In this week 29 match, on Saturday Mar 4th, Botoşani will travel to Craiova to battle U Craiova 1948 in a clash of these two closely matched 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. 7th placed U Craiova 1948 is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Chindia Târgovişte. Neither Chindia Târgovişte nor U Craiova 1948 could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 3 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. U Craiova 1948 should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Botoşani is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Rapid Bucuresti. Panoiu struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 42nd minute, but Sekou Camara got the equalizer for Botoşani in the 90th minute. Botoşani is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadionul Municipal, Botoşani was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Sekou Camara struck first for Botoşani in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed U Craiova 1948 couldn’t manage to score, and Botoşani took the shutout win.
Both Sebastian Mailat and Mihai Roman II have been the hottest scorers for Botoşani in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Both Yassine Bahassa and Aurelian Chițu have been the hottest scorers for U Craiova 1948 in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.