There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Liga 1 table so far. Here's the Botoşani - Hermannstadt latest:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have collected 16 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 4-4-3. It’s been three wins in a row for Botoşani here at Stadionul Municipal, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Hidajet Hankic not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
A strong away win for Botoşani against Chindia Targoviste the last match, as Marko Dugandžić were on target. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Dinamo Bucureşti.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Botoşani's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Botoşani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Botoşani have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Hermannstadt form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hermannstadt so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Hermannstadt delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sepsi (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Liga 1 game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus CSM Iaşi.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hermannstadt when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The attacking power of Hermannstadt when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Hermannstadt have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Botoşani and Hermannstadt have met before this season: Hermannstadt - Botoşani 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Botoşani victories, one draw and zero Hermannstadt wins. zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ashkovski 5 goals |   P. Petrescu 5 goals |  G. Debeljuh 5 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Hermannstadt missing players
| Botoşani | Hermannstadt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 87% |
| 78% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 78% |
| 48% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 52% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 13% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 30% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 43% |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 297 | 152 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 75 | 191 |
| 123 | 59 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 34 | 82 |
| 25% | 24% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 24% | 28% |
- Botoşani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Hermannstadt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Hermannstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hermannstadt have yet to win a game 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 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 47 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Astra | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | FCSB | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Viitorul | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Gaz Metan Medias | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | CSM Iaşi | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -18 | 21 |
| 13 | Academica Clinceni | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | Voluntari | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 11 |
| 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 |