Down To Ten
FC Botosani
FC Botosani played the closing 22 minutes a man down after a 68′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 68′
- Player
- Narcis Ilaș
Liga I · Matchday 9
Arges Pitesti
T. Luvambo 60'
1 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
FC Botosani
Gabriel Gama 86'
Liga I
Matchday 9Arges Pitesti1–1FC Botosani
1.51
Expected goals
1.08
60′68′86′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: AP 1.51, BOT 1.08.
Match report
Arges Pitesti 1-1 FC Botosani
Arges Pitesti and FC Botosani shared 2 goals in a 1-1 Liga I draw at Stadionul Orasenesc. Luvambo opened the scoring for Arges Pitesti on 60' and Gama levelled for FC Botosani on 86'.
Expected goals finished Arges Pitesti 1.51, FC Botosani 1.08. FC Botosani held 66.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Ilaș was sent off on 68', leaving FC Botosani 22 minutes to play a man short. It was settled late — Gama struck on 86' to swing it FC Botosani's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Arges Pitesti graded out for counter-punch — 34.0% possession and 1.51 expected goals. Arges Pitesti graded out for box occupation — 7 of 8 shots in the box and 0.19 xg per shot.
George Miron came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.3 for FC Botosani from 3 tackles.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
34%Possession66%
8Shots5
1.51xG1.08
What the numbers say
5 readsRescued A Point
FC Botosani
FC Botosani went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 1–1
Counter-Punch
Arges Pitesti
Arges Pitesti were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.51 xG from 34.0% possession.
- Possession
- 34.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.51
- Opponent xG
- 1.08
Box Occupation
Arges Pitesti
Arges Pitesti kept getting bodies into the area — 88% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 7 of 8
- Share
- 88%
- xG per shot
- 0.19
Timeline
S. Balaure ↑ G. Charpentier ↓
🔄20'
🟨41'
Narcis Ilaș
Foul
Half-time
🟨55'
Brian Bayeye
Foul
🔄57'
Gabriel Gama ↑ R. Idowu ↓
T. Luvambo — assist: Y. Pirvu
⚽60'
🟨68'
Narcis Ilaș
Foul
🟥68'
Narcis Ilaș
Foul
🔄73'
J. Markovic ↑ H. Ongenda ↓
🔄73'
S. Bodisteanu ↑ Z. Mitrov ↓
🔄73'
M. Kovtalyuk ↑ A. Dumiter ↓
Dorinel Oancea
Foul
🟨76'
🟨83'
Jovan Marković
Foul
M. Tudose ↑ Y. Pirvu ↓
🔄84'
C. Micovschi ↑ D. Oancea ↓
🔄84'
⚽86'
Gabriel Gama — assist: L. De Vega
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadionul Orasenesc, Mioveni
RefereeFlorin Andrei, Romania
CompetitionLiga I
Season2026
RoundMatchday 9
StatusMatch Finished