CFR Cluj vs Botoşani pre-match info: Away team will have a gruelling 90 minutes at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu (23500 seats)

CFR Cluj prepare to battle it out with Botoşani in this Liga 1 match. All you must know about the game is located right here!

Insights:
  • CFR Cluj have the most scored goals (8) in Liga 1

The hosts Cluj saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Shakhtyor, was also a home game here at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu. The away team is better rested.

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CFR Cluj form and stats

Perfect Liga 1 season at home so far for CFR Cluj 2 wins from 2 appearances.

CFR Cluj's previous match was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own arena, ending 1-0 versus Shakhtyor. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Before that match, a Liga 1 win away at Chindia Târgovişte.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cluj's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

CFR Cluj are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Maribor awaits in three days.

Early season league goal statistics from CFR Cluj's 2 home games: 5 goals, 2 conceded.

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Botoşani form and stats

Four points from two away games for Botoşani, meaning one draw and one victory in the Liga 1 so far.

Botoşani delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against SSC Farul (placed 4th) in their previous match.

Before that, Botoşani travelled to Hermannstadt and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Botoşani playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

It's early days yet, but Botoşani has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Cluj victories, two draws and three Botoşani wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CFR ClujC. Deac
C. Deac
2 goals
CFR ClujG. Debeljuh
G. Debeljuh
2 goals
BotoşaniS. Mailat
S. Mailat
2 goals

CFR Cluj missing players

Botoşani missing players

CFR Cluj Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
8 5 1 Scored S 1 2 6
5 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.5
5.5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 6
2.2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 8
4.5 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.5
44% 45% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 43%
 
10 7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8 12.8
2.8 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 4.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • CFR Cluj have the most scored goals (8) in Liga 1
  • CFR Cluj have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga 1
CFR Cluj Last season Botoşani
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
30 17   Won W   8 17
5 2   Drew D   7 13
5 1   Lost L   5 10
66 34   Scored S   24 51
25 10   Conceded C   22 39
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 90%
57% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 72%
35% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
20% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 18%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
35% 40%   BTTS BTTS   55% 48%
57% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 38%
12% 10%   Failed to Score F T   20% 25%
 
4.8 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.2
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.6
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.5
4 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10.9 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 9.8
4.5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%
 
8.6 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 9.7
2.7 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.6

  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 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 9
2 Rapid Bucuresti 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 9
3 Hermannstadt 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 8
4 SSC Farul 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 8
5 Botoşani 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
6 Sepsi 4 1 3 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 6
7 Voluntari 4 2 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 Arges 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -1 6
9 Universitatea Craiova 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 5
10 U Craiova 1948 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
11 Petrolul 52 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -2 4
12 UTA Arad 4 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 5 -3 4
13 FCSB 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 3
14 Chindia Târgovişte 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 2
15 Universitatea Cluj 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 2
16 Mioveni 4 0 1 3 3 10 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 7 -7 1
Last season 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 10 6 1 3 18 9 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 2 1 2 10 6 9 57
2 FCSB 10 8 1 1 24 7 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 4 1 0 11 4 17 56
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 7 0 3 22 9 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 3 0 2 11 5 13 48
4 Voluntari 10 3 2 5 9 14 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 1 3 3 9 -5 35
5 SSC Farul 10 2 2 6 5 16 5 1 2 2 2 8 5 1 0 4 3 8 -11 32
6 Arges 10 1 0 9 3 26 5 0 0 5 2 16 5 1 0 4 1 10 -23 27

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.