Mioveni vs Rapid Bucuresti: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Orăşenesc (10000 seats)

A key match in Liga 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Mioveni in 3rd position and Rapid Bucuresti placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Mioveni have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga 2
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (34) in Liga 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Mioveni form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 2, Mioveni, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga 2, have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Mioveni.

Mioveni shared the glory with ASU Poli Timişoara in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dunărea Călăraşi that ended 1-1.

Mioveni has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mioveni are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadionul Orăşenesc in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Rapid Bucuresti, who have the most scored goals (34) in Liga 2, playing as the away team in the Liga 2 this season. Bucuresti has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager M. Iosif was unhappy after their last game, a Liga 2 match played at their home ground Stadionul Valentin Stănescu. Bucuresti suffered a 1-3 loss to U Craiova 1948.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against ASU Poli Timişoara.

Bucuresti has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. As for defending, Bucuresti rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Rapid Bucuresti - Mioveni 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Mioveni one win, two draws and Rapid Bucuresti six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Rapid BucurestiC. Hlistei
C. Hlistei
7 goals

Mioveni missing players

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Mioveni Rapid Bucuresti
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 13 5 Played P 5 14 29
11 3 0 Won W 2 7 15
13 7 4 Drew D 0 1 5
5 3 1 Lost L 3 6 9
40 14 3 Scored S 6 22 48
22 8 4 Conceded C 10 21 39
79% 69% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
55% 46% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 79%
38% 23% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 62%
21% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 38%
10% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 21%
45% 38% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 55%
45% 46% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 31%
31% 46% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.6 7.9 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 7.8 9.5
3.3 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.9
42% 39% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 50% 42%
Key stats in Liga 2 this season:
  • Mioveni have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Liga 2
  • Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have the most scored goals (34) in Liga 2

  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 19 9 8 2 30 15 9 5 3 1 16 6 10 4 5 1 14 9 15 35
2 Dunărea Călăraşi 20 10 5 5 26 23 9 5 3 1 14 9 11 5 2 4 12 14 3 35
3 Mioveni 20 9 7 4 23 11 9 2 4 3 9 7 11 7 3 1 14 4 12 34
4 Rapid Bucuresti 20 10 4 6 34 29 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 5 1 4 17 16 5 34
5 Csikszereda 20 9 6 5 23 15 10 5 2 3 11 7 10 4 4 2 12 8 8 33
6 Sirineasa 20 10 3 7 32 27 11 5 2 4 17 17 9 5 1 3 15 10 5 33
7 SSC Farul 20 9 5 6 24 20 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 5 3 3 14 9 4 32
8 Universitatea Cluj 20 10 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 11 10 4 32
9 ASU Poli Timişoara 19 8 8 3 18 14 10 6 3 1 10 4 9 2 5 2 8 10 4 32
10 Petrolul 52 19 9 4 6 30 16 10 3 2 5 12 11 9 6 2 1 18 5 14 31
11 Metaloglobus 20 9 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 19 9 10 4 1 5 8 8 10 31
12 SCM Gloria Buzau 19 6 8 5 21 20 10 4 4 2 11 7 9 2 4 3 10 13 1 26
13 Ripensia Timisoara 20 7 4 9 19 32 9 4 2 3 10 11 11 3 2 6 9 21 -13 25
14 Concordia Chiajna 20 6 6 8 23 21 10 5 2 3 15 8 10 1 4 5 8 13 2 24
15 Comuna Recea 20 6 6 8 30 30 11 5 3 3 23 14 9 1 3 5 7 16 0 24
16 Unirea Slobozia 20 6 4 10 16 26 11 3 4 4 7 12 9 3 0 6 9 14 -10 22
17 Sporting Turnu 15 4 7 4 23 19 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 2 3 3 12 9 4 19
18 Scolar Resita 20 5 4 11 11 30 10 3 2 5 7 14 10 2 2 6 4 16 -19 19
19 CSM Slatina 20 5 3 12 19 26 10 4 1 5 8 11 10 1 2 7 11 15 -7 18
20 Pandurii Targu Jiu 20 3 4 13 18 42 10 2 1 7 9 21 10 1 3 6 9 21 -24 13
21 Aerostar Bacau 19 2 4 13 19 37 10 1 2 7 10 19 9 1 2 6 9 18 -18 10

Read more about Liga 2

The Liga II, also spelled Liga 2, is the second highest level in Romanian football. It is also known by the sponsorship name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Liga II has 20 teams each playing 38 fixtures to create a final league table. The two top teams are promoted directly, while the bottom five are relegated. Third place gets to play a promotion play-off.