📊 Form Guide

Botoșani

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Botoșani will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat in their last game at the hands of UTA Arad.

In that game, Botoșani managed 58% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, UTA Arad got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Paul M'Poku (90') scored for UTA Arad.

In their prior six fixtures, Liviu Ciobotariu's Botoșani have scored a combined total of 10 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Oţelul Galaţi

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Oţelul Galaţi will come into the meeting following on from a 1-0 Liga 1 Play Offs win with the defeat of CSM Politehnica Iași in their most recent match.

In that game, Oţelul Galaţi had 50% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. Politehnica Iași got 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Oţelul Galaţi has been fairly consistent recently. Looking at their last six games shows that it has occurred 5 times. During these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 6 while Oţelul Galaţi have scored 6.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head meetings dating back to 14/03/2015 shows that Botoșani have won 1 of these games & Oţelul Galaţi 2, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 11 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Botoșănenii and 6 created by Oţelarii. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league clash between the two was Liga I match day 16 on 08/11/2024 and the score finished Oţelul Galaţi 0-0 Botoșani.

On that occasion, Oţelul Galaţi managed 61% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Botoșani got 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.

🗞️ Team News: Botoșani

We think that Botoșănenii could employ a 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring Giannis Anestis, Adams Friday, Daniel Celea, Paul Iacob, Michael Pavlovic, Aldair Ferreira, Enriko Papa, George Cimpanu, Hervin Ongenda, Robert Filip and Marian Chica-Rosa.

📰 Team News: Oţelul Galaţi

We are inclined to think that Oţelarii will likely elect for a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of Cosmin Dur-Bozoanca, Milen Zhelev, Jonathan Cisse, Nikola Stevanovic, Miguel Silva, Samy Bourard, Diego Zivulic, Teles, Frederic Maciel, Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi and Razvan Tanasa.

💡 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Oţelul Galaţi will have a tough ask to breach the defence of this Botoșani lineup who should be able to grind out a win.

Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Botoșani at the conclusion of the game.

Let’s see what happens.

Andre Moura, 14:01 14/04/2025