📏 Form Guide
Botoșani DWDWWW 📈
Botoșani fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-2 Liga I victory over Metaloglobus.
In that match, Botoșani managed 53% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Botoșani, the goals were scored by Zoran Mitrov (27') and George Cîmpanu (64'). On the other side, Metaloglobus got 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
Botoșani have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.
They have hit an aggregate of 13 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6.
UTA Arad DDLDDD 📉
Last time out, UTA Arad drew 0-0 in the Liga I match with Miercurea Ciuc.
In that game, UTA Arad had 43% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc got 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
The numbers tell their own story, and UTA Arad have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. In defence, UTA Arad have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to follow through here, of course.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 23/09/2023 shows us that Botoșani have won 1 of them & UTA Arad 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.
An aggregate of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 from Botoșănenii and 8 being from UTA Arad. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 3 on 05/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of UTA Arad 1-0 Botoșani.
On that day, UTA Arad managed 42% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Paul M'Poku (90').
At the other end, Botoșani had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.
📋 Team News: Botoșani
The Botoșani manager Liviu Ciobotariu has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this match with a completely injury-free group ready to go.
It looks as if Botoșănenii will probably use a 4-2-3-1 formation and select Giannis Anestis, Narcis Ilas, Elhadji Pape Diaw, George Miron, Alexandru Tiganasu, Charles Petro, Gabriel Eugen David, Hervin Ongenda, Sebastian Mailat, Zoran Mitrov and Ioan Dumiter.
📋 Team News: UTA Arad
Owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the UTA Arad boss doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.
We are inclined to think that UTA Arad seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Dejan Iliev, Mark Tutu, Florent Poulolo, Dmytro Pospelov, Din Alomerovic, Denis Hrezdac, Benjamin van Durmen, Valentin Costache, Alin Roman, Marinos Tzionis and David Barbu.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that UTA Arad will have to work hard as a team to break down this Botoșani lineup who we think should be able to grind out a win.
We’re therefore predicting a 1-0 winning score for Botoșani after 90 minutes.
Let’s see how this one goes.
Lucas Pereira, 04:02 06/10/2025