Liga 1 information and data: Botoşani small favoured to outplay Mioveni

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Both the home- and away side have struggled so far, but a win and three points in this important match would definitely be a big help. Get ready for Botoşani - Mioveni!

Insights:
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Liga 1

This could be an engaging match with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Botoşani form and stats

The overall Liga 1 statistics at home this season for Botoşani are 4-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). Botoşani has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Stoican and the players.

Botoşani faced defeat in their previous match, away at U Craiova 1948 (0-1).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Rapid Bucuresti (1-2).

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 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Botoşani has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches.

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Mioveni form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mioveni so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

The club members enjoyed Mioveni's previous game versus Chindia Targoviste (placed 11th), a 2-0 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone five league matches without victory.

A loss against Voluntari was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Mioveni have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Mioveni has scored 14 and conceded 28 goals from their travels in the league so far (14 games). When Mioveni is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Hermannstadt, Mioveni, UTA Arad, Arges and Chindia Targoviste.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other already this season, with the result Mioveni - Botoşani 0-0 entered in the official records. Data for the former six meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Botoşani, three draws and one win for Mioveni. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniS. Mailat
S. Mailat
10 goals
MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
6 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
4 goals

Botoşani missing players

Mioveni missing players

Botoşani Mioveni
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
7 4 1 Won W 1 2 4
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 9
12 4 1 Lost L 2 9 16
28 18 4 Scored S 4 14 22
43 14 4 Conceded C 7 28 44
90% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
62% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 62%
34% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 41%
24% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 21%
17% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
45% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 45%
31% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
34% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 45%
 
4 4.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 3.3
5.1 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.3 4.7
2.5 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.2 2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.5 10.8 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.1 8
3.7 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 2.9
26% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 26%
 
11.4 10.9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 12.6 10.8
4.6 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.9 4.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mioveni have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mioveni have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Liga 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 29 18 7 4 52 27 14 11 2 1 30 8 15 7 5 3 22 19 25 61
2 CFR Cluj 29 19 3 7 50 28 14 10 0 4 25 12 15 9 3 3 25 16 22 60
3 FCSB 29 16 6 7 50 35 14 7 5 2 29 18 15 9 1 5 21 17 15 54
4 Rapid Bucuresti 29 15 7 7 39 24 15 10 3 2 27 12 14 5 4 5 12 12 15 52
5 Universitatea Craiova 29 15 6 8 35 26 14 10 2 2 22 11 15 5 4 6 13 15 9 51
6 Sepsi 29 11 9 9 46 29 15 6 4 5 26 13 14 5 5 4 20 16 17 42
7 U Craiova 1948 29 11 7 11 34 31 15 8 2 5 20 13 14 3 5 6 14 18 3 40
8 Universitatea Cluj 29 8 10 11 25 33 15 6 6 3 16 11 14 2 4 8 9 22 -8 34
9 Voluntari 29 8 9 12 27 31 15 5 4 6 13 11 14 3 5 6 14 20 -4 33
10 Petrolul 52 29 10 3 16 27 44 15 6 3 6 17 18 14 4 0 10 10 26 -17 33
11 Chindia Targoviste 29 7 10 12 31 41 14 3 7 4 16 19 15 4 3 8 15 22 -10 31
12 Botoşani 29 7 10 12 28 43 14 4 6 4 18 14 15 3 4 8 10 29 -15 31
13 Hermannstadt 29 10 8 11 29 29 14 5 3 6 17 14 15 5 5 5 12 15 0 29
14 UTA Arad 29 6 9 14 28 39 15 5 4 6 20 20 14 1 5 8 8 19 -11 27
15 Arges 29 6 9 14 21 40 14 4 4 6 12 18 15 2 5 8 9 22 -19 27
16 Mioveni 29 4 9 16 22 44 15 2 6 7 8 16 14 2 3 9 14 28 -22 21

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.