Rapid Bucuresti are positioned 3rd, while Voluntari are loitering 16 points behind in the league table. Will they crop the gap?
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Voluntari have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 11 Liga 1 games here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu for Rapid Bucuresti. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. Rapid Bucuresti has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Rapid Bucuresti are confident in defense, having played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Rapid Bucuresti, facing Universitatea Cluj in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Sepsi.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bucuresti matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats (from 6 games).
Betting people might want to know that 10 of the most recent 13 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.
Rapid Bucuresti have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu with 20 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Rapid Bucuresti have conceded only 8 goals.
Voluntari form and stats
Voluntari have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Liga 1, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Voluntari's previous game was their home loss versus CFR Cluj (0-1).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Universitatea Cluj's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Voluntari when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Voluntari as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Voluntari have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the match result Voluntari - Rapid Bucuresti 0-1 registered in the official records. Rapid Bucuresti-Voluntari H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Rapid Bucuresti two wins, Voluntari one win, one draw. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dugandžić 12 goals |   A. Nemec 6 goals |  V. Damaşcan 6 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
Voluntari missing players
| Rapid Bucuresti | Voluntari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 30 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 65% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 57% |
| 39% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 39% |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 39% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 13 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 29% | 32% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 26% | 29% |
| 10.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 14 | 12.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Voluntari have scored away.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti have the most points (27) at home in Liga 1
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Voluntari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | CFR Cluj | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | SSC Farul | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | FCSB | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Sepsi | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 32 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Botosani | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 27 |
| 9 | Voluntari | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Chindia Targoviste | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Arges | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | UTA Arad | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 15 |
