Botoşani will hope that their home comfort is enough to get at least a point from this back-breaking battle, vs fiery Universitatea Craiova.
- Botoşani have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have collected 11 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 2-5-3.
Botoşani faced defeat in their previous match, away at FCSB (0-1).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at FCSB.11 goals have been conceded.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
210 minutes! That's how long the Universitatea goalkeeper Iulian-Laurentiu Popescu and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Universitatea Craiova won their last game, 3-0 versus Chindia Targoviste played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Mioveni.{10 goals} so far away for Universitatea Craiova, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 10. All from 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Universitatea Craiova - Botoşani 1-0 was the story when these two squads last played each other, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Botoşani won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Universitatea Craiova managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The matches between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Mailat 5 goals |   A. Crețu 5 goals |  A. Ivan 4 goals |
Botoşani missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Botoşani | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 34 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 30% | 38% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 48% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 48% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 29% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | 24% |
| 4 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 10.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 10.8 | 12.7 |
| 3.4 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 24% | 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| 12.2 | 11.1 | 16.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 10.6 | 9.1 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
- Botoşani have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Liga 1
- Botoşani have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova 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 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | FCSB | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Arges | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 23 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Botoşani | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -22 | 9 |
