📊 Form Guide

Botoșani

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Botoșani will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs loss in their previous game against UTA Arad.

In that game, Botoșani had 53% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, UTA Arad got 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ibrahima Conté (37') scored for UTA Arad.

Botoșani haven’t made the most of their chances in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 versus opponents over the course of their previous six outings. In those games, Botoșani have also seen the number of goals against them total 8. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, of course.

FC U Craiova

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Previously, FC U Craiova drew 0-0 in the Liga 1 Play Offs match with CSM Politehnica Iași.

In that game, FC U Craiova had 40% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Politehnica Iași had 18 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC U Craiova have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. At the back, FC U Craiova have some weaknesses to address.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 25/04/2022 shows that Botoșani have won 2 of these and FC U Craiova 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 8 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 from Botoșănenii and 5 coming from Studenții. That is an average goals per game value of 1.33.

The last league encounter between these sides was Liga I match day 19 on 11/12/2023 and the score finished FC U Craiova 2-0 Botoșani.

On that occasion, FC U Craiova managed 54% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Léo Lacroix (20') and Juan Bauza (76').

On the other side, Botoșani got 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

📰 Team News: Botoșani

The Botoșani manager Andrei Patache will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.

It seems likely that Botoșănenii could use the 4-3-3 formation for the game, handing starts to Razvan Ducan, Romario Benzar, Rijad Sadiku, Alin Seroni, Alexandru Tiganasu, Gabriel Eugen David, Victor Dican, Ioan Filip, Eduard Florescu, Enzo Lopez and Reagy Ofosu.

🗞️ Team News: FC U Craiova

Due to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the FC U Craiova manager Giovanni Constantino does not have any fitness worries to report before this match.

We are inclined to think that Studenții seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Ion-Cristian Gurau, Gabriel Compagnucci, Rokas Lekiatas, Leo Lacroix, Andrea Padula, Constantin Albu, Vlad Pop, William Baeten, Aurelian Chitu, Yassine Bahassa and Vladislav Blanuta.

🧠 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC U Craiova and Botoșani could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

We’ll see, but this could easily end up all-square. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter with a 0-0 scoreline when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 10:20 14/04/2024