LIVE Farul – FC Botoșani, duel in the 7th stage of the Superliga play-out

Farul and FC Botoșani are two of the play-out teams that have received a license to participate in the European cups next season, so the two teams want both to move away from the relegation places and to rank as high as possible to grab the play-off spot for the Conference League. But in the fight for Europe, Marius Croitoru's students are much better than today's rivals.

After 7 stages, Farul is in 6th place in the play-out, with 24 points. If he wins, he will not go up in the ranking, but he could distance himself from Petrolul, the 7th place (playoff place), if the Ploieste team make a wrong step with UTA. On the other side, FC Botoşani has 31 points and is in 3rd place. With a win, they would climb, at least provisionally, to 2nd place, over UTA, which has a match against Petrolul on Sunday.

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Farul – FC Botoșani, starting teams:

Lighthouse (4-3-3): R. Munteanu – Furtado, Larie (capt.), Sârbu, Cr. Ganea – Vînă, Dican, Radaslavescu – Alibec, Ișfan, Tănăsa
Reserves: Buzbuchi – D. Maftei, St. Duțu, Tîru, Ramalho, G. Iancu, Goncear, Grigoryan, I. Cojocaru, Markovic, Doicaru, Vojtus
Coach: Flavius ​​the Stoic

FC Botoșani (4-2-3-1): Kukic – Suta, Diaw, Miron, Creţ – Papa, De Vega – Mailat, Ongenda, Mitrov – Dumiter
Reserves: Anestis, ţigănaşu, Ilaş, G. David, Bordeianu, Aldair, Adams, Pănoiu, Bota, A. Dumitru, Bodisteanu, Kovtaliuk
Coach: Marius Croitoru

Referee: Cătălin Roman // Assistants: Valentin Avram, Radu Ghiciulescu
VAR Referee: Horia Mladinovic // Assistant VAR: Andrew Anthony

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• March 15, 2026, Farul-Petrolul 2-0 was the only success achieved by Dobrogeni in the last nine stages, in the rest two draws and six games lost at the limit.
• The Moldovans have not won in the championship as a guest team since November 30, 2025, when they won 1-0 against Unirea Slobozia. A draw and seven defeats followed away.
• At the end of the previous round, Farul was the team with the most goals scored from outside the box – 10, four of which were scored by Ionuț Vînă.
• 61.2% is the average possession of the Botošan players in the play-out, the 1st place in this chapter (Farul – 51.5%). In the same phase of the competition (play-out), the group from Constanta is the team with the fewest committed fouls, only 62.
• The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 27 times, 10 times the Dobrogean won, eight times the Botošanen won, and nine other games ended in a draw.
• December 4, 2022, Farul-FC Botoșani 8-0, the most severe defeat suffered on the first stage by the Moldovan group.
• The last success scored in the championship by the visitors in this round: March 29, 2025, FC Botoșani-Farul 4-3.
• The most recent direct Superliga match: November 7, 2025, Farul-FC Botoșani 2-0, scorers Ionuț Vînă and Ionuț Larie.