This match stars two teams dwelling in the cellar of the Liga 1, Botoşani having 14th position and U Craiova 1948 in 11th. A decent opportunity for one of the sides to improve their position.
- Botoşani is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) 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!
Botoşani form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 1, Botoşani have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. When Botoşani hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Mioveni, Universitatea Cluj, FCSB, Botoşani and Chindia Targoviste), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Botoşani manager Teja and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rapid Bucuresti (placed 2nd).
Before that, Botoşani drew at home versus Universitatea Cluj.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 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Botoşani as they are travelling to their away game against SCM Gloria Buzau in the Romania Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Botoşani has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Botoşani have conceded 6 in these home matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
U Craiova 1948 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Chindia Targoviste with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Mioveni.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by U Craiova 1948 in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for U Craiova 1948, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Craiova manager Croitoru as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dinamo Bucuresti.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far U Craiova 1948 have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. U Craiova 1948 have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior three meetings): Botoşani won one game, one match ended in a draw and U Craiova 1948 got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sidibe 3 goals |   M. Roman 2 goals |  S. Mailat 2 goals |
Botoşani missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Botoşani | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 62% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 15% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 54% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 10.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| 3 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 13.2 | 13.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
- Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Botoşani is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- U Craiova 1948 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Liga 1
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Arges | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | FCSB | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Botoşani | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
