Week 27 features a match on Sun Feb 20th, where Chindia Târgovişte hosts Botoşani at Stadionul Eugen Popescu in a meeting of these two mismatched Liga 1 teams. In their last match, Chindia Târgovişte recorded a 2-3 loss against FCSB. Daniel Popa scored the first goal for Chindia Târgovişte in the 15th minute, then Daniel Popa added another in the 21st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 77th minute on a goal by Dragos Gheorghe. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Botoşani recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Academica Clinceni. 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 couldn’t muster any offence and Botoşani ran away with the shutout win. Botoşani should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Botoşani and Chindia Târgovişte last played eachother at the Stadionul Municipal on Oct 18th. Botoşani and Chindia Târgovişte battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Botoşani nor Chindia Târgovişte could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Botoşani’s top weapon lately has been Mihai Roman II, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Daniel Popa has been the most prolific scorer on Chindia Târgovişte in his last five matches with two goals.