The U Craiova 1948 & Rapid Bucuresti managers N. Napoli and A. Iencsi are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Liga 2 league table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Romania Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Şcolar Reşiţa, was also a home game here at Stadionul Municipal. The away team is better rested.
U Craiova 1948 form and stats
Perfect Liga 2 season at home so far for U Craiova 1948, who have the most scored goals (16) in Liga 2, 3 wins from 3 appearances. In general it's been a long time since Craiova tasted defeat here at Stadionul Municipal, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league. Craiova has a nice streak going on as they have played 26 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the CS U Craiova II defeat 526 days ago.
A 3-3 draw away in the Liga 2 before that, with Comuna Recea the opponent.
Goals are plentiful at Stadionul Municipal in the league this season as Craiova has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Craiova's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rapid Bucuresti form and stats
Rapid Bucuresti have six points from their first three away games in the Liga 2, meaning two victories and a loss.
P. Goge and Ș. Pănoiu scored in Bucuresti's previous match, the home game against Concordia Chiajna that ended 4-2. Prior to that match, the Rapid Bucuresti manager A. Iencsi faced defeat when travelling to Comuna Recea and losing 1-2.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bucuresti, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Rapid Bucuresti in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bucuresti, zero draws and zero defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Bucuresti are regular goalscorers on their travels. Bucuresti have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Hlistei 7 goals | M. Drăghiceanu 5 goals | A. Jorza 4 goals |
U Craiova 1948 missing players
Rapid Bucuresti missing players
| U Craiova 1948 | Rapid Bucuresti | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 28 | 60 |
| 25 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 25 |
| 56% | 86% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 56% |
- All of Rapid Bucuresti's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of U Craiova 1948's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Rapid Bucuresti have scored in all their matches so far.
- Rapid Bucuresti haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- U Craiova 1948 has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 has the most points (9) at home in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 has the most scored goals (16) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga 2
- U Craiova 1948 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- U Craiova 1948 have scored in all their matches so far.
- U Craiova 1948 have won all their matches at home so far.
- U Craiova 1948 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- U Craiova 1948 is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Rapid Bucuresti | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Dunarea Calarasi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | ASU Poli Timisoara | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Petrolul 52 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Sporting Turnu | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Metaloglobus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Csikszereda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | SSC Farul | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Unirea Slobozia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Mioveni | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Şirineaşa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Şcolar Reşiţa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | SCM Gloria Buzau | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Ripensia Timişoara | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Comuna Recea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 19 | CSM Slatina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 20 | Aerostar Bacău | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 0 |