3rd spot in the Liga 1 table for Rapid Bucuresti right now, a strong performance. The home team ticketholders hope for more points as 6th-placed Petrolul 52 visit Stadionul Valentin Stănescu.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1
Rapid Bucuresti and Petrolul 52 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu as Rapid Bucuresti have scored 14 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Liga 1 are 6-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Rapid Bucuresti boss Mutu and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Universitatea Cluj in the Romania Cup.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Argeş that finished 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rapid Bucuresti have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 8 of them had goals from both sides.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bucuresti as they are travelling to their away game against UTA Arad in the Liga 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Rapid Bucuresti fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Bucuresti are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Petrolul 52 form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Petrolul 52 have produced an overall stat of 4-0-5 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Romania Cup home defeat versus U Craiova 1948 with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Universitatea Cluj in the Liga 1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting U Craiova 1948 in just four days.
The attacking power of Petrolul 52 when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Petrolul 52 have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Petrolul 52 - Bucuresti 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Rapid Bucuresti victory, one draw and two Petrolul 52 wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 6 goals |   G. Grozav 5 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
Petrolul 52 missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | Petrolul 52 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 37% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 13.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 6 | 6.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 37% |
| 10.4 | 8.1 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13 | 10.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Petrolul 52 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Petrolul 52 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Petrolul 52 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Liga 1
- Petrolul 52 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Petrolul 52 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) 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 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | FCSB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Sepsi | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Argeş | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 11 | Chindia Targoviste | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Botosani | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 8 |
