Liga 1 preview: Can Botoşani edge out victory against Voluntari?

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (10600 seats)

The Botoşani manager L. Ciobotariu attacks this game with the team placed 2nd so far. In the visitors dressing room Voluntari and their manager C. Bergodi are in 11th place before this match.

It's no vacation for neither Botoşani nor Voluntari as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Botoşani form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Stadionul Municipal, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Botoşani last season were 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from seven games.

The Botoşani supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Voluntari in Liga 1 and win 4-1. Before that, Botoşani played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Astra.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Botoşani handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D4-L1.

At Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Voluntari form and stats

Voluntari have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats from seven fixtures.

Voluntari play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Botoşani. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Sepsi.

Voluntari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of four matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in away games so far, Voluntari has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Botoşani - Voluntari 4-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Botoşani 6 wins, 2 draws and Voluntari 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Miron
1 goals
J. Rodríguez
1 goals / 1 assists
E. Papa
1 goals

Botoşani missing players

Voluntari missing players

Botoşani Voluntari
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
6 4 0 Scored 0 1 1
3 1 0 Conceded 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
7.5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 3
2.5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5.5
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Botoşani Last season Voluntari
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
40 20   Played   20 40
17 10   Won   3 9
11 4   Drew   7 14
12 6   Lost   10 17
49 23   Scored   16 44
42 19   Conceded   35 62
95% 90%   Over 0.5   90% 88%
72% 65%   Over 1.5   85% 82%
38% 35%   Over 2.5   45% 52%
15% 10%   Over 3.5   30% 28%
5% 5%   Over 4.5   5% 10%
50% 40%   BTTS   50% 60%
40% 55%   Clean Sheets   15% 20%
15% 15%   Failed To Score   45% 32%
 
4 4.5   Corners For (avg)   3.2 3.7
4.8 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   5.3 5.7
2.8 2.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.5 2.3
3 2   Red Cards   3 6
Key stats last season:
  • Voluntari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Botoşani
21-05-19 L1 Hermannstadt 0 - 2 Botoşani
27-05-19 L1 Botoşani 1 - 0 Dinamo Bucureşti
31-05-19 L1 CSM Iaşi 0 - 2 Botoşani
13-07-19 L1 Astra 2 - 2 Botoşani
20-07-19 L1 Botoşani 4 - 1 Voluntari
29-07-19 L1 FCSB 17:00 Botoşani
02-08-19 L1 Botoşani - Gaz Metan Mediaş
10-08-19 L1 Viitorul - Botoşani
17-08-19 L1 Botoşani - Universitatea Craiova
24-08-19 L1 CFR Cluj - Botoşani
Voluntari
23-05-19 L1 Gaz Metan Mediaş 4 - 0 Voluntari
27-05-19 L1 Voluntari 2 - 1 Hermannstadt
31-05-19 L1 Dinamo Bucureşti 0 - 0 Voluntari
12-07-19 L1 Voluntari 0 - 0 Sepsi
20-07-19 L1 Botoşani 4 - 1 Voluntari
26-07-19 L1 Voluntari 18:00 Astra
02-08-19 L1 Voluntari - CSM Iaşi
10-08-19 L1 FCSB - Voluntari
17-08-19 L1 Voluntari - Gaz Metan Mediaş
24-08-19 L1 Viitorul - Voluntari

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Viitorul 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 6
2 Botoşani 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
3 CFR Cluj 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
4 Gaz Metan Mediaş 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 FCSB 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Universitatea Craiova 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Astra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 CSM Iaşi 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Sepsi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Chindia Târgovişte 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
11 Voluntari 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
12 Hermannstadt 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 -3 0
13 Academica Clinceni 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -4 0
14 Dinamo Bucureşti 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0