BOTOşANI. Dinamo Bucureşti tops Botoşani with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Politic (23′) and a goal from H. Abdallah (90′). Botoşani lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Constantin Sebastian Colțescu who had the assistance of Sebastian Eugen Gheorghe and Alexandru Cerei. The 4th official was Sorin Dan Vădana. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.34 degrees Celsius or 48.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Botoşani had a superior ball possession 56% while Dinamo Bucureşti was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dinamo Bucureşti was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Dinamo Bucureşti won the match.​

Botoşani shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Bucureşti shot 5 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Botoşani received 2 yellow cards (Rijad Sadiku and Virgile Pinson). Talking about the opposition, Dinamo Bucureşti received 4 yellow cards (Dennis Politic, Željko Kopić, Lamine Ghezali  and Dani Iglesias).

Standings

After playing this match, Botoşani stays with 9 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Dinamo Bucureşti will has 13 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with Otelul on the 22nd of December with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Botoşani (2 draws).

Dinamo Bucureşti will host Voluntari on the 22nd of December with a 17-3 head to head in favor of Dinamo Bucureşti (2 draws).

Botoşani – Formation

Botoşani started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Dan Alexa decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Mutombo, Razvan Ducan (6.3), Romario Benzar (6.6), Rijad Sadiku (6.3), Júnior Pius (7.1), Alexandru Tiganasu (6.4), Gabriel David (6.8), Victor Dican (7.5), Eduard Florescu (7.1), Kablan Davy N’Goma (6.7), Miroslav Ilicic (7.0) and Virgile Pinson (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jean-Armel Drolé (6.6), Adams Friday, Andrei Dragu (6.4), George Dragomir (7.0), Marius Cioiu (6.7), Charles Petro (7.0), Alin Seroni, Andrei Ureche and Carlo Casap.

Substitutions

Botoşani made 5 changes: Eduard Florescu for Jean-Armel Drolé (63′), Rijad Sadiku for Marius Cioiu (46′), Kablan Davy N’Goma for Andrei Dragu (46′), Romario Benzar for Charles Petro (46′) and Gabriel David for George Dragomir (82′).

Player of the match: Victor Dican​

The most impressive player for Botoşani was Victor Dican.

His rating is 7.5 with 59 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 18.

Dinamo Bucureşti – Formation

Dinamo Bucureşti started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Željko Kopić played with: Costin Amzar, Adnan Golubovic (7.3), Lucas (6.7), Razvan Patriche (7.0), Josué Homawoo (8.1), Cristian Costin (7.1), Dani Iglesias (7.0), Christian Ilic (7.0), Antonio Bordusanu (7.1), Lamine Ghezali  (6.8), Gonçalo Gregório (7.5) and Dennis Politic (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Gabriel Moura (7.0), Quentin Bena (6.4), Nelut Rosu (6.8), Catalin Tira, Ioan Borcea, Hakim Abdallah (7.5), Deniz Giafer, Alexandru Irimia and Razvan Began.

Substitutions

Dinamo Bucureşti made 4 changes: Lamine Ghezali  for Quentin Bena (64′), Christian Ilic for Nelut Rosu (73′), Dennis Politic for Hakim Abdallah (73′) and Dani Iglesias for Gabriel Moura (85′).

Player of the match: Josué Homawoo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dinamo Bucureşti was Josué Homawoo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 44 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• Botoşani – Dinamo Bucureşti – 0-2