Week 9 brings us a match on May 16th, where Academica Clinceni will host Botoşani in a clash of the Liga 1. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Academica Clinceni is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Gaz Metan Mediaş. Dragos Petru Iancu scored the first goal for Gaz Metan Mediaş in the 9th minute, then added another in the 23rd minute. Academica Clinceni looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches, while botoşani sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Dinamo Bucureşti. Balthazar Pierret struck first for Dinamo Bucureşti in the 7th minute on a feed from Răzvan Grădinaru, then Jajá tied it up for Botoşani in the 31st minute on a feed from Christopher Braun , but luckily for Dinamo Bucureşti it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Botoşani is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Academica Clinceni and Botoşani last played eachother at the Stadionul Municipal on Monday Feb 14th. Botoşani won by a score of 2 to 0. Enriko Papa struck first for Botoşani in the 7th minute on a feed from Sebastian Mailat, then Seroni added another in the 84th minute In the end, Academica Clinceni was frustrated by Botoşani’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Botoşani ended the match with the shutout victory.
Both Victor Dican and Mihai Roman II have been the hottest scorers for Botoşani in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Academica Clinceni is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Massaro and Avram each only have 1 goal in their last five.