The Rapid Bucuresti & CFR Cluj bosses Bergodi and Mandorlini are both fearful of and feeling excited about this highly important game in the upper part of the Liga 1 standings.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (10) in Liga 1
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last match. Let's look for an in-your-face match!
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga 1 numbers at home for Rapid Bucuresti so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Horatiu Moldovan not having conceded a league goal in 192 minutes.
Bucuresti shared the glory with Otelul in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Dinamo Bucuresti in a game that was won 4-0.Rapid Bucuresti are traveling soon after this match as the Romania Cup match at Botoşani awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Rapid Bucuresti in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches.
CFR Cluj form and stats
Playing away, CFR Cluj, who have the most scored goals (11) away in Liga 1, have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Liga 1 this season.
Impressive finishing from Avounou secured the home win 1-0 against Petrolul 52 in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Voluntari at their stadium, the result 4-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the CFR Cluj manager Mandorlini as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Alexandria.
Cluj create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. In the opposite end, CFR Cluj have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Rapid Bucuresti wins - draws - CFR Cluj wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Rrahmani 4 goals |   P. Otele 4 goals |  C. Petrila 2 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 15.6 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 41% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 11.1 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.8 | 13.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- CFR Cluj have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- CFR Cluj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CFR Cluj have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CFR Cluj have the most points from losing position (10) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the most scored goals (11) away in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 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 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Hermannstadt | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Otelul | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 14 | CSM Iaşi | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Botoşani | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
