BOTOşANI. Botoşani overcome Gaz Metan Mediaş to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Botoşani to strike first with a goal of M. Roman at the 61′. Then it was a goal in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Edjouma gave the win to Botoşani in the 84′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Wednesday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Lucian Ruşandu with the support of Imre-Laszlo Bucsi and Ferencz Tunyogi. The 4th official was Andrei Moroiţă. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.4 degrees Celsius or 38.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 8 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 106 Attack 108
- 73 Dangerous attack 64
- 97 Ball safe 96
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
Fouls
- 17 Total 24
- 3 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Botoşani was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Gaz Metan Mediaş that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Botoşani was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Botoşani won the match.
Botoşani shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Gaz Metan Mediaş shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Botoşani received 3 yellow cards (H. Ongenda, M. Roman and Jaja Silva). Regarding the opposition, Gaz Metan Mediaş received 6 yellow cards (F. Junior, R. Gradinaru, P. Matricardi, C. Irobiso, Yuri and R. Steau).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Botoşani will have 33 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Gaz Metan Mediaş will stay with 19 points like Chindia Târgovişte to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away against Rapid Bucuresti on the 18th of December with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Gaz Metan Mediaş will host Universitatea Craiova on the 18th of December with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of Universitatea Craiova (3 draws).
Botoşani – Formation
Botoşani
84'
46'
58'
Botoşani adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marius Marian Croitoru decided to play with the following team: Eduard Pap, Christopher Braun, Bogdan Racovitan, Joyskim Dawa Tchakonte, Andrei Dragu, Enriko Papa, Malcom Edjouma, Herve Kage, Hervin Ongenda, Andrei Tîrcoveanu and Realdo Fili.
The home team had on the bench: Mario Contra, Alin Şeroni, Alexandru Țigănașu, David Marian Croitoru, Eduard Florescu, Mihai Roman, Jucie Lupeta, Mateus Barbosa Santos and Jaja Silva.
Substitutions
Botoşani made 5 changes: A. Tircoveanu for M. Barbosa Santos (46′), H. Kage for Jaja Silva (46′), R. Fili for M. Roman (55′), E. Papa for E. Florescu (55′) and H. Ongenda for A. Seroni (86′).
Gaz Metan Mediaş – Formation
Gaz Metan Mediaş
Also Gaz Metan Mediaş adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ilie Poenaru played with: Octavian Vâlceanu, Gabriel, Patricio Matricardi, Yuri Matias, Mihai Dobrescu, Bryan Alcéus, Francisco Junior, Răzvan Grădinaru, Mihai Lixandru, Razvan Alin Trif and Christian Irobiso.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Alexandru Buzbuchi, Răzvan Horj, Roberto Romeo, Nasser Chamed, Ronaldo Deaconu, Diogo Izata, Vlad Morar, Dobrin Ramon Gaspar and Raul Ovidiu Steau.
Substitutions
Gaz Metan Mediaş made 3 changes: M. Lixandru for R. Steau (64′), R. Trif for R. Deaconu (64′) and R. Gradinaru for N. Chamed (73′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
- Argeş – Sepsi – 1-1
- FCSB – Rapid Bucuresti – 3-1
- Botoşani – Gaz Metan Mediaş – 2-1
