Botoşani vs Sepsi betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Stats, trends, results, player info, head-2-head, team selections and much more: Here's all you should know about Botoşani - Sepsi!

Insights:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Botoşani form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Botoşani have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal in the Liga 1. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Botoşani after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Botoşani are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Rapid Bucuresti.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against UTA Arad.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botoşani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost three.

Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. Botoşani are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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Sepsi form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Sepsi have produced an overall stat of 3-7-5 so far.

The Sepsi goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 232 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Păun, Mitrea, Tudorie, Aganović and Luckassen secured the home win 6-0 against Academica Clinceni in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dinamo Bucuresti that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Sepsi in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Sepsi, two draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Sepsi when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier on this season: Botoşani - Sepsi 1-0. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Botoşani won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Sepsi got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

SepsiM. Ştefănescu
M. Ştefănescu
7 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
5 goals
SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
5 goals

Botoşani missing players

Sepsi missing players

Botoşani Sepsi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 3 16 33
13 8 2 Won W 0 3 11
13 6 1 Drew D 1 8 13
7 3 1 Lost L 2 5 9
39 23 4 Scored S 2 14 42
31 12 4 Conceded C 5 15 30
88% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 85%
70% 65% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 73%
33% 35% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 12% 30%
15% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 21%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
48% 35% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
39% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
24% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 33%
 
4.2 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6.2
4.8 4.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 3.9 3.5
2.5 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.8 12.1
4.2 4.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 4.6
28% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 28%
 
9.2 7.6 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 7.9 6.9
3.2 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) 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 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Argeş 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botoşani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 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.