Aug 29th features a match where Universitatea Craiova plays host to Botoşani in a meeting of these two mismatched 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. 9th placed Universitatea Craiova is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Mioveni. Ivan struck first for Universitatea Craiova in the 37th minute on a feed from Raul Silva, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Mioveni 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 looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Botoşani, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against CFR Cluj. Sekou Camara struck first for Botoşani in the 31st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, CFR Cluj couldn’t muster any offence and Botoşani ran away with the shutout win. Botoşani is looking for direction having 3 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 these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
For Botoşani, their top scorers are Sebastian Mailat and Eduard Marian Florescu, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Both Gustavo Di Mauro and Ivan have been the hottest scorers for Universitatea Craiova in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.