Three points for the home side is expected from this match if the league table is to be believed. The Rapid Bucuresti club members are hopeful that the mismatch between 4th and CSM Iaşi's 12th place in the table will show on the playing field.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Liga 1
- CSM Iaşi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
CSM Iaşi could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Liga 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Rapid Bucuresti have to build on here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in the Liga 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Rapid Bucuresti here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Bucuresti coach Bergodi and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hermannstadt (placed 5th).
Before that, a strong away victory at Botosani. A Romania Cup game.
At Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, Rapid Bucuresti has the goal stats of 12-6 (for/against) from 6 league fixtures.
CSM Iaşi form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of CSM Iaşi playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season. CSM Iaşi has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
CSM Iaşi's last game was the home draw against Petrolul 52 (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Voluntari at their stadium, the result 2-1.Iaşi find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, CSM Iaşi have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: six wins for Rapid Bucuresti, two draws and two wins for CSM Iaşi. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Rrahmani 6 goals |  C. Petrila 3 goals |   A. Roman 3 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
CSM Iaşi missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | CSM Iaşi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 45% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 2.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.8 | 17.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 31% | 26% |
| 11.7 | 11.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11.5 | 10.9 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- CSM Iaşi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Liga 1
- 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | SSC Farul | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Otelul | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | U Craiova 1948 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | CSM Iaşi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Voluntari | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Botosani | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 6 |
