Universitatea Craiova manages to draw 2-2 with Botoşani after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

BOTOşANI. Botoşani recovers against Universitatea Craiova with a goal on the A. Mitrita 53' and a goal on the E. Koljic  90'.

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David Brown
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Universitatea Craiova manages to draw 2-2 with Botoşani after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

BOTOşANI. Botoşani manages to recover against Universitatea Craiova with a goal on the A. Mitrita 53′ and a goal on the E. Koljic  90′. Universitatea Craiova was much superior in terms of ball possession (75%)​

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Sunday and it started at 5:15 pm local time. The referee was Szabolcs Kovacs who was helped by Adrian Vornicu and Mihăiță Necula. The 4th official was Marius Omuț. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Botoşani

2 - 2

Team 1

Universitatea Craiova

  • ! 25 Ball Possession 75
Shots
  • 7 Total 15
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 6
  • 62 Attack 115
  • 34 Dangerous attack 87
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 5
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 20 Total 8
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0

Ball possession

Universitatea Craiova was in firm control of the ball 75% while Botoşani was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Universitatea Craiova was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Universitatea Craiova to win the encounter​.

Botoşani shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Universitatea Craiova shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Botoşani received 4 yellow cards (Alin Șeroni, Juan Cruz Kaprof, Andrei Ureche and Enzo Lopez). Talking about the opposition, Universitatea Craiova received 4 yellow cards (Elvir Koljic , Vladimir Screciu, Alexandru Mateiu and Alexandru Mitrita).

Match Timeline

Enzo López- Yellow
10'
Juan Cruz Kaprof(goal)Romario Benzar
17'
36'
Alexandru Mitriţă- Yellow
Juan Cruz Kaprof(goal)
41'
Juan Cruz Kaprof- Yellow
43'
45'
Alexandru Mateiu- Yellow
46'
Jovan Marković- sub ->Andrei Ivan
53'
Alexandru Mitriţă(goal)
Reagy Ofosu- sub ->Juan Cruz Kaprof
58'
Zoran Mitrov- sub ->Enzo Lopez
58'
Radoslav Dimitrov- sub ->Gabriel David
71'
71'
Elvir Koljic- sub ->Alexandru Cretu
71'
Anzor Mekvabishvili- sub ->Alexandru Mateiu
Alin Șeroni- sub ->Eduard Florescu
78'
Alin Șeroni- Yellow
80'
82'
Vladimir Screciu- Yellow
Andrei Ureche- Yellow
90'
90'
Elvir Koljic- Yellow
90'
Elvir Koljic(goal)Mihai Capatina

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FCSB
49
7
CFR Cluj
53
30
Universitatea Craiova
34
6
Rapid Bucuresti
29
6
Sepsi
28
7
SSC Farul
43
30
Universitatea Cluj
42
30
Hermannstadt
40
30
UTA Arad
40
30
Petrolul 52
35
30
Otelul
34
30
CSM Iaşi
33
30
U Craiova 1948
31
30
Dinamo Bucureşti
29
30
Voluntari
28
30
Botoşani
21
30

After this encounter, Botoşani has 20 points to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Universitatea Craiova will has 39 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with FCSB on the 24th of February with a 19-1 head to head stats in favor of FCSB (5 draws).

Universitatea Craiova will host Voluntari on the 24th of February with a 13-3 head to head record in favor of Universitatea Craiova (5 draws).

Botoşani – Formation

Botoşani
G
Andrei Ureche 82.Romania
6.4
90'
D
Andrei Miron 4.Romania
7.0
D
Romario Benzar 20.Romania
6.8
D
Alexandru Țigănașu 30.Romania
6.6
D
Rijad Sadiku 44.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.0
M
Victor Dican  6.Romania
6.0
M
E. Florescu 8.Romania
6.3
78'
M
Ioan Filip 16.Romania
6.7
M
G. David 33.Romania
6.3
71'
M
Juan Cruz Kaprof 10.Argentina
8.9
58' 43' Goals17', 41'
F
Enzo López 27.Argentina
6.6
58' 10'
Substitutes
G
Răzvan Ducan 68.Romania
D
Daniel Celea 5.Romania
D
Radoslav Dimitrov 24.Bulgaria
6.1
71'
D
Alin Șeroni 32.Romania
6.8
78' 80'
M
Adams Friday 12.Nigeria
M
Charles Petro 28.Malawi
M
Zoran Mitrov 93.Romania
6.3
58'
F
Reagy Ofosu 11.Germany
6.1
58'
F
Francesco Margiotta 19.Italy
F
Jaly Mouaddib 66.France
F
Aldaír Ferreira 83.Portugal
F
Lóránd Fülöp 88.Romania

