This promises to be another entertaining battle at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in the Liga 1. Rapid Bucuresti is in 4th place and receive Botoşani in 11th place. Read all about the game here!
The visiting Botoşani played their last game only four days ago, a Liga 1 match.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
The first Liga 1 game here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu resulted in a draw. Last season Rapid Bucuresti's home game statistics were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 5 games.
The Rapid Bucuresti goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga 1.
Bucuresti enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Universitatea Cluj's place. The match ended 3-0 with Papeau and Dugandžić scoring.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sepsi.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rapid Bucuresti at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Botoşani form and stats
Botoşani have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga 1 were 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 4 fixtures.
Botoşani delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Petrolul 52 (placed 9th) in their previous fixture.
A 1-2 defeat away at Voluntari before that.It's early days yet, but Botoşani has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Bucuresti have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Botoşani.Top Goalscorers
  J. Papeau 1 goals |  M. Dugandžić 1 goals |   M. Roman 1 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
Botoşani missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | Botoşani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Rapid Bucuresti | Last season | Botoşani | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 19 | 39 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 57 | 34 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Conceded | C | 33 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 87% | ||
| 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 59% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 21% | ||
| 10% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 15% | ||
| 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 41% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | FCSB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sepsi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Botoşani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iasi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | SSC Farul | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 46 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 42 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Rapid Bucuresti | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 38 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 29 |
