Botoşani and U Craiova 1948 club members can't wait for Liga 1 event at Stadionul Municipal

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Botoşani have 46 points performing as the home side. U Craiova 1948 have brought back 33 points playing the role of visitors. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Botoşani form and stats

Botoşani have collected 24 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 6-6-3.

A strong away win for Botoşani against Chindia Targoviste the last match, as Papa and II were on target.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sepsi (0-1).

Botoşani has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Botoşani have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

There's been little loot from U Craiova 1948's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Craiova has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

U Craiova 1948 won their last game, 4-0 versus Academica Clinceni played at home. As mentioned above, Craiova was the only team on the pitch versus Academica Clinceni in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dinamo Bucuresti at their stadium, the result 2-1.

U Craiova 1948 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Craiova have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent game: U Craiova 1948 - Botoşani 3-2. Previous two meetings with these teams: Botoşani won zero, U Craiova 1948 triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. Roman loves to face U Craiova 1948 and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

U Craiova 1948A. Compagno
A. Compagno
9 goals
U Craiova 1948C. Balan
C. Balan
8 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
6 goals

Botoşani missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botoşani U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 4 18 35
14 8 4 Won W 0 5 11
13 6 2 Drew D 1 5 11
8 4 0 Lost L 3 8 13
41 23 13 Scored S 2 21 40
33 13 1 Conceded C 5 20 37
89% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 86%
69% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 69%
34% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 37%
14% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
6% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
49% 33% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 43%
37% 50% 83% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 34%
26% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 39% 37%
 
4.2 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.2
4.7 4.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.8
2.4 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.9 10.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 10.1
4.1 4.4 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.3 3.4
28% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 35% 34%
 
9.6 8.3 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.1 9.5
3.5 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Arges 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 Targoviste 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

Table
  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 Arges 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 Targoviste 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

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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.