Rapid Bucuresti vs Petrolul 52: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 2
Date: Wed 16.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Regie

Rapid Bucuresti will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Petrolul 52.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Liga 2.

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Rapid Bucuresti form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 2, Rapid Bucuresti have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

The home team returns to Stadionul Regie after sharing the points with Metaloglobus (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Liga 2 game ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a Romania Cup defeat to CSM Iaşi (0-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rapid Bucuresti as they are travelling to their away game against Csikszereda in the Liga 2. That match is three days after this one.

The Rapid Bucuresti fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Rapid Bucuresti's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Petrolul 52 form and stats

Petrolul 52's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Petrolul 52 collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Liga 2. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Petrolul 52 won their last game, 3-0 versus Juventus Bucureşti played at home. Prior to that result Petrolul 52 won their away game at Pandurii Târgu Jiu. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Concordia Chiajna in just three days.

Petrolul 52 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Petrolul 52 have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

S. Arnăutu
4 goals
M. Drăghiceanu
2 goals
A. Sefer
2 goals

Rapid Bucuresti missing players

Petrolul 52 missing players

Rapid Bucuresti Petrolul 52
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 2 6 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 4 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
13 8 3 Scored S 0 7 11
9 5 2 Conceded C 4 6 10
78% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 80%
67% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
56% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
33% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 20%
11% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 30%
44% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 40%
 
4.6 5.2 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 5 6.4
3.9 3.2 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 4.5 3.5
3.2 3.2 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Petrolul 52 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rapid Bucuresti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Rapid Bucuresti
All Liga 2: Serie 1 Liga 1 Liga 2 3. Liga: Series 2 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-09-19 RC Rapid Bucuresti 3 - 0 Dunărea Călăraşi
15-09-19 L2 Argeş 0 - 2 Rapid Bucuresti
22-09-19 L2 Rapid Bucuresti 3 - 2 SCM Gloria Buzau
26-09-19 RC Rapid Bucuresti 0 - 1 CSM Iaşi
29-09-19 L2 Metaloglobus 0 - 0 Rapid Bucuresti
16-10-19 L2 Rapid Bucuresti 13:00 Petrolul 52
19-10-19 L2 Csikszereda 08:00 Rapid Bucuresti
26-10-19 L2 Rapid Bucuresti 08:00 Ripensia Timişoara
02-11-19 L2 Sportul Snagov 09:00 Rapid Bucuresti
09-11-19 L2 Rapid Bucuresti - Universitatea Cluj
Petrolul 52
All Liga 2 3. Liga: Series 3 Romania Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
20-09-19 L2 Universitatea Cluj 4 - 0 Petrolul 52
25-09-19 RC Industria Galda de Jos 0 - 1 Petrolul 52
01-10-19 L2 Petrolul 52 0 - 0 Mioveni
05-10-19 L2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 - 1 Petrolul 52
13-10-19 L2 Petrolul 52 3 - 0 Juventus Bucureşti
16-10-19 L2 Rapid Bucuresti 13:00 Petrolul 52
19-10-19 L2 Petrolul 52 08:00 Concordia Chiajna
26-10-19 L2 Sporting Turnu 08:00 Petrolul 52
30-10-19 RC Sanatatea Cluj 15:00 Petrolul 52
02-11-19 L2 Petrolul 52 09:00 ASU Poli Timişoara

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Turnu 11 8 1 2 22 7 6 6 0 0 13 2 5 2 1 2 9 5 15 25
2 Mioveni 11 6 5 0 19 5 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 4 2 0 10 1 14 23
3 UTA Arad 8 6 1 1 26 5 5 4 1 0 17 1 3 2 0 1 9 4 21 19
4 SCM Gloria Buzau 10 6 1 3 19 9 5 4 0 1 12 3 5 2 1 2 7 6 10 19
5 Metaloglobus 11 5 3 3 16 11 6 3 1 2 7 3 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 18
6 Petrolul 52 10 5 3 2 11 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 4 1 1 7 6 1 18
7 Rapid Bucuresti 9 5 2 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 17
8 Şirineaşa 11 5 2 4 16 14 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 2 1 2 9 7 2 17
9 Argeş 10 5 1 4 13 13 5 3 0 2 7 7 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 16
10 SSC Farul 11 4 3 4 8 8 5 4 1 0 5 0 6 0 2 4 3 8 0 15
11 Concordia Chiajna 10 3 4 3 9 12 6 3 2 1 7 7 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 13
12 ASU Poli Timişoara 10 3 3 4 10 6 6 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 0 2 7 4 4 12
13 Universitatea Cluj 10 3 3 4 13 10 4 2 1 1 8 3 6 1 2 3 5 7 3 12
14 Dunărea Călăraşi 10 3 3 4 13 15 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 -2 12
15 Şcolar Reşiţa 10 3 3 4 12 16 6 3 1 2 10 12 4 0 2 2 2 4 -4 12
16 Ripensia Timişoara 11 3 3 5 12 19 5 2 0 3 6 10 6 1 3 2 6 9 -7 12
17 Csikszereda 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 1 4 0 9 6 5 1 0 4 1 9 -5 10
18 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 11 1 3 7 7 22 5 0 2 3 2 9 6 1 1 4 5 13 -15 6
19 Juventus Bucureşti 11 2 0 9 6 25 5 1 0 4 5 11 6 1 0 5 1 14 -19 6
20 Sportul Snagov 11 0 2 9 4 28 5 0 1 4 1 10 6 0 1 5 3 18 -24 2

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