About Match
Otelul go into the game 14th in the table on 10 points; Botoşani sit 12th on 11 — a 1-point gap. The last five rounds place Botoşani 7th in the league for form — higher than their 12th in the standings. Per game in the league, Otelul score 1.1 and conceding 1.5, Botoşani 1.4 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game. Three points here take Otelul to 13 and up to 7th, overtaking Botoşani, assuming other results stand.
Otelul have been beaten in three straight games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 3 Otelul wins, 2 for Botoşani, 4 draws, at 1.44 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 11% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 11% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stadionul Oţelul in Galaţi stages the fixture, a ground that holds 13,500.