Week 20 brings us a match on Dec 15th where Botoşani will host Gaz Metan Mediaş 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 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Botoşani is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against UTA Arad. Neither UTA Arad nor Botoşani could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Botoşani looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while gaz Metan Mediaş sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against FCSB. Olaru scored the first goal for FCSB in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Gaz Metan Mediaş was frustrated by FCSB’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FCSB ended the match with the shutout victory. Gaz Metan Mediaş is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan, Botoşani took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Mateus Barbosa struck first for Botoşani in the 22nd minute on a feed from Malcom Edjouma, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Gaz Metan Mediaş couldn’t muster any offence and Botoşani ran away with the shutout win.
Gaz Metan Mediaş is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Patricio Matricardi and Vlad Morar each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Malcom Edjouma has been the most prolific scorer on Botoşani in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.