Steaua Bucharest vs FC Botosani — preview, stats, live

Liga 1

май 24, 2026 at 20:30

Steaua Bucharest

20'Joao Paulo53'Dawa69'Tanase (P)107'Popescu

3:3

FC Botosani

14'Mailat77'Mailat (P)90+4'Kovtalyuk

2.61

2.17

Liga 1: Steaua Bucharest vs FC Botosani on 24 May 2026 finished 3:3.

Steaua Bucharest are in good form: 5-3-2 in their last 10, 2.0 scored and 1.6 conceded per game.

FC Botosani are in mixed form: 3-4-3 in their last 10, 1.4 scored and 1.8 conceded per game.

Over 2.5 lands in 80% of Steaua Bucharest's games and 50% of FC Botosani's; both teams score in 70% and 70%.

Chance quality: xG 2.6 vs 2.2, big chances 5 vs 3.

Head-to-head (5): Steaua Bucharest 2, FC Botosani 2, 1 draw.

Predicted: 2:0 (11%) · also likely 1:0 (10%)

Lineups

FCSB

32Tarnovanu GKRomania

2CretuRomania

17PopescuRomania

5DawaCameroon

33RadunovicMontenegro

10TanaseRomania

18Joao PauloCape Verde

27Olaru CRomania

11MiculescuRomania

90StoianRomania U19

31CisottiOtelul

Bench (12)

38Zima GKPetrolul

3DuarteUjpest

28PanteaRomania U21

37PopescuRomania U21

42AlhassanUganda

16LixandruRomania U21

98PopaFCSB U19

93ThiamU. Cluj

15AradKairat Almaty

30NgezanaSouth Africa

22TomaRomania U19

23CercelRomania U20

FC Botosani

99Anestis GKKarmiotissa

12FridayNoah

4Miron CU. Cluj

23DiawBordeaux

5Cret

67PapaLaci

28PetroMalawi

11MitrovRomania U21

26OngendaApollon

7MailatSepsi Sf. Gh…

41DumiterFC Voluntari

Bench (11)

1Kukic GKBuxoro

30TiganasuPetrolul

10BodisteanuMoldova

9LopezDep. Cuenca

20BotaU. Cluj

15Stefan

25KovtalyukVorskla Polt…

17PanoiuRomania U21

6SutaBosnia & Her…

33DavidRomania U20

73IlasRomania U18

Match events

Papa — yellow

14'⚽

Mailat — goal 0:1

20'⚽

Joao Paulo — goal 1:1

28'

Olaru — yellow

28'

Dumiter — yellow

46'

Miculescu ↓ Popescu ↑

46'

Stoian ↓ Toma ↑

46'

Miron ↓ Bodisteanu ↑

46'

Diaw ↓ Tiganasu ↑

45+2'

Miron — yellow

53'⚽

Dawa — goal 2:1

59'

Petro — yellow

60'

Popescu — yellow

69'⚽

Tanase — penalty 3:1

73'

Toma — yellow

74'

Papa ↓ Panoiu ↑

77'⚽

Mailat — penalty 3:2

80'

Olaru ↓ Lixandru ↑

81'

Joao Paulo ↓ Alhassan ↑

86'

Mailat ↓ Lopez ↑

89'

Friday ↓ Kovtalyuk ↑

90+2'

Cisotti ↓ Thiam ↑

90+4'⚽

Kovtalyuk — goal 3:3

103'

Alhassan — yellow

105'

Bodisteanu ↓ David ↑

107'⚽

Popescu — goal 4:3

112'

Tanase ↓ Arad ↑

Match statistics

49%

56%

Possession

2.61

2.17

Big chances

Shots on target

Shots off target

Blocked shots

Corners

Dangerous attacks

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saves

By half (1H / 2H)

	1H		2H		FT
Metric	H	A	H	A	H	A
Shots on	2	1	12	3	14	4
Corners	3	2	8	3	11	5
Dangerous	17	20	33	15	50	35
Fouls	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yellow	1	2	3	2	4	4

