📏 Form Guide

Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 Liga 1 Play Offs defeat last time out to Hermannstadt.

In that match, Steaua Bucharest managed 57% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For their opponents, Hermannstadt had 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Sergiu Buș (70') scored for Hermannstadt.

Elias Charalambous's Steaua Bucharest have netted 10 times in their last six outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those games is 6.

Botoșani

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Miercurea Ciuc in Liga 1 Play Offs action, Botoșani will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Botoșani had 52% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc had 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Márton Eppel (48') and Ceara (61') scored for Miercurea Ciuc.

Botoșani have been a threat going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 7 times in their last 6 matches. While their manager Liviu Ciobotariu will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Botoșani have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same matches. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this match, though.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 25/02/2024, both clubs have shared the honours with Steaua Bucharest winning 3 of those games, Botoșani 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

In all, 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for Steliștii and 11 for Botoșănenii. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Liga 1 Play Offs match day 3 on 03/04/2026 when the final score was Botoșani 3-2 Steaua Bucharest.

On that day, Botoșani managed 58% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Hervin Ongenda (35', 68') and Sebastian Mailat (78').

Steaua Bucharest got 6 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Darius Olaru (4') and Florin Tănase (42') scored.

📰 Team News: Steaua Bucharest

It seems likely that Steliștii should use a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, beginning the first half with Stefan Tarnovanu, Alexandru Pantea, Siyabonga Ngezana, Andre Duarte, David Kiki, Ofri Arad, Mihai Lixandru, David Popa, Baba Alhassan, Octavian Popescu and Mamadou Thiam.

🗞️ Team News: Botoșani

There’s a good chance that Botoșănenii will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Luka Kukic, Riad Suta, George Miron, Alexandru Tiganasu, Adams Friday, Aldair Ferreira, Charles Petro, Zoran Mitrov, Alex Bota, Sebastian Mailat and Stefan Bodisteanu.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that Steaua Bucharest can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

However, Botoșani may well struggle to get a goal of their own although we do think that they will probably end up pulling one back during this clash, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Steaua Bucharest at full-time.

Peter Guest, 18:00 23/05/2026