📏 Form Guide

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

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Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe head into this fixture following a 0-0 Liga 1 Play Offs draw vs CSM Politehnica Iași.

In that game, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe managed 54% possession and 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Politehnica Iași got 10 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

It’s not been often in recent times that Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 12 goals during that time.

Botoșani

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In their previous fixture, Botoșani drew 1-1 in the Liga 1 Play Offs tie with Unirea Slobozia.

In that match, Botoșani had 55% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. For their opponents, Unirea Slobozia got 7 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Bachana Arabuli (65') was the scorer for Unirea Slobozia.

The stats don’t lie, and Botoșani have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. In defence, Botoșani have not been doing too well. We will have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 17/09/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been good ones for Botoșani. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have been dominant against them, winning in 67% of those games played.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 24 on 01/02/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Botoșani 0-0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

That day, Botoșani had 55% possession and 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

For their opponents, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe got 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

📰 Team News: Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

We are thinking that Alb-roșii should make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Roland Niczuly, Denis Harut, Branislav Ninaj, Matej Simic, Andres Dumitrescu, David Siger, Sota Mino, Omar El Sawy, Cosmin Matei, Mihajlo Neskovic and Dimitri Oberlin.

ℹ️ Team News: Botoșani

We’re of the thinking that Botoșănenii could decide to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Giannis Anestis, Adams Friday, George Miron, Patricio Matricardi, Michael Pavlovic, Hervin Ongenda, Paul Iacob, Aldair Ferreira, Romario Benzar, Marian Chica-Rosa and Zoran Mitrov.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Botoșani will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe outfit, however that might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a 2-1 victory for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe after 90 minutes. It really should be an interesting one.

Renata Leite, 17:00 09/05/2025