On the 9th of September, Botoşani hosts UTA Arad 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 is great football weather. In their last match, 8th placed Botoşani, recorded a 1-2 loss against Petrolul 52. Christian Irobiso struck first for Petrolul 52 in the 22nd minute, then Gheorghe Grozav added another in the 64th minute. Botoşani is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while uTA Arad is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Chindia Târgovişte. Dragoş Balauru scored the first goal for Chindia Târgovişte on an own goal in the 44th minute, then Alexandru Benga tied it up for UTA Arad in the 86th minute earning them at least the one point. UTA Arad is looking for direction having earned 13 points 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 2 wins.
Both Virgiliu Postolachi and Philip Otele have been the hottest scorers for UTA Arad in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Mihai Roman II and Sekou Camara are the top scorers for Botoşani in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.