It's early days in the Liga 2 and both Comuna Recea and Rapid Bucuresti are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Comuna Recea form and stats
Comuna Recea are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Liga 2 games here at Stadion Central Recea. It's trouble wherever Comuna are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Comuna, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Comuna Recea has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti are yet to lose a point on their Liga 2 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rapid Bucuresti has managed 6 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hlistei 7 goals | M. Drăghiceanu 5 goals | A. Jorza 4 goals |
Comuna Recea missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| Comuna Recea | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 15 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 20 | 40 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 23% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 300% | 55% | 53% |
| Comuna Recea | Last season | Rapid Bucuresti | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 30 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 71% | ||
| 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 29% | ||
| 31% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 11% | ||
| 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 46% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 350 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 138 | ||
| 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Concordia Chiajna | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | ASU Poli Timişoara | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | SSC Farul | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Dunărea Călăraşi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Sirineasa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Sporting Turnu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Metaloglobus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Csikszereda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Unirea Slobozia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Mioveni | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | CSM Slatina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Ripensia Timişoara | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Aerostar Bacău | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 20 | Comuna Recea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 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 | Comuna Recea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | FCM Baia Mare | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Viitorul Selimbar | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Metalurgistul Cugir | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Luceafarul Oradea | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Sanmartin | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Gloria Bistrita | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Avantul Reghin | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Ariesul Turda | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Unirea Dej | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sanatatea Cluj | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | CFR Cluj II | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 14 | Industria Galda de Jos | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 11 |
| 15 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | SCM Zalau | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 9 |
| 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 | Arges | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | Mioveni | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 27 |
| 3 | Petrolul 52 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Rapid Bucuresti | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Sporting Turnu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |