This could be an interesting match as Rapid Bucuresti have their presumed home advantage while Argeş are ahead 4 points in the Liga 2 table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti have collected 22 points from their Liga 2 home games so far after 6-4-2.
A. Jorza was the last player to score a league goal for Rapid Bucuresti and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Rapid Bucuresti haven't scored in 450 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mihai Maximilian Popa not having conceded a league goal in 191 minutes.
Bucuresti shared the glory with Petrolul 52 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Mioveni the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rapid Bucuresti handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
The manager D. Alexa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to UTA Arad in only four days.
Bucuresti are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. From these home matches, Bucuresti have conceded only 7 goals.
Argeş form and stats
5-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Argeş in their Liga 2 matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Argeş as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sirineasa game have they lost an away game, meaning Argeş has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
180 minutes! That's how long the Argeş goalkeeper Razvan Ducan and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Argeş has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sporting Turnu for a Liga 2 game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that game was the away victory against Pandurii Targu Jiu with the score of 4-0.
Argeş are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Argeş manager I. Badea as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Petrolul 52.
Argeş are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Argeş are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Argeş - Bucuresti 0-2. Last seven meetings between the teams: Bucuresti won three, Argeş won two and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Blejdea 14 goals |  C. Hlistei 7 goals |  V. Buhăescu 5 goals |
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
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| Rapid Bucuresti | Argeş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 20 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 68% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 84% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 46% | 52% |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 38% | 52% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 46% | 36% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 28% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 309 | 178 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 146 | 248 |
| 123 | 68 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 50 | 90 |
| 26% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | 37% |
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rapid Bucuresti have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | UTA Arad | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting Turnu | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Argeş | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Petrolul 52 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Metaloglobus | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Mioveni | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 7 | Rapid Bucuresti | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 8 | Dunarea Calarasi | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 36 |
| 10 | Sirineasa | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 36 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| 13 | Ripensia Timisoara | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 23 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 15 | Concordia Chiajna | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Csikszereda | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 25 |
| 17 | Scolar Resita | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Sportul Snagov | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 33 | -46 | 9 |
| 19 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 34 | -43 | 8 |
| 20 | Juventus Bucuresti | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -25 | 6 |