BUCHAREST. FCSB overcame Botoşani 3-2 thanks to F. Coman who scored in the 6th and 76th minute.
FCSB remained in 9 after the following players were sent off: Nana Antwi (18′ for a red card) and Darius Olaru (90′ for a red card).
The match was played at the Arena Naţională stadium in Bucharest on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Cătălin Ion Buşi who was helped by Marius Florin Badea and Ionuț Marius Bobe. The 4th official was Ana Maria Terteleac. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. FCSB was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Botoşani that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Botoşani was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, FCSB was able to find the solution to win this contest.
FCSB shot 19 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Botoşani shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
FCSB received 2 yellow cards (Florinel Coman and Risto Radunovic). On the other side, Botoşani received 6 yellow cards (Daniel Celea, Jaly Mouaddib, Juan Cruz Kaprof, Rijad Sadiku, Gabriel David and Ioan Filip).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, FCSB has 58 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Botoşani will stays with 20 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, FCSB will play away against Voluntari on the 28th of February with a 9-3 head to head in favor of FCSB (7 draws).
Botoşani will host Sepsi on the 28th of February with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Botoşani (6 draws).
FCSB – Formation
FCSB
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82'
FCSB adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Ilias Charalambous decided to play with the following team: Valentin Cretu, Stefan Tarnovanu , Nana Antwi , Siyabonga Ngezana , Joyskim Dawa , Risto Radunovic , Mihai Lixandru , Adrian Sut , Darius Olaru , Alexandru Baluta , Octavian Popescu and Florinel Coman .
The home team had on the bench: Ovidiu Popescu , Baba Alhassan, Ionut Pantiru, David Miculescu , Andrei Pandele, Luis Phelipe, Eduard Radaslavescu , David Popa and Andrei Vlad.
Substitutions
FCSB made 3 changes: Octavian Popescu for Ovidiu Popescu (82′), Florinel Coman for Eduard Radaslavescu (82′) and Alexandru Baluta for David Miculescu (87′).
Player of the match: Florinel Coman
The player that probably impressed the most for FCSB was Florinel Coman.
His rating is with 2 goals, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Botoşani – Formation
Botoşani
Also Botoşani adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Bogdan Ioan Andone played with: Răzvan Ducan , Radoslav Dimitrov , Rijad Sadiku , Victor Dican , Daniel Celea , Alexandru Țigănașu , Eduard Florescu , Ioan Filip , Gabriel David , Enzo Lopez , Juan Cruz Kaprof .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrei Miron, Romario Benzar, Andrei Ureche, Reagy Ofosu , Adams Friday, Francesco Margiotta , Răzvan Creț, Charles Petro , Alin Șeroni, Jaly Mouaddib , Lóránd Fülöp and Zoran Mitrov .
Substitutions
Botoşani made 5 changes: Enzo Lopez for Jaly Mouaddib (46′), Ioan Filip for Reagy Ofosu (77′), Gabriel David for Zoran Mitrov (46′), Eduard Florescu for Charles Petro (68′) and Victor Dican for Francesco Margiotta (46′).
Player of the match: Reagy Ofosu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Botoşani was Reagy Ofosu.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was amazing also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 77′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
