Botoşani will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Universitatea Craiova.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have collected 22 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 6-4-5.
1-1 away at Voluntari before that.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Academica Clinceni are coming to town in four days.
Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Botoşani have conceded only 14 goals.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
Universitatea Craiova, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga 1, have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 8-6-1 from 15 games. The last three matches for Universitatea have all ended in a draw.
Universitatea are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought in the Liga 1. The Universitatea goalkeeper Mirko Pigliacelli is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 550 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Sirineasa in the Romania Cup.
The schedule is very tough for Universitatea now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 1 game at CFR Cluj is waiting in only three days.
Universitatea are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Universitatea's manager M. Ouzounidis has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 6 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Universitatea Craiova - Botoşani 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Botoşani, three draws and five wins for Universitatea Craiova. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Keyta 14 goals |  A. Cicâldău 9 goals | E. Koljič 6 goals |
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| Botoşani | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 40 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| 38 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 90% | 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 74% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 47% | 45% |
| 52% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 19% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 61% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 33% | 29% |
| 26% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.3 | 12.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 22% |
- Universitatea Craiova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Universitatea Craiova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most matches under the total-line (22) 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 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 35 | 65 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 64 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Botoşani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Arges | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Astra | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Medias | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Viitorul | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 27 |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -35 | 25 |