Liga 1: Two contenders who have done superbly so far. Get smart on Rapid Bucuresti - SSC Farul with this complete preview!
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals (27) in Liga 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rapid Bucuresti and SSC Farul.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu so far in the Liga 1, giving Rapid Bucuresti a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results!
Rapid Bucuresti are returning here after guesting Dumbravita in a Romania Cup match and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
Before that match, a Liga 1 win away at Hermannstadt.This is expected to be a close game, with Bucuresti perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rapid Bucuresti as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Rapid Bucuresti has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Rapid Bucuresti in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Rapid 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 3 from 6 matches.
SSC Farul form and stats
SSC Farul have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Rapid Bucuresti.
Farul have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mihai Marian Aioani. It's been 303 minutes since they last conceded in Liga 1.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Alexandria in their previous outing. The Romania Cup duel ended 2-2.
Before that, SSC Farul secured a home win against Universitatea Cluj with the score 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by SSC Farul in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for SSC Farul, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The Farul manager Hagi has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. SSC Farul have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Rapid Bucuresti victory, two draws and two SSC Farul wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Alibec 5 goals |   M. Dugandžić 3 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
SSC Farul missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | SSC Farul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 27 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 7% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.5 | 12 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 48% | 38% |
| 10.2 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.8 | 8.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SSC Farul have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- SSC Farul have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SSC Farul have the most clean sheets (7) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most points (13) away in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals (13) away in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals (27) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+17) in Liga 1
- SSC Farul have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Liga 1
- SSC Farul haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | FCSB | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Voluntari | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Arges | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | Botosani | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | UTA Arad | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | U Craiova 1948 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Chindia Targoviste | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
