BOTOşANI. Botoşani prevails over UTA Arad 1-0 after R. Sadiku scored just 1 goal (79′).
The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 3,421 spectators. The referee was Andrei Moroiţă with the collaboration of Alexandru Vodă and Marius Florin Badea. The 4th official was Cătălin Ion Buşi. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.49 degrees Celsius or 86.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Botoşani was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. UTA Arad that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Botoşani was putting more pressure with 81 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Botoşani won the match.
Botoşani shot 21 times, 3 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, UTA Arad shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Botoşani received 4 yellow cards (Stefan Bodisteanu, Luka Kukic, Marian Adi Chică-Roșă and Eduard Marian Florescu). Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad received 3 yellow cards (Ravy Tsouka, Eric Omondi and Cristian Mihai).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Botoşani has 6 points like UTA Arad to sit in the 9th place. On the opposite side, UTA Arad will stays with 6 points like Botoşani to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with CFR Cluj on the 24th of August with a 14-8 head to head record in favor of CFR Cluj (6 draws).
UTA Arad will host SSC Farul on the 24th of August with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of SSC Farul (4 draws).
Botoşani – Formation
Botoşani
90'
75'
79'
Botoşani started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Liviu Ciobotariu decided to play with the following team: Luka Kukic , Patricio Matricardi , Andrei Miron , Alin Șeroni , Ale Díez , Eduard Marian Florescu , Aldaír Ferreira , Alexandru Țigănașu , Lóránd Fülöp , Enzo López and Stefan Bodisteanu .
The home team had on the bench: Chapi Romano, Marian Adi Chică-Roșă , Gabriel Eugen David, Rijad Sadiku , Eduard Adrian Pap, Michael Pavlovic , Daniel Celea , Juan Cruz Kaprof , Ștefan Călin Pănoiu, Francisco Junior, Charles Petro and Jaly Mouaddib.
Substitutions
Botoşani made 5 changes: Lóránd Fülöp for Marian Adi Chică-Roșă (60′), Alexandru Țigănașu for Michael Pavlovic (75′), Patricio Matricardi for Rijad Sadiku (75′), Enzo López for Juan Cruz Kaprof (60′) and Eduard Marian Florescu for Daniel Celea (87′).
Player of the match: Eduard Marian Florescu
The most impressive player for Botoşani was Eduard Marian Florescu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 50 passes (82% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
UTA Arad – Formation
UTA Arad
UTA Arad started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Mircea Rednic played with: Diogo Rodrigues, Robert Popa , Cornel Râpă , Ibrahima Conté , Alexandru Benga , Razvan Alin Trif , Alexandru Cîmpanu , Benjamin Van Durmen , João Pedro , Eric Omondi and Andrej Fabry , Imoh Ezekiel .
They had on the bench: Valentin Costache , Cristian Mihai , Kouya Aristide Mabea, Ioan Borcea, Ravy Tsouka , Darius Iurasciuc, Raoul Cristea , Mario Dan Popescu and Raul Alexandru Stanciu .
UTA Arad could not rely on the presence of Valentin Costache (injured).
Substitutions
UTA Arad made 4 changes: Cornel Râpă for Ravy Tsouka (85′), Imoh Ezekiel for Raoul Cristea (85′), João Pedro for Valentin Costache (52′) and Alexandru Cîmpanu for Cristian Mihai (51′).
Player of the match: Andrej Fabry
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for UTA Arad was Andrej Fabry.
His rating is with 41 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
