BOTOşANI. Sepsi overcame Botoşani to win 2-1. It was Sepsi to strike first with a goal of Nicolae Păun at the 24′. Then Gabriel Debeljuh scored again for Sepsi in the 31′ minute. Eventually, Enzo Lopez reduced the distance for Botoşani (78′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
Eduard Florescu squandered a decisive penalty (65′). That would have allowed Botoşani to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Thursday and it started at 4:15 pm local time. The referee was Sorin Andrei Antonie who was helped by Valentin Avram and Andrei Gabriel Constantinescu. The 4th official was Bogdan Dumitrache. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.12 degrees Celsius or 53.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Botoşani was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sepsi that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Botoşani was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Sepsi managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Botoşani shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Sepsi shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Botoşani received 5 yellow cards (Alin Șeroni, Bogdan Andone, Romario Benzar, Andrei Miron and Zoran Mitrov). On the other side, Sepsi received 4 yellow cards (Adnan Aganović, Andres Dumitrescu, Dinu Moldovan and Branislav Niňaj).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Botoşani stays with 20 points to hold in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Sepsi will has 37 points like Hermannstadt and UTA Arad to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with Universitatea Cluj on the 3rd of March with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Universitatea Cluj (4 draws).
Sepsi will host Voluntari on the 2nd of March with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Voluntari (7 draws).
Botoşani – Formation
Botoşani
46'
90'
78'
Botoşani started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bogdan Ioan Andone decided to play with the following team: Luka Kukić , Romario Benzar , Rijad Sadiku , Andrei Miron , Daniel Celea , Gabriel David , Victor Dican , Ioan Filip , Eduard Florescu , Francesco Margiotta and Zoran Mitrov .
The home team had on the bench: Radoslav Dimitrov, Enzo Lopez , Alexandru Țigănașu, Răzvan Ducan, Reagy Ofosu , Răzvan Creț, Charles Petro, Alin Șeroni , Jaly Mouaddib , Codrin Cărăușu, Aldaír Ferreira and Lóránd Fülöp.
Substitutions
Botoşani made 4 changes: Victor Dican for Jaly Mouaddib (46′), Rijad Sadiku for Enzo Lopez (46′), Eduard Florescu for Alin Șeroni (76′) and Zoran Mitrov for Reagy Ofosu (76′).
Player of the match: Enzo Lopez
The player that probably impressed the most for Botoşani was Enzo Lopez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 4 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 5.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Sepsi – Formation
Sepsi
Sepsi started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Bernd Storck played with: Jonathan Rodriguez, Dinu Moldovan , Bogdan Oteliță , Denis Ciobotariu , Branislav Niňaj , Andres Dumitrescu , Nicolae Păun , Marius Ștefănescu , Sherif Kallaku , Cosmin Matei and Kevin Varga , Gabriel Debeljuh .
These were the players on the bench: Ákos Kecskés , Darius Oroian, Pavol Šafranko, Florin Stefan, Davide Popsa, Vlad Tanasa, Adnan Aganović , Roland Varga, Hunor Botond Gedő and Mario Rondon.
Sepsi could not rely on the presence of Adnan Aganović (injured).
Substitutions
Sepsi made 4 changes: Sherif Kallaku for Adnan Aganović (64′), Cosmin Matei for Pavol Šafranko (90′), Marius Ștefănescu for Florin Stefan (90′) and Kevin Varga for Ákos Kecskés (70′).
Player of the match: Gabriel Debeljuh
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sepsi was Gabriel Debeljuh.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
- Botoşani – Sepsi – 1-2
- Voluntari – FCSB – 1-2
- Petrolul 52 – Universitatea Craiova – 2-3
