📏 Form Guide

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 Liga 1 Play Offs loss in their previous game against Hermannstadt.

In that match, Steaua Bucharest had 57% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Hermannstadt had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Sergiu Buș (70') scored for Hermannstadt.

Elias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have netted 10 times in their last six outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those games is 6.

Botoșani

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Since being beaten in their last game against Miercurea Ciuc in Liga 1 Play Offs competition, Botoșani will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Botoșani managed 52% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Márton Eppel (48') and Ceara (61') scored for Miercurea Ciuc.

Botoșani have been a threat going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 7 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Liviu Ciobotariu will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Botoșani have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same matches. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this match, though.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 25/02/2024, both clubs have shared the honours with Steaua Bucharest winning 3 of those games, Botoșani 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 10 from Steliștii and 11 created by Botoșănenii. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The last league clash featuring the two was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 3 on 03/04/2026 which ended up with the score at Botoșani 3-2 Steaua Bucharest.

That time, Botoșani had 58% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Hervin Ongenda (35', 68') and Sebastian Mailat (78').

On the other side, Steaua Bucharest had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Darius Olaru (4') and Florin Tănase (42') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Steaua Bucharest

It looks as if Steliștii should line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Stefan Tarnovanu, Valentin Cretu, Joyskim Dawa, Mihai Popescu, Risto Radunovic, Florin Tanase, Joao Paulo, David Miculescu, Darius Olaru, Juri Cisotti and Alexandru Stoian.

🗞️ Team News: Botoșani

We are inclined to think that Botoșănenii seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Luka Kukic, Riad Suta, George Miron, Elhadji Pape Diaw, Razvan Cret, Enriko Papa, Lucas De Vega, Sebastian Mailat, Hervin Ongenda, Zoran Mitrov and Ioan Dumiter.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Steaua Bucharest can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, Botoșani may well struggle to get a goal of their own although we do think that they will probably end up pulling one back during this clash, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Steaua Bucharest at full-time.

Peter Guest, 17:00 24/05/2026