Mioveni vs Botoşani match preview: Even contest expected at Stadionul Orăşenesc

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Orăşenesc (10000 seats)

Mioveni are hosting Botoşani for yet another important fixture following their 1-0 result against Otelul.

Insights:
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (22) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 Mioveni and Botoşani.

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Mioveni form and stats

Mioveni's results here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the Liga 1 have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Mioveni are returning here after visiting Otelul in a Romania Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

A Liga 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Chindia Targoviste.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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 (4 from 6 games). Mioveni have conceded 8 in these home matches. Mioveni has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Botoşani form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Botoşani have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.

Two trips in a row for Botoşani, whose coach Teja could celebrate last time after the Romania Cup win against SCM Gloria Buzau. Yippee; their first three points in the league after seven rounds not winning.

Before that, Botoşani secured a home win against U Craiova 1948 with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Botoşani in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Botoşani, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Botoşani as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. Botoşani have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Botoşani have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Mioveni.

Top Goalscorers

MioveniE. Scarlatache
E. Scarlatache
2 goals
MioveniA. Buziuc
A. Buziuc
2 goals
MioveniB. Krasniqi
B. Krasniqi
2 goals

Mioveni missing players

Botoşani missing players

Mioveni Botoşani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 0 7 13
1 0 0 Won W 0 2 4
4 3 2 Drew D 0 2 5
9 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
9 4 3 Scored S 0 5 12
22 8 4 Conceded C 0 12 18
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 92%
57% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 62%
36% 17% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 31%
21% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 15%
43% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 54%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 31%
50% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 23%
 
3.6 4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.3 4.4
4.5 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.1 5.1
1.9 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 8.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9.2
3.3 3.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.1 3.4
20% 20% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 27%
 
9.9 7.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.1 12.4
4.7 3.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.9 4.7
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Botoşani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Mioveni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mioveni have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Mioveni have the fewest points (3) at home in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most conceded goals (22) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Liga 1
  • Mioveni have yet to win a game at home.
  • Mioveni haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 14 10 3 1 27 10 8 6 2 0 14 3 6 4 1 1 13 7 17 33
2 Rapid Bucuresti 14 9 1 4 16 9 6 5 1 0 9 3 8 4 0 4 7 6 7 28
3 CFR Cluj 12 8 1 3 20 11 8 6 0 2 15 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 9 25
4 Hermannstadt 13 6 4 3 16 12 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 2 3 1 6 5 4 22
5 Universitatea Craiova 13 6 3 4 16 15 8 5 2 1 13 9 5 1 1 3 3 6 1 21
6 Sepsi 14 5 4 5 21 12 6 2 1 3 12 4 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 19
7 FCSB 12 4 5 3 18 18 7 3 4 0 13 10 5 1 1 3 5 8 0 17
8 Voluntari 14 4 5 5 12 13 7 3 2 2 7 3 7 1 3 3 5 10 -1 17
9 Petrolul 52 14 5 2 7 12 17 7 2 2 3 5 8 7 3 0 4 7 9 -5 17
10 Arges 14 5 2 7 12 18 8 4 1 3 8 6 6 1 1 4 4 12 -6 17
11 Botoşani 13 4 5 4 12 18 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 2 2 3 5 12 -6 17
12 UTA Arad 14 4 4 6 13 18 6 3 2 1 9 6 8 1 2 5 4 12 -5 16
13 U Craiova 1948 14 4 3 7 14 15 6 3 0 3 6 5 8 1 3 4 8 10 -1 15
14 Universitatea Cluj 14 3 5 6 9 14 6 2 2 2 4 4 8 1 3 4 5 10 -5 14
15 Chindia Targoviste 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 1 2 4 7 10 -5 12
16 Mioveni 14 1 4 9 9 22 6 0 3 3 4 8 8 1 1 6 5 14 -13 7

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.