Liga 1 statistics and guide: Rapid Bucuresti small thought to outplay SSC Farul

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Valentin Stănescu (9513 seats)

Rapid Bucuresti greet SSC Farul for another absorbing Liga 1 fixture here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu.

The visiting SSC Farul played their last game only four days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game, against Flora, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for SSC Farul.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

Rapid Bucuresti have played three Liga 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

The Bucuresti supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu: A 0-2 defeat against Petrolul 52 (placed 5th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Voluntari.

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.

Bucuresti aren't scoring a lot here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games. Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SSC Farul form and stats

Things could have gone better for SSC Farul in their Liga 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Two travels in a row for Farul, whose coach Hagi could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Flora.

Before that game, the victory at home hosting Flora in the Europa Conference League (3-0). SSC Farul are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

After this away game Farul return home for a Europa Conference League game against TBC. That game is only three sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, SSC Farul has managed {3 goals} and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

SSC Farul have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (4-3-0) when playing Rapid Bucuresti.

Top Goalscorers

Rapid BucurestiM. Dugandžić
M. Dugandžić
4 goals
SSC FarulI. Larie
I. Larie
3 goals
Rapid BucurestiJ. Papeau
J. Papeau
1 goals

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

SSC Farul missing players

Rapid Bucuresti SSC Farul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 2 0 Scored S 0 3 8
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
80% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
60% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
20% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 75%
40% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
40% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3.2
3.4 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.5
1.2 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 15.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 14
4.2 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.5
29% 13% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 36%
 
9.8 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.5 12.5
3.2 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7.5 6.5
Rapid Bucuresti Last season SSC Farul
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
18 12   Won W   8 25
10 5   Drew D   8 10
12 3   Lost L   4 5
57 34   Scored S   28 76
46 17   Conceded C   25 41
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
70% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 85%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 52%
25% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 25%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 15%
57% 60%   BTTS BTTS   70% 60%
30% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 32%
20% 10%   Failed to Score F T   15% 15%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
4.5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.8
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 12.1
4.5 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 5
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 38%
 
11.2 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 10.3
4 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4

  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 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 12
2 Universitatea Craiova 5 3 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 11
3 Voluntari 5 3 0 2 8 9 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 7 -1 9
4 Sepsi 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 8
5 Petrolul 52 5 2 2 1 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 8
6 CFR Cluj 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 7
7 SSC Farul 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
8 Hermannstadt 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 6
9 U Craiova 1948 5 2 0 3 8 9 3 1 0 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 6
10 Universitatea Cluj 5 1 3 1 7 9 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 6 5 -2 6
11 Rapid Bucuresti 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 5
12 UTA Arad 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
13 Otelul 5 0 4 1 3 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 4
14 Dinamo Bucuresti 5 1 1 3 3 8 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 4
15 CSM Iasi 5 1 0 4 5 11 2 0 0 2 2 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 -6 3
16 Botosani 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 -3 2

Read more about Liga 1

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.