Liga 1 news and data: SSC Farul odds-on front runner to beat Botoşani

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Central (4545 seats)

Botoşani should not expect any handouts from their host SSC Farul in this Liga 1 match. Here's your complete match preview!

Insights:
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1

It's no vacation for neither SSC Farul nor Botoşani 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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SSC Farul form and stats

SSC Farul have performed here at Stadionul Central this season with 9 wins from 14 Liga 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4.

It's back home for Farul, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating FCSB away with the result 2-0. Ghiță and Betancor found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Argeş with the scoreline 0-1.

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 SSC Farul's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn one and lost zero.

The manager Hagi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Universitatea Craiova in only four days.

A decent goal production from SSC Farul in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. SSC Farul are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Central in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.

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Botoşani form and stats

Playing away, Botoşani have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga 1 this season.

Botoşani's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mioveni that finished 0-0.

Before that, Botoşani travelled to Chindia Targoviste 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 seven games. Results were two away wins, two draws and three home wins.

A new game in only four days for Botoşani, the Liga 1 home match versus Argeş. Busy days.

The visiting Botoşani have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games.

Head 2 Head

SSC Farul and Botoşani have played each other earlier this season: Botoşani - Farul 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

SSC FarulJ. Betancor Sánchez
J. Betancor Sánchez
15 goals
SSC FarulA. Petre
A. Petre
8 goals
BotoşaniM. Roman
M. Roman
3 goals

SSC Farul missing players

Botoşani missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SSC Farul Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
13 9 2 Won W 1 5 11
6 1 0 Drew D 3 7 13
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 4
40 22 4 Scored S 3 16 32
20 8 3 Conceded C 2 14 24
89% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 86%
61% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 68%
25% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 29%
11% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
25% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 54%
46% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 39%
39% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 7% 21%
 
5.6 5.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4
3.8 4.1 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.4 4.9
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 11.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 10.8
4.3 4.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4.5
33% 33% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 29% 25%
 
8.2 8.5 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10.6 9.2
2.9 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • SSC Farul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SSC Farul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 28 22 4 2 43 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 14 10 2 2 21 9 28 70
2 FCSB 28 17 8 3 53 27 14 10 3 1 37 18 14 7 5 2 16 9 26 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 14 6 8 51 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 22 48
4 Voluntari 28 13 8 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 10 15 6 47
5 Botoşani 28 11 13 4 32 24 14 6 6 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 46
6 SSC Farul 28 13 6 9 40 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 14 4 5 5 18 12 20 45
7 Argeş 28 12 6 10 25 21 14 6 3 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 42
8 UTA Arad 28 8 13 7 22 18 14 5 5 4 10 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 4 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 28 8 13 7 31 28 14 4 7 3 13 10 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 37
10 Sepsi 28 7 12 9 28 27 14 5 5 4 17 13 14 2 7 5 11 14 1 33
11 U Craiova 1948 28 7 9 12 27 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 14 3 4 7 16 17 -4 30
12 Chindia Targoviste 28 6 11 11 18 23 14 2 7 5 10 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -5 29
13 Mioveni 28 6 11 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 14 2 5 7 8 20 -13 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 28 4 5 19 22 59 14 4 3 7 16 25 14 0 2 12 6 34 -37 17
15 Gaz Metan Medias 28 6 6 16 21 40 14 2 6 6 11 17 14 4 0 10 10 23 -19 14
16 Academica Clinceni 28 2 5 21 19 63 14 1 3 10 10 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -44 11

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 28 22 4 2 43 15 14 12 2 0 22 6 14 10 2 2 21 9 28 70
2 FCSB 28 17 8 3 53 27 14 10 3 1 37 18 14 7 5 2 16 9 26 59
3 Universitatea Craiova 28 14 6 8 51 29 14 9 3 2 29 9 14 5 3 6 22 20 22 48
4 Voluntari 28 13 8 7 31 25 14 9 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 10 15 6 47
5 Botoşani 28 11 13 4 32 24 14 6 6 2 16 10 14 5 7 2 16 14 8 46
6 SSC Farul 28 13 6 9 40 20 14 9 1 4 22 8 14 4 5 5 18 12 20 45
7 Argeş 28 12 6 10 25 21 14 6 3 5 12 11 14 6 3 5 13 10 4 42
8 UTA Arad 28 8 13 7 22 18 14 5 5 4 10 8 14 3 8 3 12 10 4 37
9 Rapid Bucuresti 28 8 13 7 31 28 14 4 7 3 13 10 14 4 6 4 18 18 3 37
10 Sepsi 28 7 12 9 28 27 14 5 5 4 17 13 14 2 7 5 11 14 1 33
11 U Craiova 1948 28 7 9 12 27 31 14 4 5 5 11 14 14 3 4 7 16 17 -4 30
12 Chindia Targoviste 28 6 11 11 18 23 14 2 7 5 10 14 14 4 4 6 8 9 -5 29
13 Mioveni 28 6 11 11 18 31 14 4 6 4 10 11 14 2 5 7 8 20 -13 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 28 4 5 19 22 59 14 4 3 7 16 25 14 0 2 12 6 34 -37 17
15 Gaz Metan Medias 28 6 6 16 21 40 14 2 6 6 11 17 14 4 0 10 10 23 -19 14
16 Academica Clinceni 28 2 5 21 19 63 14 1 3 10 10 30 14 1 2 11 9 33 -44 11

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