Home advantage could prove decisive in Rapid Bucuresti - Sepsi battle

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 14.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Valentin Stănescu (9513 seats)

It's clean hands in Liga 1 - the first fixture of the season. Read this full guide and see how Rapid Bucuresti and Sepsi did in their pre-season friendly games!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

The previous season, Rapid Bucuresti's league results were 15 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, ending with 5th position in the Liga 1. In these 30 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 26. Playing as the home side in the last season Rapid Bucuresti produced 10-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 12 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rapid Bucuresti handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Rapid Bucuresti, who have participated in four training matches. Rapid Bucuresti have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Sepsi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sepsi performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {30 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 20/17 goals scored/conceded.

Sepsi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Sepsi played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these three matches Sepsi scored 2 and conceded {4 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding seven meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Rapid Bucuresti, three draws and one win for Sepsi. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Sepsi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rapid Bucuresti Sepsi
Total Home vs mid 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%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Rapid Bucuresti Last season Sepsi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 39
18 12   Won W   6 12
10 5   Drew D   6 11
12 3   Lost L   8 16
57 34   Scored S   24 53
46 17   Conceded C   24 44
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
70% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 72%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 51%
25% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 21%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 8%
57% 60%   BTTS BTTS   55% 54%
30% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 26%
20% 10%   Failed to Score F T   30% 28%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.5
4.5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.8
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
4 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
11.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 10.5
4.5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
11.2 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 9.1
4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Petrolul 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Cluj 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 SSC Farul 10 6 3 1 22 13 5 5 0 0 16 7 5 1 3 1 6 6 9 53
2 FCSB 10 5 2 3 15 15 5 3 1 1 8 8 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 46
3 CFR Cluj 10 2 4 4 11 14 5 1 3 1 7 7 5 1 1 3 4 7 -3 42
4 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 4 3 15 14 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 9 8 1 40
5 Rapid Bucuresti 10 3 3 4 17 20 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 10 15 -3 38
6 Sepsi 10 2 2 6 10 14 5 1 1 3 6 7 5 1 1 3 4 7 -4 29

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 Botosani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSM Iasi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Otelul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Petrolul 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rapid Bucuresti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sepsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 SSC Farul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 U Craiova 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Universitatea Cluj 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.