Liga 1: Gaz Metan Mediaş are 10 points behind Rapid Bucuresti, but are motivated to go full throttle. Get ready!
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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!
Gaz Metan Mediaş form and stats
With 2 Liga 1 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Gaz Metan Mediaş are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Gaz Metan Mediaş are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Voluntari.
Before that match, a win away at UTA Arad.There will be little rest for Gaz Metan Mediaş after this match as they are travelling to Sepsi for a Liga 1 game in only four days.
Gaz Metan Mediaş aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Rapid Bucuresti playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
Rapid Bucuresti played 1-1 against UTA Arad in their previous match.
A 0-1 defeat away at Universitatea Craiova before that.Bucuresti have another fixture away in just four nights, a Liga 1 match versus Voluntari. A strenuous calendar for the guests!
Rapid Bucuresti are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rapid Bucuresti have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other earlier this campaign: Rapid Bucuresti - Gaz Metan Mediaş 1-2. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Gaz Metan Mediaş won one, Rapid Bucuresti were winners in five and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  A. Bălan 6 goals | C. Albu 5 goals |  J. de Sousa Matias 4 goals |
Gaz Metan Mediaş missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 96% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 61% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 70% |
| 39% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 30% |
| 9% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 4% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 48% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 39% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 6 | 6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 28% |
| 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | FCSB | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Voluntari | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Botosani | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Arges | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Mioveni | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 29 | -29 | 12 |
| 16 | Academica Clinceni | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -28 | 11 |
