Liga 1: A pair of teams who have done fine up to now. Get to know Rapid Bucuresti - Universitatea Craiova with this full guide!
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga 1 with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
Bucuresti's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-2 versus SSC Farul (in Romania Cup).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FCSB (1-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Rapid 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 10 games. Rapid Bucuresti has won 7 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Rapid Bucuresti have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu with 12 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Bucuresti have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
As the visiting team in Liga 1 matches, Universitatea Craiova have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far. The fact that Universitatea Craiova have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Universitatea goalkeeper David Beniamin Lazar is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 257 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Ocna Mures in their previous outing. The Romania Cup battle ended 1-1.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Universitatea Cluj in the Liga 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Universitatea Craiova in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Universitatea Craiova, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Universitatea when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams faced each other before this match year: Universitatea Craiova - Rapid Bucuresti 0-1. Bucuresti-Universitatea Craiova H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rapid Bucuresti two wins, Universitatea Craiova six wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 5 goals |   A. Ivan 4 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 25% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.6 | 14.1 | 20.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.3 | 13.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 26% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 25% |
| 10.4 | 8.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 11.1 | 9.3 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- 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 in the second half (5) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Universitatea Craiova have the most points from losing position (11) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Universitatea Craiova 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 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | FCSB | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Sepsi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Arges | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Chindia Târgovişte | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Botosani | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | U Craiova 1948 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
