On Monday, July 17, at 6:30 p.m., the match of the first stage of the Romanian championship between Voluntari and Botosani will take place at the Angel Iordanescu Stadium, which will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima. Sports 1.

In one of the most interesting matches of the first stage of the Super League, two teams aiming for the playoffs, Voluntari and Botosani, met.

Voluntari finished the last championship in 3rd place in the play-outs (9th overall) and, taking advantage of the fact that Petrol, the team in 2nd place, did not have a European license, played a qualifying match with FC U Craiova, to qualify for the Conference League playoffs lost on the road 3-3 and 4-5 after taking kicks from 11 meters.

Ilfovenci start the 2023-2024 season with a new coach on the technical bench, Ilje Poenaru, who was last at UTA Arad, but does not have a Pro license, so according to the documents, his colleague from recent years, Marin, will appear as the “main” Dune .

Voluntari parted ways with Mihai Popa and Ulrich Meleke, but brought in Rada Bobok (Farul) and Ljuban Krepul (Rapid), and in the summer friendlies they won at GKS Katowice, drew with Ruh Chozhuv and lost to Hapoel Beer Sheva (0-3).

Botosani finished the previous season in 5th place in the play-offs (11th overall) and starts this one also with another coach, Marius Kreitoru, who returns from unsuccessful experiences at FC Craiova and FC Arges, also without Pro license, so Mihai Chobanu will be the “trustee” in the documents.

The Moldovans lost goalkeeper Eduard Papa, who left without a contract to Gyor, and midfielder Martin Remacle (sold to Korona after a loan spell at U Cluj), but brought in goalkeeper Rezvan Began, midfielder Fabrice Onlinga and strikers. Jason Halman and Armel Drol Bosa.

Unfortunately, the best player from Moldova, Sebastian Mailat, the top scorer of the team last season (16 goals), was injured at the start of the season.

In friendlies this summer, Botosani won just one match, against Zakakiu (3-0), and lost to CSKA Sofia (0-1), Legia (0-5) and Ferencvaros (0-3).

In the last league games, the two teams split the wins in the regular season, each winning 1-0 at home, with Voluntari beating Botosani 2-0 at home in the play-offs.

Superbet offers odds of 1.33 on the 1X prediction: a win for the home team or a draw in the Voluntari – Botosani match.

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