Possible nail-biting contest in Botoşani - Viitorul game

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Mon 02.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (7782 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Botoşani have their presumed home advantage while Viitorul are ahead 9 points in the Liga 1 table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Botoşani and Viitorul.

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Botoşani form and stats

Botoşani's struggle is real here at Stadionul Municipal with only 7 points collected from 8 Liga 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-3.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 184 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Chindris was the last player to find the net.

Botoşani's previous game was a Liga 1 match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Viitorul (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Gaz Metan Mediaş the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Botoşani have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 3.

Botoşani are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Viitorul form and stats

Viitorul have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 1-4-3 (8 played).

Two away games in a row for Viitorul, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Botoşani in the Liga 1. Before that, Viitorul secured a home win against Sepsi with the score 4-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Viitorul in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Viitorul, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Viitorul are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Viitorul have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Viitorul - Botoşani 2-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botoşani 2 wins, 1 draw and Viitorul 7 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ViitorulG. Iancu
G. Iancu
8 goals
ViitorulEric de Oliveira
Eric de Oliveira
5 goals
ViitorulRivaldinho
Rivaldinho
5 goals

Botoşani missing players

Viitorul missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Botoşani Viitorul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 2 0 Won W 0 1 9
8 4 1 Drew D 0 4 5
4 3 1 Lost L 2 4 4
25 11 2 Scored S 3 9 39
23 13 3 Conceded C 5 13 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
50% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 72%
28% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 56%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 28%
61% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
28% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
17% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 11%
 
5.8 6.3 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.1 5.4
3.6 3.1 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.6
2.3 2.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
222 118 30 Total Shots T S 26 89 225
88 43 11 Shots on Target S O 9 33 96
28% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 41%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Botoşani have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Viitorul has the most matches over the total-line (13)
  • Viitorul has the most scored goals in the second half (26)

Botoşani
All Liga 1 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away Home vs top
30-10-19 RC Academica Clinceni 2 - 0 Botoşani
03-11-19 L1 Voluntari 1 - 2 Botoşani
09-11-19 L1 Botoşani 0 - 2 FCSB
24-11-19 L1 Gaz Metan Mediaş 0 - 0 Botoşani
02-12-19 L1 Botoşani 19:30 Viitorul
05-12-19 L1 Universitatea Craiova 17:00 Botoşani
08-12-19 L1 Botoşani 16:30 CFR Cluj
14-12-19 L1 Academica Clinceni 12:00 Botoşani
19-12-19 L1 Botoşani 19:00 Dinamo Bucureşti
01-02-20 L1 Chindia Târgovişte 01:00 Botoşani
Viitorul
All Liga 1 Europa League Romania Cup
All Home Away Away vs mid
27-10-19 L1 Dinamo Bucureşti 3 - 2 Viitorul
01-11-19 L1 Viitorul 3 - 0 Chindia Târgovişte
08-11-19 L1 Hermannstadt 1 - 1 Viitorul
25-11-19 L1 Viitorul 4 - 1 Sepsi
02-12-19 L1 Botoşani 19:30 Viitorul
05-12-19 L1 Viitorul 19:30 Astra
09-12-19 L1 Voluntari 19:30 Viitorul
15-12-19 L1 Viitorul 19:30 FCSB
20-12-19 L1 Gaz Metan Mediaş 19:30 Viitorul
01-02-20 L1 CSM Iaşi 01:00 Viitorul

  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 18 10 5 3 40 14 9 8 1 0 26 2 9 2 4 3 14 12 26 35
2 Astra 18 10 4 4 28 18 9 6 3 0 17 8 9 4 1 4 11 10 10 34
3 Viitorul 17 9 5 3 39 20 9 8 1 0 30 8 8 1 4 3 9 12 19 32
4 Universitatea Craiova 18 9 4 5 26 17 9 6 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 10 10 9 31
5 Gaz Metan Mediaş 18 7 6 5 25 22 9 4 4 1 16 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 3 27
6 FCSB 17 8 3 6 25 23 9 3 2 4 12 16 8 5 1 2 13 7 2 27
7 Dinamo Bucureşti 18 7 4 7 25 29 9 6 2 1 16 8 9 1 2 6 9 21 -4 25
8 Botoşani 17 5 8 4 24 23 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 4 4 1 14 10 1 23
9 CSM Iaşi 18 5 7 6 19 23 9 4 4 1 12 9 9 1 3 5 7 14 -4 22
10 Sepsi 18 3 10 5 16 18 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 1 6 2 7 10 -2 19
11 Academica Clinceni 18 4 6 8 24 33 9 2 5 2 9 12 9 2 1 6 15 21 -9 18
12 Chindia Târgovişte 18 4 5 9 20 33 9 2 3 4 10 16 9 2 2 5 10 17 -13 17
13 Hermannstadt 18 3 6 9 14 32 9 3 3 3 8 12 9 0 3 6 6 20 -18 15
14 Voluntari 17 1 5 11 11 31 8 0 2 6 4 12 9 1 3 5 7 19 -20 8

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 18 10 5 3 40 14 9 8 1 0 26 2 9 2 4 3 14 12 26 35
2 Astra 18 10 4 4 28 18 9 6 3 0 17 8 9 4 1 4 11 10 10 34
3 Viitorul 17 9 5 3 39 20 9 8 1 0 30 8 8 1 4 3 9 12 19 32
4 Universitatea Craiova 18 9 4 5 26 17 9 6 1 2 16 7 9 3 3 3 10 10 9 31
5 Gaz Metan Mediaş 18 7 6 5 25 22 9 4 4 1 16 10 9 3 2 4 9 12 3 27
6 FCSB 17 8 3 6 25 23 9 3 2 4 12 16 8 5 1 2 13 7 2 27
7 Dinamo Bucureşti 18 7 4 7 25 29 9 6 2 1 16 8 9 1 2 6 9 21 -4 25
8 Botoşani 17 5 8 4 24 23 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 4 4 1 14 10 1 23
9 CSM Iaşi 18 5 7 6 19 23 9 4 4 1 12 9 9 1 3 5 7 14 -4 22
10 Sepsi 18 3 10 5 16 18 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 1 6 2 7 10 -2 19
11 Academica Clinceni 18 4 6 8 24 33 9 2 5 2 9 12 9 2 1 6 15 21 -9 18
12 Chindia Târgovişte 18 4 5 9 20 33 9 2 3 4 10 16 9 2 2 5 10 17 -13 17
13 Hermannstadt 18 3 6 9 14 32 9 3 3 3 8 12 9 0 3 6 6 20 -18 15
14 Voluntari 17 1 5 11 11 31 8 0 2 6 4 12 9 1 3 5 7 19 -20 8

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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.