In this week 9 match on the 4th of September, Botoşani will travel to Ploieşti to battle Petrolul 52 in a clash of the Liga 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 3rd placed Petrolul 52, recorded a 3-2 win against Chindia Târgovişte. Lucian Dumitriu struck first for Petrolul 52 in the 8th minute, then Lucian Dumitriu added another in the 22nd minute. Petrolul 52 is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while botoşani is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Universitatea Craiova. Alexandru Crețu scored the first goal for Universitatea Craiova in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Botoşani couldn’t manage to score, and Universitatea Craiova took the shutout win. Botoşani is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Botoşani hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Terrence Tisdell and Eduard Marian Florescu, and they each have 1 goal. Both Gheorghe Grozav and Lucian Dumitriu have been the hottest scorers for Petrolul 52 in the last five each having scored 2 goals.