In this 26th week match, on Mon Feb 14th, Academica Clinceni will travel to Botoşani to battle Botoşani in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed Botoşani is fresh off their 2-3 loss against U Craiova 1948. Balan struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 15th minute, then Mihai Roman II got the equalizer for Botoşani in the 17th minute on a feed from Christopher Braun , but luckily for U Craiova 1948 it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Botoşani is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Academica Clinceni, recorded a 0-3 loss against FCSB. Andrei Cordea struck first for FCSB in the 5th minute on a feed from Olaru, then Florin Tănase added another in the 19th minute In the end, Academica Clinceni was frustrated by FCSB’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FCSB ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On the 4th of October, Academica Clinceni hosted Botoşani at the Stadionul Clinceni – Arena 1 in their last match together. Academica Clinceni and Botoşani battled to a 1-1 draw. Joyskim Dawa Tchakonte struck first for Botoşani in the 14th minute, then Bautista Cascini tied it up for Academica Clinceni in the 77th minute on a feed from Thibault Moulin earning them at least the one point. Botoşani’s most prolific scorer has been Mihai Roman II. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.