On Jan 21st, Universitatea Craiova will travel to Botoşani to battle Botoşani in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Botoşani sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against FCSB. Coman struck first for FCSB in the 78th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Botoşani was frustrated by FCSB’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FCSB ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while universitatea Craiova is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Chindia Târgovişte. Alexandru Crețu struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the 22nd minute on a feed from Sergiu Hanca, then Jovan Markovic added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Alexandru Crețu At the end of 90 a dissapointed Chindia Târgovişte couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Universitatea Craiova should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Universitatea Craiova and Botoşani last played eachother at the Paksi Fc Stadion on Aug 29th. Universitatea Craiova won by a score of 1 to 0. Alexandru Crețu struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Bogdan Mitrea, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Botoşani was frustrated by Universitatea Craiova’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Universitatea Craiova ended the match with the shutout victory.
Universitatea Craiova is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, George Alexandru and Bogdan Mitrea each only have 1 goal in their last five.