Stadionul Municipal: Botoşani vs Otelul Liga 1 pre-match guide

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Botoşani contest Otelul for prestige and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Botoşani is in the worst form (0-2-3)
  • Otelul have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) 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 stats playing at home this season for Botoşani are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Botoşani's attacking players as they have now played 211 minutes without scoring in a league game. Florescu was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Botoşani in their previous match, an away game at Dinamo Bucureşti that ended in defeat 0-1. The defeat against Dinamo Bucureşti was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Ducan (own goal)).

Preceding that match was a defeat to U Craiova 1948 (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botoşani handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

At Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Otelul form and stats

Things could have gone better for Otelul in their Liga 1 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.

Otelul's last game was the home draw against Universitatea Cluj (1-1).

Before that, Otelul travelled to Sepsi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Otelul are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Little scoring action? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.

Otelul have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last four meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Botoşani, one draw and one win for Otelul. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OtelulA. Pop
A. Pop
3 goals
BotoşaniV. Pinson
V. Pinson
1 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
1 goals

Botoşani missing players

Otelul missing players

Botoşani Otelul
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
60% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
5.4 8.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0.5 1.8
4.6 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 5.2
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.5 9.6
3.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 2
24% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
 
13.2 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 11.2
3.6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have created more than twice as many corners as Otelul.
  • Botoşani have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Botoşani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botoşani have yet to win a game.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Botoşani is in the worst form (0-2-3)
  • Otelul have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Otelul have not yet lost a game away.
  • Otelul have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Liga 1
  • Otelul have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Liga 1
  • Otelul have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Otelul have yet to win a game.
Botoşani Last season Otelul
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   14 29
11 7   Won W   3 14
14 9   Drew D   5 7
14 4   Lost L   6 8
39 26   Scored S   8 29
49 16   Conceded C   14 25
87% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 90%
59% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 52%
28% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   14% 28%
21% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 10%
15% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
41% 50%   BTTS BTTS   29% 34%
36% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 41%
36% 25%   Failed to Score F T   57% 34%
 
4.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.8
4.8 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
4 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.1 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.3
3.6 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.2
27% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 31%
 
10.5 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   8.3 8
4.2 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3

  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 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 12
2 Universitatea Craiova 5 3 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 11
3 Voluntari 5 3 0 2 8 9 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 7 -1 9
4 Sepsi 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 8
5 Petrolul 52 5 2 2 1 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 8
6 CFR Cluj 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 7
7 SSC Farul 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
8 Hermannstadt 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
9 U Craiova 1948 5 2 0 3 8 9 3 1 0 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 6
10 Universitatea Cluj 5 1 3 1 7 9 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 6 5 -2 6
11 Rapid Bucuresti 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 5
12 UTA Arad 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
13 Otelul 5 0 4 1 3 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 4
14 Dinamo Bucureşti 5 1 1 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 4
15 CSM Iasi 5 1 0 4 5 11 2 0 0 2 2 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 -6 3
16 Botoşani 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 2

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.