In this week 5 match on Aug 14th, CFR Cluj will host Botoşani in a meeting of these two closely matched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which is great football weather. 1st placed CFR Cluj is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Chindia Târgovişte. Karlo Muhar scored the first goal for CFR Cluj in the 27th minute, then Emmanuel Damoah Yeboah added another in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Chindia Târgovişte was frustrated by CFR Cluj’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. CFR Cluj ended the match with the shutout victory. CFR Cluj is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Botoşani, recorded a 1-1 draw against SSC Farul. Mihai Roman II scored the first goal for Botoşani in the 5th minute, but Vlad Morar got the equalizer for SSC Farul in the 40th minute squeezing out at least the one point for SSC Farul. 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. Last season Botoşani won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Sebastian Mailat and Florescu have been the hottest scorers for Botoşani in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Both Ciprian Deac and Gabriel Debeljuh have been the hottest scorers for CFR Cluj in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.