Here's everything you must know, and then some, going into the Botoşani - U Craiova 1948 fixture!
- Botoşani have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Liga 1
This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and energy as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have played 15 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-4 (wins-draws-losses). Botoşani has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Municipal, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Botoşani goalkeeper Razvan Ducan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 200 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
It's back home for Botoşani, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating UTA Arad away with the result 2-0. Mailat (2) found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Botoşani won a home game hosting Arges (1-0).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 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 15 league matches, 12 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Botoşani has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
There's been little loot from U Craiova 1948's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Craiova's last game was the home draw against Voluntari (3-3). It looked so good for U Craiova 1948 vs Voluntari, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Universitatea Cluj at their stadium, the result 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Craiova in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for U Craiova 1948, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, U Craiova 1948 have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought previously this season: U Craiova 1948 - Botoşani 1-0. Numbers for the previous five meetings involving these two participants are: two wins for Botoşani, one draw and two wins for U Craiova 1948. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 14 goals |   A. Chițu 8 goals |  S. Camara 5 goals |
Botoşani missing players
U Craiova 1948 missing players
| Botoşani | U Craiova 1948 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 34 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 43 |
| 45 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 62% | 59% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 67% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | 42% |
| 21% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| 15% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | 52% |
| 35% | 41% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 27% |
| 29% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 24% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.6 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.3 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 28% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | 30% |
| 10.9 | 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Botoşani have the most matches under the total-line (24) 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 | SSC Farul | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 57 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 42 |
| 7 | U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 36 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Botoşani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 32 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Arges | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
