With the edgy opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Liga 1 battle of the season. Universitatea Cluj are eager to welcome Rapid Bucuresti in front of their home fans.
Universitatea Cluj and Rapid Bucuresti should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Universitatea Cluj form and stats
The previous season, Universitatea Cluj's league statistics were 8 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, leading to 10th position in the Liga 1. During these 30 matches they scored {25 goals} and gave away 37. Playing as the home side in the former season Universitatea Cluj managed 6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with {16 goals} and 11 conceded.
Universitatea Cluj shared the glory with Petrolul 52 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Sepsi (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (Romania Cup). This is expected to be a close game, with Universitatea Cluj perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Universitatea Cluj as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Universitatea has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rapid Bucuresti performed last season in the Liga 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {26 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 13/14 goals scored/conceded.
Rapid Bucuresti's last game was the home draw against Sepsi (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus FCSB at their stadium, the result 5-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Bucuresti in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Rapid Bucuresti, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Rapid Bucuresti have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Universitatea Cluj.Top Goalscorers
  A. Chipciu 1 goals |
Universitatea Cluj missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Universitatea Cluj | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Last season | Rapid Bucuresti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 39 | 20 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 57 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Conceded | C | 29 | 46 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 70% | ||
| 33% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 18% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 41% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 57% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | ||
| 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | SSC Farul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Otelul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Petrolul 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sepsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Universitatea Craiova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Voluntari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Botosani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | U Craiova 1948 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | CSM Iaşi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 |
| 2 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | Botosani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | UTA Arad | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Arges | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Chindia Targoviste | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 11 |
