Sepsi look to Stadionul Municipal supporters for inspiration before Rapid Bucuresti match

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal (5000 seats)

Sepsi want to have lots of fans in for this match despite that the season has been hard up to now with 9 points and a 12th spot in the Liga 1 table. Guests Rapid Bucuresti own 6th place with 17 pts.

Insights:
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1

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.

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Sepsi form and stats

All-inclusive Liga 1 results playing at home this season for Sepsi are 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Sepsi are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row.

Sepsi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 253 minutes ago. B. Fofana scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Roland Csaba Niczuly not having conceded a league goal in 238 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Sepsi, facing Gaz Metan Medias in a game that ended 0-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting SSC Farul and winning 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sepsi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sepsi here at Stadionul Municipal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). Sepsi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Rapid Bucuresti, who have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1, playing as the away team in the Liga 1 this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Rapid Bucuresti in their previous game, as they lost their Liga 1-match, hosting Voluntari, 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the Romania Cup away draw versus Mioveni (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Bucuresti have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were three victories, one draw and two defeats.

Bucuresti are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Bucuresti are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Rapid BucurestiC. Albu
C. Albu
4 goals
Rapid BucurestiA. Bălan
A. Bălan
2 goals
SepsiB. Mitrea
B. Mitrea
1 goals

Sepsi missing players

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Sepsi Rapid Bucuresti
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 4 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 5
6 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 3
7 4 0 Scored S 2 7 11
9 5 2 Conceded C 0 2 7
80% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 50%
10% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 30%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 60%
40% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
6.1 7.8 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.2 4.8
3.2 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.2
2.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.5 3.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11 11.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 8.9
3.8 3.4 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.2
18% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 26%
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Rapid Bucuresti have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have not yet lost a game away.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga 1
  • Rapid Bucuresti have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sepsi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sepsi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sepsi have won significantly more corners at home than 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 CFR Cluj 10 9 0 1 15 5 5 5 0 0 10 3 5 4 0 1 5 2 10 27
2 Botosani 10 6 3 1 11 7 5 2 2 1 4 4 5 4 1 0 7 3 4 21
3 SSC Farul 10 5 3 2 14 5 5 5 0 0 13 1 5 0 3 2 1 4 9 18
4 FCSB 10 5 3 2 19 11 5 4 1 0 16 5 5 1 2 2 3 6 8 18
5 Voluntari 10 6 0 4 14 12 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 2 0 3 5 9 2 18
6 Rapid Bucuresti 10 5 2 3 11 7 6 2 1 3 4 5 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 17
7 Universitatea Craiova 10 5 1 4 15 10 6 4 1 1 12 3 4 1 0 3 3 7 5 16
8 UTA Arad 10 4 4 2 9 6 6 2 3 1 6 4 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 16
9 Arges 10 4 2 4 8 6 5 1 1 3 1 3 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 14
10 Chindia Targoviste 10 3 4 3 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 6 1 2 3 2 4 1 13
11 Mioveni 10 3 1 6 6 13 4 1 0 3 1 4 6 2 1 3 5 9 -7 10
12 Sepsi 10 1 6 3 7 9 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 0 4 1 3 4 -2 9
13 U Craiova 1948 10 2 3 5 8 11 4 1 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 4 6 9 -3 9
14 Gaz Metan Medias 10 2 2 6 7 12 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 8
15 Dinamo Bucureşti 10 2 0 8 7 24 5 2 0 3 7 8 5 0 0 5 0 16 -17 6
16 Academica Clinceni 10 0 2 8 8 22 4 0 1 3 3 6 6 0 1 5 5 16 -14 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.