Rapid Bucuresti opposes Botoşani in Liga 1 match

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Orăşenesc (10000 seats)

Botoşani journey to Rapid Bucuresti and Stadionul Orăşenesc brimming with confidence, but the hosts is no muppet. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bucuresti and Botoşani.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

The story so far in the Liga 1 for Rapid Bucuresti at their home stadium (Stadionul Orăşenesc) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Rapid Bucuresti are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus FCSB.

Ahead of that match, Bucuresti won a home game hosting Arges (2-0).

Rapid Bucuresti aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Bucuresti are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Botoşani form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Botoşani have produced an overall stat of 5-4-1 so far.

Botoşani go into this game after a win, the home game against Gaz Metan Medias that ended 2-1.

Before that, Botoşani travelled to UTA Arad and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Botoşani find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Botoşani - Rapid Bucuresti 0-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Bucuresti wins - draws - Botoşani wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rapid BucurestiA. Bălan
A. Bălan
6 goals
Rapid BucurestiC. Albu
C. Albu
5 goals
BotoşaniM. Edjouma
M. Edjouma
4 goals

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Botoşani missing players

Rapid Bucuresti Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
8 4 2 Won W 1 5 8
7 3 0 Drew D 2 4 9
5 3 2 Lost L 0 1 3
25 9 4 Scored S 2 11 20
20 6 3 Conceded C 1 8 18
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 85%
70% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 65%
35% 20% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 30%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 30% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 55%
45% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 35%
20% 30% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 25%
 
5 6.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.8 3.6
4.5 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 5.2
3 2.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 10.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.6 10.3
4.4 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 4.3
28% 21% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 23%
 
11.8 11.3 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.8 9.3
4.3 3.8 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly more corners at home than 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 19 17 0 2 29 8 10 10 0 0 18 4 9 7 0 2 11 4 21 51
2 FCSB 20 14 4 2 38 17 10 9 1 0 29 9 10 5 3 2 9 8 21 46
3 Voluntari 20 10 4 6 23 19 10 6 2 2 13 7 10 4 2 4 10 12 4 34
4 Botoşani 20 8 9 3 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 10 10 5 4 1 11 8 2 33
5 Universitatea Craiova 20 9 4 7 35 22 10 6 2 2 24 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 13 31
6 Rapid Bucuresti 20 8 7 5 25 20 10 4 3 3 9 6 10 4 4 2 16 14 5 31
7 SSC Farul 19 8 5 6 21 11 9 7 1 1 16 2 10 1 4 5 5 9 10 29
8 Arges 20 8 4 8 19 17 10 3 2 5 8 10 10 5 2 3 11 7 2 28
9 UTA Arad 20 6 9 5 16 13 10 3 4 3 7 7 10 3 5 2 9 6 3 27
10 Sepsi 20 5 10 5 21 18 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 2 6 2 9 8 3 25
11 Chindia Targoviste 19 4 7 8 12 14 9 2 3 4 8 9 10 2 4 4 4 5 -2 19
12 Gaz Metan Medias 20 5 4 11 16 24 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 3 0 7 8 14 -8 19
13 Mioveni 19 4 5 10 11 26 9 2 3 4 3 7 10 2 2 6 8 19 -15 17
14 U Craiova 1948 19 3 6 10 12 21 10 2 3 5 6 11 9 1 3 5 6 10 -9 15
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 19 3 3 13 14 39 10 3 3 4 11 14 9 0 0 9 3 25 -25 12
16 Academica Clinceni 20 2 5 13 15 40 10 1 3 6 7 15 10 1 2 7 8 25 -25 11

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.