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Saturday, 24/10/2026 at 15:00

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Match preview · SuperLiga (Romania)

FC Botoșani – FC Petrolul Ploieşti

FC Botoșani 12th in SuperLiga (Romania) Home 2.21 projected goals by the model
FC Petrolul Ploieşti 4th in SuperLiga (Romania) Away 1.38 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 03:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
2.21 1.38
FC Botoșani FC Petrolul Ploieşti
FC Botoșani
56%
Draw
23%
FC Petrolul Ploieşti
21%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
FC Botoșani Draw FC Petrolul Ploieşti
Fair odds 1.79 4.29 4.78
Total goals
3.59
Over 2.5 goals
72%
Both teams to score
72%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans FC Botoșani

56% FC Botoșani to win

Attack
9th vs 15th
FC Botoșani attack v FC Petrolul Ploieşti defence
Defence
14th vs 12th
FC Botoșani defence v FC Petrolul Ploieşti attack
Recent xG form
-0.09 vs -0.86
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
2.21 – 1.38
FC Botoșani v FC Petrolul Ploieşti
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: FC Botoșani and FC Petrolul Ploieşti compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading FC Botoșani FC Petrolul Ploieşti
xG / match (better) 1.99 · 5th 1.34 · 12th
xGA / match (better) 2.10 · 14th 2.38 · 15th
xGD / match (better) -0.11 · 11th -1.04 · 14th
xPts / match (better) 1.34 · 11th 1.06 · 14th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.09 -0.86

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 28% of the model's distribution.

FC Botoșani clean sheet
22%
FC Botoșani 2+ goals
67%
Under 2.5 goals
28%
Both teams to score: no
28%

Most likely scorelines

2:1
10.5%
1:1
9.8%
3:1
7.8%
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Match result

FC Botoșani to win
55.8% 1.79 —
Draw
23.3% 4.29 —
FC Petrolul Ploieşti to win
20.9% 4.78 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
90.4% 1.11 —
Under 1.5 goals
9.6% 10.46 —
Over 2.5 goals
71.8% 1.39 —
Under 2.5 goals
28.2% 3.55 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
71.7% 1.39 —
Both teams not to score
28.3% 3.53 —

Team goals — FC Botoșani

FC Botoșani to score
90.8% 1.10 —
FC Botoșani not to score
9.2% 10.91 —
FC Botoșani 2+ goals
67.1% 1.49 —
FC Botoșani at most 1 goal
32.9% 3.04 —

Team goals — FC Petrolul Ploieşti

FC Petrolul Ploieşti to score
77.7% 1.29 —
FC Petrolul Ploieşti not to score
22.3% 4.48 —
FC Petrolul Ploieşti 2+ goals
41.3% 2.42 —
FC Petrolul Ploieşti at most 1 goal
58.7% 1.70 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
FC Botoșani sample
20 matches
FC Petrolul Ploieşti sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · FC Botoșani
4 matches
Away xG sample · FC Petrolul Ploieşti
5 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 03:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.