The visiting Rapid Bucuresti side should be favourites in this visit to Aerostar Bacău, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Liga 2 game only three days ago.
Aerostar Bacău form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga 2, Aerostar Bacău have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games. The Aerostar manager C. Lupuţ might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Aerostar in their previous game, a Liga 2 match away at Petrolul 52 (placed 8th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Nobody expected Aerostar to beat Petrolul 52 in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Before that, Aerostar played out a draw 0-0 when visiting U Craiova 1948.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Liga 2 game versus ASU Poli Timisoara in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadionul Aerostar.
Aerostar has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Aerostar have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga 2 travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Iencsi, the Rapid Bucuresti manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Bucuresti had fun at their own home (Stadionul Aerostar) last time out, beating Universitatea Cluj 1-0. R. Ilie scored. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs SSC Farul.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Scolar Resita in just four days.
Rapid Bucuresti have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. For Rapid Bucuresti, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Vraciu 17 goals |  C. Hlistei 7 goals |
Aerostar Bacău missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Aerostar Bacău | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 84 | 35 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 43 | 105 |
| 34 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 41 |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 39% | 41% |
- Aerostar Bacău have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Aerostar Bacău have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aerostar Bacău haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Rapid Bucuresti's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rapid Bucuresti 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 | U Craiova 1948 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Dunarea Calarasi | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Metaloglobus | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Sirineasa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Petrolul 52 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Mioveni | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Sporting Turnu | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 | Csikszereda | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Ripensia Timisoara | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Unirea Slobozia | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Scolar Resita | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 14 |
| 17 | Comuna Recea | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 18 | CSM Slatina | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Concordia Chiajna | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacău | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 4 |