Match Report
1 points and 6 places separated them: Universitatea Cluj 13th with 9, Botoşani 7th with 10. Botoşani ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Universitatea Cluj were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.5, Botoşani 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
Botoşani arrived off three consecutive draws.
9 meetings are on record — 6 won by Universitatea Cluj, 2 by Botoşani, 1 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Cluj Arena, with room for 30,246 spectators. With 68 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, M. Bîrsan was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Botoşani led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Universitatea Cluj: Alibek Aliev (50'), Oucasse Mendy (74') · Botoşani: Andrei Dumiter (38')
Key stats
Possession: Universitatea Cluj 58% · Botoşani 42% · Total shots: 18-14 · On target: 6-4 · Corners: 7-2