The Rapid Bucuresti & CFR Cluj managers Mutu and Petrescu are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this vital fixture in the top part of the Liga 1 positions.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Liga 1
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Sivasspor, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for CFR Cluj.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu for Rapid Bucuresti. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Two draws in a row at home now for Rapid Bucuresti.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus SSC Farul last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that, a strong away win at Dumbravita. A Romania Cup game. This is expected to be a close game, with Rapid Bucuresti perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bucuresti as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Rapid Bucuresti has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Rapid Bucuresti are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Rapid Bucuresti have conceded only 4 goals.
CFR Cluj form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of CFR Cluj playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.
Two away games in a row for CFR Cluj, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Sivasspor in the Europa Conference League. Cvek got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Cvek hit two key passes.
Prior to that result Cluj won their away game at Universitatea Cluj in the Liga 1. The scoreline was 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with CFR Cluj playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 CFR Cluj wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game CFR Cluj return home for a Europa Conference League game against KF Ballkani. That game is only four sleeps after this.
CFR Cluj have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
CFR Cluj - Bucuresti 1-0 was the story when these contenders last did battle, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Rapid Bucuresti won three, CFR Cluj were winners in four and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 3 goals |   C. Deac 3 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
CFR Cluj missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | CFR Cluj | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 69% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 46% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 46% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 14.1 | 27 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 26% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| 10.2 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.2 | 8.7 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
- CFR Cluj have scored in all their away matches so far.
- CFR Cluj have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Liga 1
- CFR Cluj have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CFR Cluj haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rapid Bucuresti have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | FCSB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | Botosani | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Voluntari | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Arges | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 12 | Chindia Targoviste | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
