📏 Form Guide

Botoșani

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Botoșani will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 Liga I loss in their previous game against Steaua Bucharest.

In that game, Botoșani had 44% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, FCSB had 24 attempts at goal with 14 on target. Mamadou Thiam (42') and Darius Olaru (75') scored for Steaua Bucharest.

An interesting characteristic of more recent Botoșani games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their prior six clashes before this one, in 6 of them a bet on both teams scoring would've been a loser. We will have to see if that trend can be sustained here.

Metaloglobus

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Miercurea Ciuc in Liga I action, Metaloglobus and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Metaloglobus managed 67% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc had 15 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The strike force from Metaloglobus have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those fixtures, Metaloglobus have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 15.

↔️ Head to head

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Liga I match day 11 on 29/09/2025 when it finished Metaloglobus 0-2 Botoșani.

On that occasion, Metaloglobus managed 47% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Botoșani had 20 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Zoran Mitrov (27') and George Cîmpanu (64') scored.

📋 Team News: Botoșani

In our view, Botoșănenii could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Giannis Anestis, Michael Pavlovic, George Miron, Elhadji Pape Diaw, Razvan Cret, Enriko Papa, Charles Petro, Zoran Mitrov, Hervin Ongenda, Sebastian Mailat and Enzo Lopez.

📰 Team News: Metaloglobus

Metaloglobus has to currently contend with reduced team options. George Caramalău (unknown injury), Florin Purece (unknown injury) and Júnior Morais (Knee problems) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Damià Sabater cannot play in this game through suspension.

There’s a good chance that Metaloglobus could decide to elect for a 4-4-2 formation, going with George Gavrilas, Gabriel Dumitru, Aboubacar Camara, Robert Badescu, Robert Neacsu, David Irimia, Moses Abbey, Alexandru Gheorghe, Laurentiu Lis, Dragos Huiban and Stefan Visic.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment is that Botoșani have it within them to dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.

Conversely, Metaloglobus are also probably going to find it difficult to find the back of the net although we do see them scoring here as well.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 3-1 win for Botoșani at full-time.

Renata Leite, 14:11 08/02/2026