Liga 1 prediction and preview: Viitorul modest favorites to beat Botoşani

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Date: Mon 12.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Baza Sportivă Campo Verde (2000 seats)

The Liga 1 season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Viitorul and Botoşani promises to be an interesting one.

It's no vacation for neither Viitorul 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Viitorul form and stats

Perfect season at home so far for Viitorul, as mentioned below. 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Botoşani in the Liga 1 last time out and are looking for a win here. 2-2 away at Sepsi before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Viitorul matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from five games).

At Baza Sportivă Campo Verde, Viitorul has the goal stats of 8-2 (for/against) from 2 fixtures.

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Botoşani form and stats

Botoşani are still undefeated on their travels. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Botoşani has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Viitorul for a Liga 1 game that ended a draw (1-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gaz Metan Mediaş.

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 four games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Botoşani has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Viitorul won 7, Botoşani won 2 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eric de Oliveira
4 goals
A. Ciobanu
2 goals
G. Iancu
2 goals

Viitorul missing players

Botoşani missing players

Viitorul Botoşani
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played 0 3 5
3 2 0 Won 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew 0 2 3
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
12 9 0 Scored 0 5 10
5 3 0 Conceded 0 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 67% 0% Over 2.5 0% 33% 40%
60% 67% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 40%
40% 67% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 67% 0% BTTS 0% 67% 80%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 4.7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.7 5.8
2.8 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3.3 3.2
1.4 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.3 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • All of Botoşani's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Viitorul's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Botoşani have not yet lost a game.
  • Botoşani have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Botoşani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Viitorul have not yet lost a game.
  • Viitorul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Viitorul have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Viitorul have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Viitorul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Viitorul Last season Botoşani
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
36 18   Played   20 40
17 9   Won   7 17
7 3   Drew   7 11
12 6   Lost   6 12
44 23   Scored   26 49
37 15   Conceded   23 42
89% 89%   Over 0.5   100% 95%
61% 50%   Over 1.5   80% 72%
44% 33%   Over 2.5   40% 38%
19% 22%   Over 3.5   20% 15%
11% 17%   Over 4.5   5% 5%
44% 33%   BTTS   60% 50%
31% 44%   Clean Sheets   25% 40%
36% 33%   Failed To Score   15% 15%
 
4.9 6.1   Corners For (avg)   3.6 4
4.1 3.5   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.8
2.4 2   Yellow Cards (avg)   3.1 2.8
7 5   Red Cards   1 3
Key stats last season:
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Viitorul have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Viitorul
All Liga 1 Europa League Super Cup Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
25-07-19 EL Gent 6 - 3 Viitorul
28-07-19 L1 Viitorul 3 - 2 Hermannstadt
01-08-19 EL Viitorul 2 - 1 Gent
04-08-19 L1 Sepsi 2 - 2 Viitorul
12-08-19 L1 Viitorul 18:00 Botoşani
19-08-19 L1 Astra 18:00 Viitorul
24-08-19 L1 Viitorul - Voluntari
31-08-19 L1 FCSB - Viitorul
14-09-19 L1 Viitorul - Gaz Metan Mediaş
21-09-19 L1 Viitorul - CSM Iaşi
Botoşani
All Liga 1 Club Friendlies Romania Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 L1 Astra 2 - 2 Botoşani
20-07-19 L1 Botoşani 4 - 1 Voluntari
29-07-19 L1 FCSB 0 - 2 Botoşani
03-08-19 L1 Botoşani 1 - 1 Gaz Metan Mediaş
12-08-19 L1 Viitorul 18:00 Botoşani
18-08-19 L1 Botoşani 15:00 Universitatea Craiova
24-08-19 L1 CFR Cluj - Botoşani
31-08-19 L1 Botoşani - Academica Clinceni
14-09-19 L1 Dinamo Bucureşti - Botoşani
21-09-19 L1 Botoşani - Chindia Târgovişte

  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 CFR Cluj 5 4 1 0 13 3 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 8 2 10 13
2 CSM Iaşi 5 3 2 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 5 11
3 Viitorul 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 7 10
4 Gaz Metan Mediaş 5 2 3 0 7 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 9
5 Universitatea Craiova 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 9
6 Botoşani 4 2 2 0 9 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 5 8
7 Sepsi 5 1 4 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 7
8 Astra 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 7
9 Voluntari 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 -2 5
10 FCSB 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
11 Academica Clinceni 5 1 0 4 8 14 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 0 0 3 4 9 -6 3
12 Hermannstadt 5 1 0 4 7 13 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 10 -6 3
13 Dinamo Bucureşti 5 1 0 4 4 12 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 3
14 Chindia Târgovişte 5 0 1 4 4 11 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 1

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