Possible nail-biting contest in Mioveni - Botoşani game

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Mon 02.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Orăşenesc (10000 seats)

Mioveni hope to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been hard up to now with 29 points and a 13th position in the Liga 1 table. Guests Botoşani hold 7th place with 46 pts.

Insights:
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (19) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1

Both squads have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

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Mioveni form and stats

4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Mioveni, who have the fewest scored goals (19) in Liga 1, so far this season. Mioveni has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Orăşenesc, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Mioveni goalkeeper Iustin Alin Popescu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

Mioveni enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Academica Clinceni's place. The match ended 2-0 with Scarlatache and Raicea scoring.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in a game that was won 2-0.

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 Mioveni have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost two.

There will be little rest for Mioveni after this match as they are travelling to UTA Arad for a Liga 1 game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mioveni here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 15 games). Mioveni have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Botoşani form and stats

The visitors are W5-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1.

Botoşani had fun at their own home (Stadionul Orăşenesc) last time out, beating U Craiova 1948 2-1. Dican and Tchakonte scored.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chindia Targoviste at their stadium, the result 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Botoşani playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Botoşani wins, two draws and one defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Botoşani are hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in the Liga 1 only four days away.

Botoşani are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Botoşani have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Botoşani - Mioveni 0-0. Last three meetings with these contenders: Mioveni won zero, Botoşani were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MioveniG. Rusu
G. Rusu
9 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
6 goals
MioveniA. Buziuc
A. Buziuc
5 goals

Mioveni missing players

Botoşani missing players

Mioveni Botoşani
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 4 Played P 6 17 36
10 6 0 Won W 3 6 15
12 6 2 Drew D 2 7 13
14 5 2 Lost L 1 4 8
28 13 0 Scored S 9 18 43
41 14 4 Conceded C 7 20 34
83% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
58% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 69%
31% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 35% 36%
11% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 6%
39% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 83% 65% 50%
33% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 24% 36%
44% 47% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 25%
 
4.2 4.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 4.2
4.2 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.7
2.4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.6 9.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9 10
2.7 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 4.2
29% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 28% 28%
 
8.5 6.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 11 9.6
3.4 2.4 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals (19) 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 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Argeş 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botoşani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Targoviste 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Medias 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

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.