Preview

• Anticipation builds as Botoşani prepare to host Universitatea Craiova at Stadionul Municipal on 2025-08-31 (kick-off 16:30 GMT), in week 8 of the 2025-2026 Liga I.
• In the last meeting, L. Grozavu has not beaten M. Rădoi, with 1 draw and no victories for M. Rădoi.
• Botoşani sit 4th with 12 points while Universitatea Craiova occupy 1st on 19 points.
• No absentees for either Botoşani or Universitatea Craiova.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Botoşani should be met by Universitatea Craiova's expected 3-5-2.
• The previous match saw Ș. Bodișteanu lead Botoşani with a 7.7 TheyScored rating, and P. Isenko top-rating for Universitatea Craiova at 6.9.
• Botoşani came off a win (1-0 vs Unirea Alba Iulia) and Universitatea Craiova also triumphed (3-1 vs Istanbul Basaksehir).
• Botoşani (3-1-1) and Universitatea Craiova (4-0-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
• Universitatea Craiova hold the upper hand H2H: of 30 meetings, they've triumphed 12 times, conceded 9 times and shared 9 draws.
• Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Universitatea Craiova to win 2-1, despite Botoşani's 3-1-0 home form - Universitatea Craiova's strong 2-1-0 record away with 2.00 goals/game does the trick.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

31/08/2025 15:30

Stadionul Municipal

N/A

Liga I

Team Kits

Events

2'	Aldair
8'	E. Papa
35'			S. Nsimba
HT 0 - 0
46'			J. Badelj V. Mogos
46'	M. Bordeianu E. Papa
52'	G. Cimpanu
59'	Z. Mitrov G. Cimpanu
59'	S. Bodisteanu S. Mailat
60'			D. Barbu M. Radulescu
60'			N. Bancu A. Cretu
62'		0 - 1	A. Cicaldau S. Nsimba
72'	A. Dumiter H. Ongenda	1 - 1
75'	C. Petro
76'	E. Diaw Aldair
81'			T. Baluta L. Houri
81'			S. Baiaram A. Cicaldau
84'	M. Pavlovic H. Ongenda

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