Down To Ten
FC Botosani
FC Botosani played the closing 81 minutes a man down after a 9′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 9′
- Player
- Răzvan Creț
Liga I · Matchday 10
CFR 1907 Cluj
L. Biliboc 24'
S. Drazic 29'
S. Bus 77'
3 – 1
FT
HT 2–0
FC Botosani
M. Kovtalyuk 68'
Liga I
Matchday 10CFR 1907 Cluj3–1FC Botosani
3.62
Expected goals
0.92
9′24′29′68′77′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: C1C 3.62, BOT 0.92.
Match report
CFR 1907 Cluj 3-1 FC Botosani
CFR 1907 Cluj saw off FC Botosani 3-1 at Dr. Constantin Rădulescu in Liga I. Biliboc opened the scoring for CFR 1907 Cluj on 24', Drazic made it 2-0 to CFR 1907 Cluj on 29', Kovtalyuk pulled one back for FC Botosani on 68' and Bus made it 3-1 to CFR 1907 Cluj on 77'.
Expected goals finished CFR 1907 Cluj 3.62, FC Botosani 0.92. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. CFR 1907 Cluj held 56.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Creț was sent off on 9', leaving FC Botosani 81 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. CFR 1907 Cluj graded out for better chances — 0.16 xg per shot and 23 v 10 shots. FC Botosani graded out for box occupation — 8 of 10 shots in the box and 0.09 xg per shot.
Andrei Cordea came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.7 for CFR 1907 Cluj from 1 assist, 5 key passes and 2 shots.
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
56%Possession44%
23Shots10
3.62xG0.92
What the numbers say
4 readsBetter Chances
CFR 1907 Cluj
CFR 1907 Cluj did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.16 xG per attempt against 0.09.
- xG per shot
- 0.16
- Opponent
- 0.09
- Shots
- 23 v 10
Box Occupation
FC Botosani
FC Botosani kept getting bodies into the area — 80% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 10
- Share
- 80%
- xG per shot
- 0.09
Busy Goalkeeper
FC Botosani
FC Botosani leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 3.62
- Conceded
- 3
Timeline
📺7'
Răzvan Creț · Card upgrade
🟥9'
Răzvan Creț
Foul
L. Biliboc — assist: M. Camora
⚽24'
S. Drazic — assist: A. Cordea
⚽29'
Iva Gelashvili
Foul
🟨34'
Half-time
🟨47'
Djibril Diaw
Foul
🔄58'
M. Kovtalyuk ↑ S. Bodisteanu ↓
A. Nalic ↑ E. Omic ↓
🔄64'
A. Sfait ↑ L. Biliboc ↓
🔄64'
🔄67'
A. Suchianu ↑ Gabriel Gama ↓
🔄67'
J. Markovic ↑ A. Dumiter ↓
⚽68'
M. Kovtalyuk — assist: H. Ongenda
📺70'
Mykola Kovtalyuk · Goal confirmed
S. Bus ↑ S. Drazic ↓
🔄74'
S. Bus
⚽77'
B. Omrani ↑ A. Cordea ↓
🔄82'
🔄85'
G. Sorodoc ↑ C. Petro ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueDr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj Napoca
RefereeIulian Calin, Romania
CompetitionLiga I
Season2026
RoundMatchday 10
StatusMatch Finished