Evenly matched teams: Botoşani vs Sepsi match preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 24.January
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Botoşani at this point, with their 4th spot in the Liga 1 table and looking forward to facing Sepsi (who are placed 10th).

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

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Botoşani form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Botoşani at their home stadium (Stadionul Municipal) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Botoşani drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rapid Bucuresti (placed 7th).

Before that, Botoşani had a home game versus Gaz Metan Mediaş which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.

Botoşani have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Botoşani's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sepsi form and stats

2 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sepsi playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

Sepsi's last game was the home draw against FCSB (0-0).

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

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

A quick return to home after this game, as Sepsi are hosting Universitatea Craiova in the Liga 1 only four days away.

The attacking power of Sepsi when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Botoşani and Sepsi have faced off before this season: Sepsi - Botoşani 1-1. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Botoşani, four draws and two wins for Sepsi. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniM. Edjouma
M. Edjouma
4 goals
SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
4 goals
BotoşaniH. Ongenda
H. Ongenda
3 goals

Botoşani missing players

Sepsi missing players

Botoşani Sepsi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
10 5 0 Drew D 2 6 11
3 2 2 Lost L 1 2 5
21 9 2 Scored S 2 9 21
19 10 5 Conceded C 4 8 18
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 81%
67% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 71%
29% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 19%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
33% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 38%
24% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 33%
 
3.8 4.4 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.2 5.6
5.3 4.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.7 3.6
2.5 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.9 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 11 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.9 11.1
4.6 4.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.1 4.1
22% 18% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 24%
 
9.1 7.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 6.7 6.2
3.3 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.1
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 21 19 0 2 32 8 11 11 0 0 19 4 10 8 0 2 13 4 24 57
2 FCSB 21 14 5 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 11 5 4 2 9 8 21 47
3 Voluntari 21 11 4 6 25 20 11 7 2 2 15 8 10 4 2 4 10 12 5 37
4 Botoşani 21 8 10 3 21 19 10 3 5 2 9 10 11 5 5 1 12 9 2 34
5 Universitatea Craiova 21 9 5 7 36 23 10 6 2 2 24 8 11 3 3 5 12 15 13 32
6 SSC Farul 21 9 5 7 23 13 10 7 1 2 16 4 11 2 4 5 7 9 10 32
7 Rapid Bucuresti 21 8 8 5 26 21 11 4 4 3 10 7 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 32
8 Arges 21 8 4 9 19 18 10 3 2 5 8 10 11 5 2 4 11 8 1 28
9 UTA Arad 21 6 9 6 17 15 10 3 4 3 7 7 11 3 5 3 10 8 2 27
10 Sepsi 21 5 11 5 21 18 11 3 5 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 26
11 Chindia Targoviste 21 5 7 9 13 17 10 2 3 5 8 12 11 3 4 4 5 5 -4 22
12 Mioveni 21 5 6 10 13 27 10 3 3 4 5 8 11 2 3 6 8 19 -14 21
13 Gaz Metan Mediaş 21 5 5 11 17 25 11 2 5 4 9 11 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 20
14 U Craiova 1948 21 4 7 10 15 21 11 2 4 5 6 11 10 2 3 5 9 10 -6 19
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 21 3 3 15 15 43 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 0 0 10 4 27 -28 12
16 Academica Clinceni 21 2 5 14 15 41 11 1 3 7 7 16 10 1 2 7 8 25 -26 11

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.