In a mid week match in week 4, on Monday Aug 8th, Botoşani hosts SSC Farul 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 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Botoşani, recorded a 1-1 draw against Hermannstadt. Daniel Paraschiv scored the first goal for Hermannstadt in the 53rd minute, then Eduard Marian Florescu tied it up for Botoşani in the 71st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Botoşani. Botoşani is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, SSC Farul recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Chindia Târgovişte. Neither SSC Farul nor Chindia Târgovişte could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. SSC Farul is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season SSC Farul won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
SSC Farul’s most prolific scorer has been Adrian Petre. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Botoşani is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Sebastian Mailat and Eduard Marian Florescu each having 2 goals in their last 5.