Botoșani vs UTA Arad Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Botoșani

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Botoșani enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Liga I draw against CSM Politehnica Iași.

In that match, Botoșani managed 35% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Politehnica Iași had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Botoșani have really been misfiring in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 versus opposition teams during their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Botoșani have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 8.

UTA Arad

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Universitatea Cluj in Liga I action, UTA Arad will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, UTA Arad had 47% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Universitatea Cluj had 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

It is worth noting that UTA Arad have struggled for goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, UTA Arad have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 8. That pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this match, though.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 06/08/2021 shows us that Botoșani have won 3 of them & UTA Arad 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 from Botoșănenii and 6 belonging to UTA Arad. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league clash between these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 4 on 14/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of UTA Arad 0-2 Botoșani.

In that game, UTA Arad managed 60% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

For their opponents, Botoșani got 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Sebastian Mailat (12', 35') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Botoșani

The Botoșani manager Marius Croitoru has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully healthy group to pick from.

It’s our opinion that Botoșănenii will probably go for a 4-4-2 formation in the match, utilising Razvan Ducan, Romario Benzar, Junior Pius, Alin Seroni, Razvan Cret, Adams Friday, Eduard Florescu, Victor Dican, Virgile Pinson, Kablan N'Goma and Miroslav Ilicic.

📰 Team News: UTA Arad

Due to a mostly available group of players, there is just a single fitness worry for the UTA Arad gaffer to be concerned with. Denis Lungu-Bocean (Unknown Injury) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that UTA Arad seem most likely to play in a 4-4-1-1 system, choosing Florin Iacob, Diogo Rodrigues, Marko Stolnik, Alexandru Benga, Aly Abeid, Claudiu Micovschi, Herald Marku, Denis Dumitrascu, Cristian Mihai, Andrej Fabry and Alexandar Vucenovic.

🔮 Prediction

When taking everything into account, UTA Arad could find themselves struggling to be putting a goal past this Botoșani team who we think will score & stay on top.

We’re therefore seeing a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for Botoșani at the end of this game.

Let’s see what happens.

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

Peter Guest, 01:02 19/09/2023