Rapid Bucuresti manager Mutu looking for three points in Argeş showdown

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Valentin Stănescu (9513 seats)

Look at this entertaining match in the Liga 1. Rapid Bucuresti is in the 4th spot after playing three matches. They greet Argeş who are placed 6th after three fixtures.

Insights:
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Liga 1

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an animated match!

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

The hosts won their first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rapid Bucuresti last season were 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 5 games.

The Bucuresti goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 252 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.

A strong away win for Rapid Bucuresti against Universitatea Craiova the last match, as Ioniță were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting FCSB in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rapid Bucuresti handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rapid Bucuresti at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Argeş form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga 1 ended in defeat. Last season Argeş had these away match statistics: Played 5; won 1, drew 0 and lost 4.

Garita and Ișfan (2) scored in Argeş's previous match, the home game against Universitatea Cluj that ended 3-1.

Prior to that match, the Argeş manager Schumacher faced defeat when travelling to Sepsi and losing 0-4.

We have checked recent matches where Argeş have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Argeş has managed 0 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Bucuresti won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Argeş got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşA. Ișfan
A. Ișfan
2 goals
Rapid BucurestiI. Săpunaru
I. Săpunaru
1 goals

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Argeş missing players

Rapid Bucuresti Argeş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 2 0 Scored S 0 0 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
3.3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.3
5.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 4.7
2.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 8
3.7 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.7
27% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
 
12.7 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 9.3
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 4.7
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Liga 1
Rapid Bucuresti Last season Argeş
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   20 40
15 9   Won W   8 15
14 7   Drew D   3 6
10 4   Lost L   9 19
56 31   Scored S   16 31
38 14   Conceded C   21 48
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
69% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 50%
36% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 30%
26% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 15%
13% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
49% 45%   BTTS BTTS   20% 25%
44% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 35%
18% 15%   Failed to Score F T   45% 48%
 
5.4 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.3
4.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.1
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
6 4   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.2 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 8.4
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.2
33% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 24%
 
10.2 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 10.1
3.9 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SSC Farul 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
2 Voluntari 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Botosani 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Rapid Bucuresti 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
5 CFR Cluj 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 6
6 Argeş 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 6
7 Sepsi 3 1 2 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 5
8 Hermannstadt 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 U Craiova 1948 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
10 UTA Arad 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
11 Chindia Targoviste 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
12 Universitatea Craiova 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
13 Universitatea Cluj 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 2
14 FCSB 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2
15 Petrolul 52 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
16 Mioveni 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sepsi 9 7 1 1 21 4 5 5 0 0 15 3 4 2 1 1 6 1 17 42
2 Botosani 9 6 0 3 18 9 5 3 0 2 10 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 9 41
3 Rapid Bucuresti 9 6 1 2 22 7 5 4 0 1 17 4 4 2 1 1 5 3 15 39
4 U Craiova 1948 9 5 2 2 14 11 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 34
5 UTA Arad 9 4 1 4 10 6 5 4 0 1 9 2 4 0 1 3 1 4 4 33
6 Mioveni 9 5 1 3 12 10 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 31
7 Chindia Targoviste 9 2 2 5 8 8 5 1 2 2 4 4 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 26
8 Dinamo Bucuresti 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 1 2 1 7 4 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 23
9 Academica Clinceni 9 0 0 9 4 32 4 0 0 4 0 10 5 0 0 5 4 22 -28 -23
10 Gaz Metan Medias 9 1 0 8 6 31 4 1 0 3 5 8 5 0 0 5 1 23 -25 -46

Read more about Liga 1

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.