Article by Liviu Manolache, Marius Mărgărit – Published Sunday, February 15, 2026, 12:57 / Updated Sunday, February 15, 2026 12:57
Ato – FC Botosanione of the strong duels of the 27th stage of the Superliga, will take place today, from 14:00, at the “Francisc Neuman” arena. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and will be broadcast on TV by Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
UTA Arad – FC Botoșani, LIVE at 14:00
UTA – FC Botoșani, starting teams
UTA (4-2-3-1): Tordai – Țuțu, Poulolo, Pospelov, Alomerovic – Sota, Odada – V. Costache, A. Roman, Tzionis – Abdallah
reserves: L. Roșu, Iacob, Benga, Stolnik, Popescu, Hrezdac, L. Mihai, Țăroi, Gojkovic, Ciubăncan, Ndon, Van Durmen
Absent: Padula, Gorcea (injured)
Coach: Adrian Mihalcea
FC Botoșani (4-2-3-1): Anestis – Friday Adams, Miron, Suta, R. Creț – Bordeianu, C. Petro – Dumiter, Ongenda, Pănoiu – Enzo Lopez
reserves: Kukic, Pavlovic, Bota, Diaw, Șigănașu, Papa, G. David, D. Dumitru, Bodisteanu, Cîmpanu, Mailat, Kovtaliuk
Absent: Sadiku (unmade)
Coach: Awesome Leo
Stadium: “Francis Neuman”
Referee: George Gaman (Craiova). Assistants: Alexandru Vişan (Galaţi), Raul Ghiciulescu (Lugoj).
VAR Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați). Assistant VAR: Daniel Mitruţi (Craiova)
UTA is still hoping to get a top 6 spot while FC Botoșani wants to stay in the play-off zone, where it has been for almost the whole season. The hosts are coming off a surprising defeat against Csikszereda, while the Moldovans found the key to success after a long time, winning against Metaloglobus.
It will be the last match this season at UTA for Valentin Costache, the team's top scorer, with 10 goals in all competitions, 8 of which in the championship, where he also ticked off 4 assists. After that game, he will leave for his new team, FC Noah.
UTA – FC Botoșani, the most important information
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Five wins, four draws and four defeats is the record recorded by the Arada players in the current championship at home. On the other hand, the Moldovans prevailed in four of the 13 trips, and the other four times they ended in a draw.
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The game will also record a meeting on the field between two of the best players this season in terms of offensive contributions, Alin Roman – 15 (5 goals, 10 assists) and Sebastian Mailat – 12 (8 goals, 4 assists).
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Coach Adrian Mihalcea is winless in disputes with Leo Grozavu in all competitions, with only three draws being recorded in six direct duels against the current Arada coach.
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The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 15 times, six times the Aradians won, five times the Moldovans prevailed, and four other games ended in a draw.
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The first game took place on October 31, 2020, FC Botoşani-UTA Arad 2-3. This was also the duel with the most goals.
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Two games ended without a goal scored, both with UTA in the home position (February 22, 2021, December 11, 2021).
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The only success recorded by the Moldovans away was recorded on April 14, 2023, UTA-FC Botoșani 0-2.
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The most recent direct Superliga match: October 6, 2025, FC Botoșani-UTA 2-1, goals scored by Zoran Mitrov, Sebastian Mailat and Valentin Costache respectively.
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