Botoşani adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Bogdan Ioan Andone decided to play with the following team: Andrei Ureche (6.4), Romario Benzar (6.8), Rijad Sadiku (7.0), Andrei Miron (7.0), Alexandru Țigănașu (6.6), Eduard Florescu (6.3), Victor Dican  (6.0), Ioan Filip (6.7), Gabriel David (6.3), Enzo Lopez (6.6) and Juan Cruz Kaprof (8.9).

The home team had on the bench: Adams Friday, Răzvan Ducan, Daniel Celea, Reagy Ofosu (6.1), Francesco Margiotta, Radoslav Dimitrov (6.1), Charles Petro, Alin Șeroni (6.8), Jaly Mouaddib, Aldaír Ferreira, Lóránd Fülöp and Zoran Mitrov (6.3).

Botoşani could not rely on the presence of Radoslav Dimitrov (injured).

Substitutions

Botoşani made 4 changes: Enzo Lopez for Zoran Mitrov (58′), Juan Cruz Kaprof for Reagy Ofosu (58′), Gabriel David for Radoslav Dimitrov (71′) and Eduard Florescu for Alin Șeroni (78′).

Player of the match: Juan Cruz Kaprof​

The most impressive player for Botoşani was Juan Cruz Kaprof.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 21 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8.

Universitatea Craiova – Formation

Universitatea Craiova
G
David Lazar 1.Romania
6.3
D
Nicuşor Bancu  11.Romania
7.3
D
Mihai Căpățînă 23.Romania
7.7
D
Gjoko Zajkov 26.Macedonia
6.1
D
Vladimir Screciu 6.Romania
6.8
82'
M
Alexandru Creţu 4.Romania
6.7
71'
M
Alexandru Mateiu 8.Romania
7.1
71' 45'
M
Lyes Houri 14.France
7.8
F
Ș. Baiaram 10.Romania
7.3
F
Andrei Ivan 9.Romania
6.8
46'
F
Alexandru Mitriţă 28.Romania
9.4
36' Goals53'
Substitutes
G
Laurențiu Popescu 21.Romania
D
Ștefan Vlădoiu 2.Romania
D
D. Maldonado 3.Honduras
D
Basilio Ndong 12.Equatorial Guinea
D
Juraj Badelj 15.Croatia
D
Pyry Soiri 18.Finland
M
Anzor Mekvabishvili 5.Georgia
7.3
71'
M
Zvonimir Kozulj 7.Bosnia and Herzegovina
M
Alexandru Cîmpanu 22.Romania
F
Jovan Marković 20.Romania
7.0
46'
F
Elvir Koljic 19.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.3
71' 90' Goals90'
F
Marian Danciu 37.Romania

Also Universitatea Craiova adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ivaylo Petev Bogdanov played with: David Lazar (6.3), Mihai Capatina (7.7), Gjoko Zajkov (6.1), Vladimir Screciu (6.8), Nicuşor Bancu (7.3), Alexandru Cretu (6.7), Alexandru Mateiu (7.1), Lyes Houri (7.8), Stefan Baiaram (7.3), Andrei Ivan (6.8) and Alexandru Mitrita (9.4).

These were the players on the bench: Stefan Vladoiu, Denil Maldonado, Jovan Marković (7.0), Anzor Mekvabishvili (7.3), Zvonimir Kožulj, Basilio Ndong, Juraj Badelj, Pyry Soiri, Elvir Koljic  (7.3), Laurentiu Popescu, George Cimpanu and Marian Danciu.

Substitutions

Universitatea Craiova made 3 changes: Andrei Ivan for Jovan Marković (46′), Alexandru Cretu for Elvir Koljic  (71′) and Alexandru Mateiu for Anzor Mekvabishvili (71′).

Player of the match: Alexandru Mitrita​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Universitatea Craiova was Alexandru Mitrita.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 55 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 17 duels out of 22. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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