Botosani – Targu Mures

FC Botosani takes on struggling ASA Targu Mures in the Romanian Liga 1 6th round, with the hosts definitely viewing this as one of the most winnable matches they will face all season.

Botosani is a decent side in Romania, a perrenial midtable club which is in a better situation than most teams – as they are stable financially and have a pretty good fanbase. Botosani is known to be particularly strong at home and that has been the case this season as well, as they played very well in their 3 home matches – beating Timisoara 5-0, Iasi 1-0 and putting in a good performance in a 0-2 loss to Steaua. Botosani is on the back of a 0-0 draw at Medias.

Targu Mures is already virtually relegated, as the visitors started with a 6 point penalty and lost all their 5 games this season. The team is in real financial trouble and they will probably become extinct after they will relegate this year. Targu Mures lost all foreign players during the summer due to the financial problems and the manager also resigned after 3 games. They have brought in some new players recently and the squad is actually almost decent, but time is needed until they can learn to play together and look like a legitimate relegation contender – not just a laughingstock for the other teams.

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Team news & lineups: Both teams are relatively healthy for this game. Botosani might miss Cucu and Fulop (both doubtful), while Targu Mures misses Andre. The visitors will get back key midfielder Muresan after a 6 game suspension.

FC Botosani: Iliev – Miron, Ichim, Plamada – Dimitrov, Herghelegiu, Vasvari, Bordeianu, Musat – Golofca, Astafei

ASA Targu Mures: Stancioiu – Belu, Constantin, Cordoş, Matei – Muresan, Costin – Kuku, Zicu, Surdu – Morar

Botosani is a good side at home and they generally take care of business against inferior opposition. They can play agressive and offensive against lesser teams and Targu Mures is definitely one of those sides. The hosts are in good form and are hoping for a Top 6 finish this year, so this is really a match they should win.

As previously stated, Targu Mures actually has an almost decent squad, better than you might expect for a team in their situation. The problem is that the squad has no cohesion and that there are a lot of old, washed up players – ex big names in Liga 1, but old, fat, coming after injuries – not really able to play at this level anymore. They are also very low on morale, the players know they will probably not even get paid much this season. This might be a problem against an aggressive, running team like Botosani.

Targu Mures is in total disarray and my guess is that they will lose their 6th consecutive game of the Liga 1 season. But since Botosani are no world beaters either, I will only bet on the straight win, no handicaps or asian handicaps. As such, my tip is Botosani to win. Odds are dropping for this bet. Prediction: FC Botosani – ASA Targu Mures 1-0.

Pick: Botosani
Odds: 1.51 @ 1xBet
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 4.08
Event date: 29 August