Liga 1 match prediction and preview for Rapid Bucuresti vs Chindia Târgovişte clash

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Valentin Stănescu (9513 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Rapid Bucuresti and Chindia Târgovişte. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Bucuresti as they were promoted from Liga 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 10 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 20 games. The team scored 17 goals at home last season and conceded 13. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Rapid Bucuresti have prepared for this season with eight friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these eight matches are 6 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Rapid Bucuresti have scored 15 goals and conceded 6 times.

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Chindia Târgovişte form and stats

Let's have a look at how Chindia Târgovişte performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 9/8 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Târgovişte as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Chindia Târgovişte have played three with the results W1-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chindia Târgovişte has scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Chindia Târgovişte missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rapid Bucuresti Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Rapid Bucuresti Last season Chindia Târgovişte
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   19 40
15 8   Won W   7 14
5 4   Drew D   7 13
10 3   Lost L   5 13
48 26   Scored S   11 33
40 18   Conceded C   8 32
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   68% 82%
77% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   21% 45%
60% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   5% 18%
37% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 12%
20% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
53% 60%   BTTS BTTS   11% 30%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   68% 50%
23% 13%   Failed to Score F T   53% 38%
 
4.3 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 2.9
4.2 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.7
2.5 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 7.7
3.9 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 2.5
41% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica Clinceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chindia Târgovişte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dinamo Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gaz Metan Medias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mioveni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 U Craiova 1948 29 14 12 3 43 22 14 8 5 1 22 8 15 6 7 2 21 14 21 89
2 Rapid Bucuresti 30 15 5 10 48 40 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 7 1 7 22 22 8 83
3 Mioveni 30 12 13 5 41 22 14 4 7 3 15 8 16 8 6 2 26 14 19 82
4 Dunarea Calarasi 30 12 9 9 36 41 14 6 5 3 19 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 -5 79
5 Csikszereda 30 11 10 9 32 26 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 6 6 3 15 10 6 75
6 ASU Poli Timisoara 29 10 11 8 27 29 15 8 4 3 17 11 14 2 7 5 10 18 -2 73
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 Chindia Târgovişte 9 4 4 1 7 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 36
2 Gaz Metan Medias 9 4 3 2 15 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 32
3 Viitorul 9 5 1 3 9 4 4 3 0 1 4 2 5 2 1 2 5 2 5 32
4 UTA Arad 9 4 1 4 7 9 5 2 0 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 4 5 -2 32
5 Dinamo Bucureşti 9 5 2 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 31
6 Arges 9 3 2 4 10 7 5 2 1 2 8 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 31
7 Voluntari 9 3 3 3 6 7 4 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 5 6 -1 28
8 Hermannstadt 9 4 1 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 4 -3 26
9 Astra 9 1 2 6 6 12 5 0 1 4 2 8 4 1 1 2 4 4 -6 24
10 CSM Iasi 9 2 1 6 7 15 4 0 0 4 1 7 5 2 1 2 6 8 -8 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica Clinceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chindia Târgovişte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dinamo Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Gaz Metan Medias 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mioveni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UTA Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Voluntari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.