This season has been challenging for Botoşani so far, and the same description fits Mioveni. These hardened teams pray for some vital points here.
- Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1
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
The overall Liga 1 results at home this season for Botoşani are 4-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Botoşani hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hermannstadt, UTA Arad, Argeş, Botoşani and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 3 of 6 matches! Two draws in a row at home now for Botoşani.
Stress levels are on the rise for Botoşani's attacking players as they have now played 415 minutes without scoring in a league game. Mailat was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager Stoican led his Botoşani to a defeat away at Voluntari. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadionul Municipal.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Universitatea Cluj.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The Botoşani fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Botoşani has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.
Mioveni form and stats
There's been little loot from Mioveni's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. Mioveni only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Mioveni are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 10 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Botoşani game.)
Mioveni have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 722 minutes ago. Rusu was the goal scorer.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus UTA Arad with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Voluntari's place.You'll want to know how Mioveni managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 9 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 9 home wins.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's last 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Mioveni have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. 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, Argeş and Chindia Targoviste.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged result between these teams is the Botoşani - Mioveni 1-1 played not long ago this season. Previous seven meetings between these participants: Botoşani won two, Mioveni were winners in one and we saw four draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 14 goals |   G. Rusu 7 goals | S. Camara 5 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Mioveni missing players
| Botoşani | Mioveni | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 34 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 48 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 36 | 59 |
| 87% | 79% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 92% |
| 58% | 53% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | 63% |
| 26% | 26% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 34% |
| 18% | 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 26% | 16% |
| 13% | 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 39% | 47% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 37% |
| 37% | 47% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 37% | 26% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 55% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 26% | 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | 22% |
| 10.6 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
- Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Liga 1
- Botoşani have the most matches under the total-line (28) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 clean sheets (6) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the most conceded goals (45) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Liga 1
- Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Liga 1
- Mioveni is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botoşani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Argeş | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
