In this week 3 match on Aug 1st, Botoşani and Hermannstadt will play a match in Sibiu in a meeting of these two evenly matched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 4th placed Hermannstadt is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Chindia Târgovişte. Alexandru Oroian struck first for Hermannstadt in the 2nd minute, but Daniel Celea got the equalizer for Chindia Târgovişte in the 9th minute earning them at least the one point. Hermannstadt is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Botoşani is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Voluntari. Terrence Tisdell scored the first goal for Botoşani in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Voluntari was frustrated by Botoşani’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Botoşani ended the match with the shutout victory. Botoşani is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Mihai Roman II and Sebastian Mailat have been the hottest scorers for Botoşani in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Alhassan has been the most prolific scorer on Hermannstadt in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.