BOTOşANI. Botoşani defeats CFR Cluj 1-0 after E. Florescu scored just 1 goal (64′). CFR Cluj lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Iulian Călin with the collaboration of Romică Bîrdeș and Adrian Vornicu. The 4th official was Cristian Moldoveanu. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 0.13 degrees Celsius or 32.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

CFR Cluj was in firm control of the ball 59% while Botoşani was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

CFR Cluj had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Botoşani was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Botoşani shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, CFR Cluj shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Botoşani received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel David, Ioan Filip and Eduard Florescu). Regarding the opposition, CFR Cluj received 4 yellow cards (Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Matei Cristian Ilie, Daniel Bîrligea and Petar Mamić).

Standings

After playing this match, Botoşani has 15 points to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, CFR Cluj will stays with 36 points like Rapid Bucuresti to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with Hermannstadt on the 27th of January with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Botoşani (5 draws).

CFR Cluj will host Voluntari on the 27th of January with a 17-2 head to head record in favor of CFR Cluj (2 draws).

Botoşani – Formation

Botoşani started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Bogdan Ioan Andone decided to play with the following team: Alin Șeroni, Răzvan Ducan (7.7), Romario Benzar (7.3), Rijad Sadiku (7.7), Victor Dican  (7.5), Andrei Miron (7.1), Alexandru Țigănașu (7.7), Eduard Florescu (7.8), Ioan Filip (6.8), Gabriel David (7.0), Juan Cruz Kaprof (7.0) and Miroslav Ilicic (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Adams Friday, Andrei Dragu (6.8), Charles Petro (6.4), Gabriel Mutombo, George Dragomir, Marius Cioiu, Răzvan Creț, Codrin Cărăușu, Andrei Ureche, Lóránd Fülöp (6.3), Zoran Mitrov and Aldaír Ferreira (6.8).

Substitutions

Botoşani made 5 changes: Miroslav Ilicic for Lóránd Fülöp (46′), Eduard Florescu for Aldaír Ferreira (81′), Romario Benzar for Charles Petro (81′), Juan Cruz Kaprof for Andrei Dragu (83′) and Gabriel David for Zoran Mitrov (90′).

Player of the match: Eduard Florescu​

The most impressive player for Botoşani was Eduard Florescu.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.

CFR Cluj – Formation

CFR Cluj started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Andrea Mandorlini played with: Mário Camora, Răzvan Sava (7.0), Anton Krešić (6.3), Arlind Ajeti (6.8), Matei Cristian Ilie (7.5), Cristian Manea (6.8), Karlo Muhar (7.0), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (7.5), Petar Mamić (6.4), Durel Avounou (6.8), Daniel Bîrligea (6.7) and Philip Otele (7.0).

They had on the bench: Matija Boben, Omar El Kaddouri (7.3), Robert Filip, Ciprian Deac (7.0), Valentin Yacabo Serebe, Kader Keita (7.0), Vasile Mogoș, Cristian Bălgrădean, Alin Fica, Ottó Hindrich and David-Bogdan Ciubăncan.

Substitutions

CFR Cluj made 3 changes: Petar Mamić for Omar El Kaddouri (74′), Durel Avounou for Ciprian Deac (75′) and Karlo Muhar for Kader Keita (83′).

Player of the match: Matei Cristian Ilie​

The most impressive player for CFR Cluj was Matei Cristian Ilie.

His rating is 7.5 with 67 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Universitatea Craiova – SSC Farul – 1-2
• Botoşani – CFR Cluj – 1-0