Liga 1 preview: Can Botoşani edge out victory against U Craiova 1948?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

Botoşani are chasing the top table spots while U Craiova 1948 are more concerned with steering clear of relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Romania Cup. That game was an away game at Argeş, so at least Botoşani are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Botoşani form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Botoşani have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal in the Liga 1.

An away draw last time out for Botoşani, facing Argeş (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in a game that ended 0-0.

In the game before, an away victory in the Liga 1 match versus Dinamo Bucuresti with a 2-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botoşani handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Botoşani here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). From these home matches, Botoşani have conceded only 3 goals.

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U Craiova 1948 form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. U Craiova 1948 has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

C. Balan was the last player to score for the away team. Craiova haven't scored a league goal in the last 222 minutes.

It's the second away game in a row for Craiova, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Petrolul 52 in the Romania Cup last time out.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus FCSB.

We have checked recent matches where Craiova have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were one victory, zero draws and zero defeats.

Craiova find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Craiova have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BotoşaniH. Ongenda
H. Ongenda
3 goals
BotoşaniH. Kage
H. Kage
2 goals
U Craiova 1948W. Baeten
W. Baeten
2 goals

Botoşani missing players

U Craiova 1948 missing players

Botoşani U Craiova 1948
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 5 9
6 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
10 3 0 Scored S 2 5 7
6 3 0 Conceded C 3 8 10
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 44%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 11%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 44%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
22% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 44%
 
2.6 2.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.2
6.1 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.8
2.4 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.6 8.9
3.8 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.2
29% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 35%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • U Craiova 1948 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • U Craiova 1948 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 9 8 0 1 14 5 5 5 0 0 10 3 4 3 0 1 4 2 9 24
2 Botoşani 9 6 2 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 5 4 1 0 7 3 4 20
3 Rapid Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 11 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 17
4 UTA Arad 9 4 4 1 9 5 5 2 3 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 16
5 SSC Farul 9 4 3 2 12 4 4 4 0 0 11 0 5 0 3 2 1 4 8 15
6 FCSB 9 4 3 2 16 9 4 3 1 0 13 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 7 15
7 Voluntari 9 5 0 4 13 12 5 4 0 1 9 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 1 15
8 Argeş 9 4 1 4 8 6 4 1 0 3 1 3 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 13
9 Universitatea Craiova 9 4 1 4 10 10 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 0 13
10 Chindia Târgovişte 9 3 3 3 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 1 1 3 2 4 1 12
11 Mioveni 9 3 1 5 5 11 4 1 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 2 4 7 -6 10
12 Sepsi 9 1 5 3 7 9 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 3 1 3 4 -2 8
13 U Craiova 1948 9 2 2 5 7 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 0 4 5 8 -3 8
14 Gaz Metan Medias 9 2 1 6 7 12 5 1 1 3 4 6 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 7
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 2 0 7 7 19 5 2 0 3 7 8 4 0 0 4 0 11 -12 6
16 Academica Clinceni 9 0 2 7 6 19 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 0 1 4 3 13 -13 2

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.