On Feb 6th, Botoşani hosts Petrolul 52 at Stadionul Municipal in a clash of the Liga 1. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 8th placed Botoşani is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Argeş. Sebastian Mailat scored the first goal for Botoşani in the 43rd minute, then Sebastian Mailat added another in the 55th minute on a penalty In the end, Argeş couldn’t muster any offence and Botoşani ran away with the shutout win. Botoşani looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while petrolul 52 is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Chindia Târgovişte. Gheorghe Grozav scored the first goal for Petrolul 52 in the 27th minute on a penalty shot, then Godberg Cooper got the equalizer for Chindia Târgovişte in the 70th minute on a feed from Modestas Vorobjovas Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Daniel Popa to cap off a wild match. Petrolul 52 is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 4th, Petrolul 52 hosted Botoşani at the Stadionul Ilie Oană in their last match together. Petrolul 52 was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Christian Irobiso scored the first goal for Petrolul 52 in the 22nd minute, then Gheorghe Grozav added another in the 64th minute.
Petrolul 52 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Seto and Gheorghe Grozav each only have 1 goal in their last five.