Football insights: Chindia Târgovişte vs Rapid Bucuresti - predictions and stats

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Ilie Oană (15073 seats)

Chindia Târgovişte are trying to blank out the league table ahead of this match versus Rapid Bucuresti. Here's all you should know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
  • Rapid Bucuresti is in the best form (6-0-0) in Liga 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Chindia Târgovişte have managed 3 wins, 7 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Chindia Târgovişte, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The club members are hoping that Târgovişte will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against UTA Arad.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Botosani (1-2).

Chindia Târgovişte have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chindia Târgovişte are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Ilie Oană in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Liga 1. Bucuresti have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rapid Bucuresti goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan is eager to challenge this, with his 529 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Bucuresti's previous game versus Sepsi, a 1-0 win played at home. Ilie has bagged at least one goal for the away team three matches in a row. The capability!

Before that, Rapid Bucuresti secured a home win against Gaz Metan Mediaş with the score 8-0.

Bucuresti have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Rapid Bucuresti in these games.

Head 2 Head

Chindia Târgovişte - Rapid Bucuresti 2-2 was the end result in these contenders' last h2h match, played this season. These clubs fought valiantly when they played earlier this season. Both Corbu (Târgovişte) and Capusa (Chindia Târgovişte) were each shown a red card. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Chindia Târgovişte zero wins, one draw and Rapid Bucuresti one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Chindia TârgovişteD. Florea
D. Florea
7 goals
Rapid BucurestiA. Bălan
A. Bălan
7 goals
Rapid BucurestiR. Ilie
R. Ilie
6 goals

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chindia Târgovişte Rapid Bucuresti
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 17 36
9 3 1 Won W 3 6 15
12 8 3 Drew D 2 6 13
15 7 1 Lost L 1 5 8
27 12 4 Scored S 10 23 52
29 18 4 Conceded C 7 21 32
81% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
39% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 69%
22% 22% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 33%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 35% 22%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 8%
22% 33% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 47%
44% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 44%
53% 50% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 17%
 
3.6 3.8 2.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 5.2
4.4 4.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.6 4.4
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.3
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
9.2 8.9 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.5 10.2
3.8 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.4
20% 18% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 35% 33%
 
9.7 9 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.4 10.5
3.3 3.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Chindia Târgovişte have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Liga 1
  • Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti is in the best form (6-0-0) in Liga 1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 30 24 4 2 48 16 15 13 2 0 26 7 15 11 2 2 22 9 32 76
2 FCSB 30 18 8 4 54 28 15 11 3 1 38 18 15 7 5 3 16 10 26 62
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 55 29 15 10 3 2 30 9 15 6 3 6 25 20 26 54
4 SSC Farul 30 14 6 10 42 21 15 10 1 4 24 8 15 4 5 6 18 13 21 48
5 Arges 30 14 6 10 28 22 15 7 3 5 13 11 15 7 3 5 15 11 6 48
6 Voluntari 30 13 8 9 31 27 15 9 3 3 21 11 15 4 5 6 10 16 4 47
7 Botosani 30 11 13 6 33 28 15 6 6 3 17 12 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 46
8 UTA Arad 30 9 13 8 24 20 15 6 5 4 12 9 15 3 8 4 12 11 4 40
9 Rapid Bucuresti 30 9 13 8 34 31 15 5 7 3 14 10 15 4 6 5 20 21 3 40
10 Sepsi 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 6 5 4 19 14 15 3 7 5 14 15 4 39
11 Chindia Târgovişte 30 8 11 11 23 23 15 3 7 5 11 14 15 5 4 6 12 9 0 35
12 U Craiova 1948 30 8 9 13 31 35 15 5 5 5 14 16 15 3 4 8 17 19 -4 33
13 Mioveni 30 6 11 13 19 36 15 4 6 5 10 14 15 2 5 8 9 22 -17 29
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 30 4 5 21 24 66 15 4 3 8 17 28 15 0 2 13 7 38 -42 17
15 Academica Clinceni 30 3 5 22 21 64 15 2 3 10 12 30 15 1 2 12 9 34 -43 14
16 Gaz Metan Mediaş 30 6 6 18 21 46 15 2 6 7 11 21 15 4 0 11 10 25 -25 2

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The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.