BOTOşANI. Botoşani snatched a late win U Craiova 1948 1-0 after S. Camara scored just 1 goal (90′). U Craiova 1948 lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Cătălin Popa with the assistance of George Florin Neacșu and Marius Florin Badea. The 4th official was Florin Andrei. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Botoşani

1 - 0

U Craiova 1948

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 17 Total 2
  • 8 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 0
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 113 Attack 97
  • 65 Dangerous attack 68
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

U Craiova 1948 had a strong ball possession 57% while Botoşani was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

U Craiova 1948 was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 2 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Botoşani was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Botoşani shot 17 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, U Craiova 1948 shot 2 times, 2 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Botoşani received 1 yellow card (S. Camara). Talking about the opposition, U Craiova 1948 received 3 yellow cards (R. Negru, G. Ganea and V. Achim).

Match Timeline

8'
Radu Negru- Yellow
46'
58'
Yassine Bahassa- sub ->R. Negru
65'
70'
Jibril Ibrahim- sub ->G. Ganea
73'
Vlad Achim- Yellow
76'
76'
Sekou Camara- sub ->M. A. Roman
80'
80'
87'
Sekou Camara(goal)E. Shahaf
90'
Sekou Camara- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
SSC Farul
53
10
U Craiova 1948
36
9
FCSB
46
10
Voluntari
34
9
CFR Cluj
42
10
Petrolul 52
34
9
Universitatea Cluj
33
9
Universitatea Craiova
40
10
Botoşani
31
9
Rapid Bucuresti
38
10
TBC
0
0
    Hermannstadt
    31
    9
    Sepsi
    29
    10
    UTA Arad
    26
    9
    Argeş
    24
    9
    Chindia Târgovişte
    23
    9
    Mioveni
    11
    9

    After playing this match, Botoşani will have 17 points like Voluntari, Petrolul 52 and Argeş to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, U Craiova 1948 will stay with 15 points to hold in the 12th place.

    Next matches

    In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will play away with Chindia Târgovişte on the 28th of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Botoşani (2 draws).

    U Craiova 1948 will host SSC Farul on the 28th of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of SSC Farul (1 draw).

    Botoşani – Formation

    Botoşani
    G
    E. Pap 1.Romania
    D
    Andrei Patache 19.Romania
    D
    Alexandru Țigănașu 30.Romania
    D
    Kevin Boli 21.France
    M
    Andrei Dragu 77.Romania
    87'
    M
    Yacouba Sylla 25.Mali
    M
    Antoni Ivanov 4.Bulgaria
    76'
    M
    Victor Dican 6.Romania
    M
    Cyril Zabou 99.France
    46'
    M
    Mateus Criciúma 9.Brazil
    76'
    F
    Mihai Roman II 20.Romania
    80'
    Substitutes
    G
    Andrei Ureche 82.Romania
    D
    Shaquill Sno 2.Netherlands
    D
    Alin Șeroni 32.Romania
    M
    E. Shahaf 16.Israel
    46'
    M
    Ovidiu Perianu 18.Romania
    M
    F. Mussis 22.Argentina
    76'
    M
    Petar Petkovski 7.North Macedonia
    76'
    M
    Mihai Roman 11.Romania
    87'
    F
    Sekou Camara 17.Guinea
    80' 90' 90'

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

    The manager Mihai Teja decided to play with the following team: Eduard Adrian Pap, Andrei Alexandru Patache, Alexandru Țigănașu, Kévin Gnonher Boli, Andrei Fernando Dragu, Yacouba Sylla, Antoni Ivanov, Victor Dican, Mihai Alexandru Roman, Bohui Zabou and Mateus Barbosa Santos.

    The home team had on the bench: Shaquill Sno, Elad Shahaf, Sekou Camara, Alin Şeroni, Ovidiu Perianu, Franco Gabriel Mussis, Andrei Gabriel Ureche, Petar Petkovski and Mihai Roman.

    Substitutions

    Botoşani made 5 changes: C. Zabou for E. Shahaf (46′), A. Ivanov for F. Mussis (75′), Criciuma Mateus for P. Petkovski (76′), M. A. Roman for S. Camara (80′) and A. Dragu for M. Roman (87′).

    U Craiova 1948 – Formation

    U Craiova 1948
    G
    Robert Popa 31.Romania
    D
    Kyriakos Papadopoulos 14.Greece
    80'
    D
    Jeremy Huyghebaert 5.Belgium
    D
    André Duarte 35.Portugal
    D
    Radu Negru 2.Romania
    58' 8'
    M
    Benjamin Van Durmen 30.Belgium
    M
    Juan Bauza 10.Argentina
    M
    Gabriel Enache 44.Romania
    M
    Vlad Achim 6.Romania
    73'
    F
    S. Asamoah 77.Togo
    F
    George Ganea 17.Romania
    70' 65'
    Substitutes
    G
    Sorin Mogoșanu 1.Romania
    D
    Lorenzo Paramatti 3.Italy
    80'
    M
    Jibril Ibrahim 9.Nigeria
    70'
    M
    Dragoș Albu 8.Romania
    M
    Aurelian Chițu 11.Romania
    M
    Francois Marquet 88.Belgium
    M
    Ionuț Zanfir 20.Romania
    F
    Sekou Sidibe 51.Belgium
    F
    Yassine Bahassa 28.France
    58'

    U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

    Marius Marian Croitoru played with: Robert Popa, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Jeremy Huyghebaert, Gabriel Nicolae Enache, André Lourenço Duarte, Radu Alexandru Negru, Vlad Alexandru Achim, Samuel Asamoah, Benjamin Van Durmen, Juan Francisco Bauza and George Dănuţ Ganea.

    These were the players on the bench: Jibril Ibrahim, Sekou Sidibe, Constantin Dragoș Albu, Yassine Bahassa, Sorin Raducu Mogo?anu, Aurelian Ionuț Chițu, François Marquet, Ionuț Marius Zanfir and Lorenzo Paramatti.

    Substitutions

    U Craiova 1948 made 3 changes: R. Negru for Y. Bahassa (58′), G. Ganea for J. Ibrahim (70′) and K. Papadopoulos for L. Paramatti (80′).

    Results of the day

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