 1 10 9 6 1 4 1 5 6 5 1 4 0 5 3 1 14
9 Sepsi 9 3 3 3 11 11 5 2 2 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 5 4 0 12
10 U Craiova 1948 11 4 0 7 19 22 6 2 0 4 14 15 5 2 0 3 5 7 -3 12
11 Universitatea Cluj 11 2 6 3 16 20 5 0 2 3 5 11 6 2 4 0 11 9 -4 12
12 CSM Iaşi 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 0 2 2 3 8 6 3 0 3 8 7 -4 11
13 Voluntari 11 3 2 6 15 23 5 2 0 3 8 11 6 1 2 3 7 12 -8 11
14 UTA Arad 10 2 3 5 8 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 5 0 2 3 4 9 -6 9
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 11 2 2 7 7 19 6 1 1 4 2 9 5 1 1 3 5 10 -12 8
16 Botoşani 11 0 6 5 11 20 5 0 4 1 5 6 6 0 2 4 6 14 -9 6

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.