Week 20 brings us a match on Dec 11th where Botoşani and CFR Cluj will play a match in Botoşani in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. Botoşani is fresh off their 0-8 blowout loss against SSC Farul. Constantin Grameni struck first for SSC Farul in the 11th minute on a feed from Dan Sirbu, then Denis Alibec added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Botoşani couldn’t manage to score, and SSC Farul took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed CFR Cluj, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Chindia Târgovişte. Denis Kolinger struck first for CFR Cluj in the 17th minute on a feed from Ciprian Deac, then Cristian Manea added another in the 81st minute from the penalty spot In the end, Chindia Târgovişte was frustrated by CFR Cluj’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. CFR Cluj ended the match with the shutout victory. CFR Cluj looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 14th of August, Botoşani was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Sekou Camara scored the first goal 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.
Rangelo Janga has been the most prolific scorer on CFR Cluj in the last five matches with 3 goals. Sebastian Mailat has been the most effective weapon for Botoşani lately. The Romanian midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.