Here's another intriguing game in the Liga 1. Botoşani is in the 2nd position from featuring in three fixtures. They greet SSC Farul who are placed 1st from three fixtures.
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Liga 1
This should be an engaging game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Botoşani form and stats
The hosts won their first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Municipal, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Botoşani last season were 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses from 5 games.
Botoşani travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hermannstadt that ended 1-1. Florescu was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Hermannstadt after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that match, a win away at Voluntari.This is expected to be a close game, with Botoşani perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botoşani as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Botoşani has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botoşani as they are travelling to their away game against CFR Cluj in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
At Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
SSC Farul form and stats
Only one away game in the Liga 1 so far for SSC Farul and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 4 losses from 5 travels.
212 minutes! That's how long the SSC Farul goalkeeper Mihai Marian Aioani and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
SSC Farul's last game was the home draw against Chindia Targoviste (0-0).
Prior to that result SSC Farul won their away game at Mioveni. The scoreline was 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Farul playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 SSC Farul win, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hermannstadt in just four days.
SSC Farul have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last two meetings): Botoşani won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and SSC Farul got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 2 goals |   A. Petre 2 goals |
Botoşani missing players
SSC Farul missing players
| Botoşani | SSC Farul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 6.3 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 56% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 9.3 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8.7 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Liga 1
| Botoşani | Last season | SSC Farul | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 90% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 90% | ||
| 72% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 25% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 48% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 22% | ||
| 38% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 42% | ||
| 25% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Arges | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | FCSB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Petrolul 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sepsi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | Botoşani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Academica Clinceni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -28 | -23 |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Medias | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | -25 | -46 |
