Otelul will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a victory from this back-breaking encounter, against sparky Rapid Bucuresti.
- Otelul have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored more than double the goals of Otelul.
Otelul form and stats
Otelul have collected 3 points from their Liga 1 home games so far after 0-3-1. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Otelul has five draws from their last five matches.
Otelul travelled for their previous game, a trip to Petrolul 52 that ended 2-2. Otelul salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Petrolul 52, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Cisotti equalizing. A painful moment in the game against Petrolul 52 was the missed penalty kick from Cisotti in the 15th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
Before that, a fine away win at FC Bacau. A Romania Cup match.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Liga 1 away games so far for Rapid Bucuresti with six points collected from three matches.
Bucuresti had fun at their own home (Stadionul Oţelul) last time out, beating Dinamo Bucuresti 4-0. Rrahmani (2), Oaidă and Petrila scored. As you can tell from the results above, Rapid Bucuresti was very dominant against Dinamo Bucuresti, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Rrahmani (2), Oaidă and Petrila providing the goals.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus U Craiova 1948 at their stadium, the result 5-3.Rapid Bucuresti's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Otelul-Rapid Bucuresti H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Otelul four wins, Rapid Bucuresti three wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pop 4 goals |   A. Rrahmani 4 goals |  J. Cisotti 2 goals |
Otelul missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Otelul | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| 5.4 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 15 | 15.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 64% | 42% |
| 11.1 | 8.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- All of Otelul's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Rapid Bucuresti's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Otelul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Otelul have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga 1
- Otelul have yet to win a game.
- Otelul haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have created more than twice as many corners as Otelul.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored more than double the goals of Otelul.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | U Craiova 1948 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | SSC Farul | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 | Otelul | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | CSM Iasi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Botosani | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
