Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nuova Mama Mia 2nd with 52 points, Minerul Mehedinti 13th with 8, 44 apart. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Minerul Mehedinti ran at 0.25 scored and 2.25 conceded, Nuova Mama Mia at 2.25 and 0.54.
Defeat had followed defeat for Minerul Mehedinti — ten in succession. Nuova Mama Mia had not lost in 13 games. Over the last five, Minerul Mehedinti had taken 0 of 15 points to Nuova Mama Mia's 11.
Stadionul Municipal in Botosani staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,200.


