What a game, with Rapid Bucuresti placed 3rd and Universitatea Craiova in 4th. Here's all you need to know!
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (27) in Liga 1
- Universitatea Craiova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an active fixture!
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu for Rapid Bucuresti. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Petrolul 52 here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, Rapid Bucuresti has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Rapid Bucuresti travelled for their previous game, a trip to UTA Arad that ended 2-2.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against CSM Iaşi.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rapid Bucuresti have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bucuresti as they are travelling to their away game against CSA Steaua Bucuresti in the Romania Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Rapid Bucuresti manager Bergodi has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded.
Universitatea Craiova form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 1 travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Visiting Universitatea has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Universitatea Craiova have much to rectify after their unpredictable loss (1-3) to Petrolul 52 in their previous outing, played at home. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Voluntari that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Universitatea Craiova playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Universitatea Craiova win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Universitatea manager Reghecampf as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against UTA Arad.
Universitatea Craiova have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Universitatea have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rapid Bucuresti one win, three draws and Universitatea Craiova six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Rrahmani 6 goals |  C. Petrila 4 goals |   J. Markovic 4 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
Universitatea Craiova missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | Universitatea Craiova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 77% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 54% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 46% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 17.3 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 41% | 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 29% |
| 11.8 | 12.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.3 | 11.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (27) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Universitatea Craiova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Hermannstadt | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Petrolul 52 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | SSC Farul | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | CSM Iaşi | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Otelul | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | U Craiova 1948 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Sepsi | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | UTA Arad | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 9 |
| 16 | Botosani | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
