Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Botoşani & FCSB face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Romania Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Botoşani form and stats
Last season, Botoşani's Romania Cup journey ended in the round of 32.2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Botoşani have to build on here at Stadionul Municipal in the Liga 1.
Botoşani are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-8 away versus SSC Farul. Botoşani were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that match was a Liga 1 defeat to FCSB (2-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as CFR Cluj are coming to town in three days.
On the other hand, Botoşani have conceded 10 goals.
FCSB form and stats
FCSB was sent out of Romania Cup in the round of 16 last season.4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of FCSB playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
FCSB won their last game, 5-1 versus Mioveni played at home. As mentioned above, FCSB was the only team on the pitch versus Mioveni in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Botoşani.The schedule is very tough for FCSB now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga 1 game at Chindia Targoviste is waiting in only three days.
FCSB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, FCSB have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FCSB have managed a sequence of 10 consecutive matches without defeat (7-3-0) when facing Botoşani.Top Goalscorers
  A. Compagno 8 goals |   S. Mailat 5 goals |  A. Cordea 5 goals |
Botoşani missing players
FCSB missing players
| Botoşani | FCSB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 11 | Conceded | C | 22 | 42 | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | FCSB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Arges | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botoşani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
