Home advantage could prove decisive in Botoşani - Gaz Metan Mediaş battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 15.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Botoşani perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Gaz Metan Mediaş can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Botoşani is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1

It's no vacation for neither Botoşani nor Gaz Metan Mediaş as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Botoşani form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Botoşani have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Botoşani here at Stadionul Municipal, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Botoşani crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Universitatea Craiova here at Stadionul Municipal in a Romania Cup match. Before that, Botoşani had a Liga 1 home game versus CFR Cluj which ended with a victory 2-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Botoşani matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and two defeats (from five games).

Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Botoşani have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats

Gaz Metan Mediaş, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 3-2-6 (11 played).

Mediaş play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Sirineasa. Before that, Gaz Metan Mediaş secured a home win against Chindia Targoviste with the score 1-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mediaş when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

Gaz Metan Mediaş find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gaz Metan Mediaş have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gaz Metan Mediaş - Botoşani 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Botoşani wins - draws - Gaz Metan Mediaş wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniH. Keyta
H. Keyta
12 goals
Gaz Metan MediaşR. Deaconu
R. Deaconu
6 goals
BotoşaniR. Fili
R. Fili
3 goals

Botoşani missing players

Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players

Botoşani Gaz Metan Mediaş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
9 4 0 Won W 1 3 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 2 Lost L 1 6 10
33 15 2 Scored S 3 14 28
28 9 5 Conceded C 4 18 32
91% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
59% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 55%
32% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 23%
18% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
64% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 64%
27% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
18% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 3.2
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.5 11.3 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.9 8.1
4.2 4.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.5
36% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga 1
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gaz Metan Mediaş 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 22 15 3 4 48 20 11 9 1 1 30 7 11 6 2 3 18 13 28 48
2 CFR Cluj 22 14 5 3 30 12 11 5 4 2 12 7 11 9 1 1 18 5 18 47
3 Universitatea Craiova 22 12 7 3 27 13 11 5 3 3 11 8 11 7 4 0 16 5 14 43
4 Sepsi 21 8 10 3 36 23 11 4 5 2 19 12 10 4 5 1 17 11 13 34
5 Botoşani 22 9 6 7 33 28 11 4 4 3 15 9 11 5 2 4 18 19 5 33
6 Academica Clinceni 22 8 9 5 22 20 11 5 3 3 10 9 11 3 6 2 12 11 2 33
7 Chindia Targoviste 22 7 7 8 19 20 11 3 3 5 12 16 11 4 4 3 7 4 -1 28
8 Gaz Metan Mediaş 22 8 4 10 28 32 11 5 2 4 14 14 11 3 2 6 14 18 -4 28
9 UTA Arad 22 7 7 8 21 30 11 1 4 6 7 18 11 6 3 2 14 12 -9 28
10 Viitorul 22 5 10 7 29 30 11 3 5 3 19 19 11 2 5 4 10 11 -1 25
11 Dinamo Bucuresti 22 7 4 11 23 26 11 3 3 5 12 11 11 4 1 6 11 15 -3 25
12 Arges 21 5 8 8 21 27 10 2 4 4 10 13 11 3 4 4 11 14 -6 23
13 Astra 22 5 7 10 28 34 11 2 4 5 13 16 11 3 3 5 15 18 -6 22
14 Voluntari 22 5 5 12 26 36 11 3 2 6 14 17 11 2 3 6 12 19 -10 20
15 Hermannstadt 22 3 10 9 21 32 11 2 4 5 11 16 11 1 6 4 10 16 -11 19
16 CSM Iaşi 22 4 4 14 21 50 11 2 2 7 10 22 11 2 2 7 11 28 -29 16

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.