Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga 1 match on October 28th, 2024

Botoşani will be playing against Universitatea Cluj in a Liga 1 football match scheduled to take place on Monday, October 28th, 2024, at 16:00h (UTC), in Romania, check the Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj will occur

The game takes place in the small Stadionul Municipal stadium, in the city of Botosani, with a capacity for 7782 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj betting tip 2024/2025

The Liga 1 has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.59 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.44 goals per match played.

Botoşani last match

Botoşani come from a draw in the last match. The game against Universitatea Craiova, valid for the Liga 1, ended with a 0-0. The team coached by L. Ciobotariu lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The draw (odd 5.00) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Universitatea Cluj last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga 1, Universitatea Cluj, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Otelul team with a final score of 2-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.30.

Botoşani vs Universitatea Cluj h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in Liga 1, Botoşani was in 10th place while Universitatea Cluj was in the 1st place. Botoşani opened with a 5-3-2 arrangement while Universitatea Cluj charged with a 4-4-2 formation.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 15-03-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga 1, which ended with a 3-0 win for Universitatea Cluj.

The performance of the Universitatea Cluj team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Botoşani team.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Botoşani

Liga 1 leaderboard now

With 12 points, 3 wins, 6 losses 3 draws, and a negative balance, Botoşani enters this game in 15th place in the Liga 1.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 14th round is followed by the Unirea Slobozia team in 16th place.

Botoşani analysis

At the end of matchday 13 we see that Botoşani conceded more goals than they scored, with 19 goals conceded and 12 scored.

Botoşani seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

An average of 4.08 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Botoşani, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

Botoşani has a ball possession percentage of 46.17% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Universitatea Cluj and especially that the team will score more goals.

Best goalscorer from Botoşani

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Aldaír. The Midfielder has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Botoşani come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Universitatea Cluj

Liga 1 leaderboard now

The Universitatea Cluj team with 26 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Championship Round, with a campaign of 7 wins, 5 draws, and 1 loss.

Universitatea Cluj analysis

Universitatea Cluj after 13 days has put up 20 goals scored, and taken 8, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Liga 1.

The Universitatea Cluj team often tries to control the game through an average ball possession of 54.92%. This is because ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

With a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 4 draws in the Liga 1, Universitatea Cluj playing away does not usually give much chance to opponents.

Universitatea Cluj is a more offensive team than Botoşani, having 1220 attacks vs. 1152 from Botoşani, having scored 20 times, in comparison, Botoşani converted into goal 12 times.

Best goalscorer from Universitatea Cluj

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Dan Nistor. With 6 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Universitatea Cluj team achieving several victories this season.

It is important to highlight that more than 50% of the goals scored by this player were from the penalty spot. More precisely, 6 of the 6 goals scored have this characteristic.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Universitatea Cluj has conceded 6 away goals in 8 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Universitatea Cluj will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-0, something to take into consideration.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Botoşani 1.6 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Universitatea Cluj 1.25 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.25 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.38 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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