Detailed statistics

	Goals Threshold: 3			Yellow cards Threshold: 4,5			Corners Threshold: 10
Metric			Total			Total			Total
Matches played	25	7	—	20	20	—	20	20	—
Total less	11 44%	4 57%	—	14 70%	10 50%	—	9 45%	10 50%	—
Total more	11 44%	3 43%	—	6 30%	10 50%	—	5 25%	8 40%	—
Matches home / away	13	3	—	20	20	—	20	20	—
Total less (home / away)	4 31%	2 67%	—	13 65%	11 55%	—	8 40%	10 50%	—
Total more (home / away)	7 54%	1 33%	—	7 35%	9 45%	—	6 30%	7 35%	—
Individual total (home / away)	2,08	0,67	2,74	1,60	2,10	3,70	6,40	4,50	10,90
Individual total (overall)	1,72	1,43	3,15	1,35	1,80	3,15	5,85	5,25	11,10
Avg total	3,20	3,14	3,17	3,15	4,10	3,63	10,05	9,65	9,85
Avg total (home / away)	3,46	2,67	3,06	3,10	4,50	3,80	10,20	9,70	9,95
Avg opponents' total	1,48	1,71	3,19	1,80	2,30	4,10	4,20	4,40	8,60
Avg opponents' total (home / away)	1,38	2,00	3,38	1,50	2,40	3,90	3,80	5,20	9,00
Predicted total	—	—	3,12	—	—	3,48	—	—	10,53

Referee

Istvan Kovacs

Last 2 months: 7 games · 25 YC total · 3.57 YC/game · 2 RC

08.05	CFR Cluj — CS Universitatea Craiova	1-3	4
04.05	FC Unirea 2004 Slobozia — Hermannstadt	3-1	4
26.04	UTA Arad — Farul Constanta	1-2	3
17.04	SCM Argesul Pitesti — CFR Cluj	2-3	5
13.04	Universitatea Cluj — CS Universitatea Craiova	1-01	11
08.04	Barcelona — Atletico de Madrid	11-3	41

Last 10 matches

Steaua Bucharest10 matches

Both teams to score70%

Clean sheets2 / 10

Scored8 / 10

FC Botosani10 matches

Both teams to score70%

Clean sheets1 / 10

Scored8 / 10

Line trends

Statistical team streaks on goals, corners and cards over recent matches — where the signal holds steadiest. How to read the codes →

Steaua Bucharest

↑Goals (match) over 0.590%

↑Goals (match) over 1.590%

↓Goals (match) under 4.590%

Combined

↑Goals (match) over 0.595%

↑Goals (match) over 1.595%

↓Goals (match) under 4.595%

FC Botosani

↑Goals (match) over 0.5100%

↑Goals (match) over 1.5100%

↓Goals (match) under 4.5100%

↓Goals (team) under 1.5100%

↑Cards (match) over 3.5100%

↓Goals (match) under 5.5100%

OverUnder

Goals

BK line3

93%

0.5

14 of 15

93%

1.5

14 of 15

73%

27%

2.5

11 of 15

53%

47%

3.5

8 of 15

93%

4.5

14 of 15

Corners

BK line10

86%

14%

7.5

12 of 14

79%

21%

8.5

11 of 14

50%

9.5

7 of 14

21%

79%

10.5

11 of 14

21%

79%

11.5

11 of 14

Head-to-head

Date	League	Home	Away			xG		%		On		Off		DA
03.04.26	Liga 1	FC Botosani	Steaua Bucharest	3	2	2.42	0.95	59%	41%	7	3	8	2	54	27	2	0	4	1	0	1
05.02.26	Liga 1	Steaua Bucharest	FC Botosani	2	1	—	—	55%	45%	13	3	8	5	75	29	6	3	1	4	0	0
19.09.25	Liga 1	FC Botosani	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	—	—	40%	60%	7	6	8	5	46	44	7	6	4	4	0	0
08.12.24	Liga 1	Steaua Bucharest	FC Botosani	2	1	2.31	0.24	70%	30%	8	2	10	2	62	28	7	2	0	3	0	0
21.11.24	Liga 1	FC Botosani	Steaua Bucharest	1	0	0.63	1.88	33%	67%	3	6	6	8	58	103	3	8	3	3	0	0
25.02.24	Liga 1	Steaua Bucharest	FC Botosani	3	2	2.16	1.33	50%	50%	8	3	5	6	41	55	3	7	2	6	2	1
07.10.23	Liga 1	FC Botosani	Steaua Bucharest	0	1	—	—	40%	60%	4	11	11	7	63	52	8	7	4	5	0	0
19.12.22	Liga 1	Steaua Bucharest	FC Botosani	1	0	—	—	60%	40%	6	6	11	6	69	47	7	5	1	1	0	1
08.12.22	Cup	FC Botosani	Steaua Bucharest	0	2	—	—	63%	37%	6	11	9	5	104	58	5	7	1	0	0	0

Against common opponents (2 months)