Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Viitorul in 6th and Botoşani in 10th place.
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Botoşani has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Liga 1
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 Viitorul and Botoşani.
Viitorul form and stats
Viitorul have played 6 Liga 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Viitorul drew their last game, 1-1 away at Chindia Targoviste (placed 8th). A Romania Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Dinamo Bucuresti.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viitorul have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viitorul as they are travelling to their away game against Gaz Metan Mediaş in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
Viitorul have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Central with 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Viitorul defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Botoşani form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The last three matches for Botoşani have all ended in a draw.
Botoşani played 1-1 against Astra in their previous match. Before that, Botoşani travelled to Sepsi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Botoşani are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Botoşani's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. The Botoşani manager M. Croitoru has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Viitorul six wins, one draw and Botoşani three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Keyta 6 goals |   K. Luckassen 5 goals |  G. Iancu 4 goals |
Viitorul missing players
Botoşani missing players
| Viitorul | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 45% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 86% | 62% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10.7 | 10 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 7 | 9.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 42% | 38% |
- All of Botoşani's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Viitorul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Botoşani has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Liga 1
- Botoşani have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botoşani have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Viitorul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Viitorul have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Viitorul have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Viitorul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 30 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Sepsi | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Viitorul | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Botoşani | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Voluntari | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Astra | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | CSM Iasi | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Arges | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 9 |