BUCUREşTI. U Craiova 1948 bested Rapid Bucuresti to win 2-1. A goal from P. Iacob was decisive in the 87min. It was U Craiova 1948 to strike first with an early goal of Juan Bauza at the 1′. Then Yassine Bahassa scored again for U Craiova 1948 in the 57′ minute. Eventually, Paul Iacob reduced the distance for Rapid Bucuresti (87′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Cătălin Popa assisted by George Florin Neacșu and Romică Bîrdeș. The 4th official was Andrei Moroiţă.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 10 Total 5
- 5 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 166 Attack 134
- 113 Dangerous attack 81
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Rapid Bucuresti was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. U Craiova 1948 that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rapid Bucuresti was more pushing with 113 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, U Craiova 1948 was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Rapid Bucuresti shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, U Craiova 1948 shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Paul Iacob and A. Sefer). Talking about the opposition, U Craiova 1948 didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Rapid Bucuresti will stay with 45 points to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, U Craiova 1948 will have 30 points like Botoşani to remain in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will play away against Mioveni on the 17th of February with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (1 draw).
U Craiova 1948 will host Botoşani on the 4th of March with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Botoşani (1 draw).
Rapid Bucuresti – Formation
Rapid Bucuresti
53'
87'
46'
Rapid Bucuresti started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Adrian Mutu decided to play with the following team: Horaţiu Moldovan, Ionuț Cristian Săpunaru, Florin Bogdan Ștefan, Răzvan Philippe Onea, Alexandru Ioniţă, Ljuban Crepulja, Paul Alexandru Iacob, Cristian Alexandru Albu, Xian Emmers, Ștefan Călin Pănoiu and Marko Dugandžić.
The home team had on the bench: Virgil Andrei Drăghia, Claudiu Belu-Iordache, Antonio Valentin Sefer, Kevin Luckassen, Mattias Käit, Cristian Ignat, Funsho Ibrahim Bamgboye, Valentin Ionuţ Costache and Andrei Virgil Ciobanu.
Substitutions
Rapid Bucuresti made 4 changes: Ljuban Crepulja for Mattias Käit (46′), Alexandru Ionita II for Funsho Bamgboye (46′), Xian Emmers for Kevin Luckassen (63′) and Ș. Pănoiu for Antonio Sefer (63′).
U Craiova 1948 – Formation
U Craiova 1948
U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nicolò Napoli played with: Ion-Cristian Gurau, Jeremy Huyghebaert, André Lourenço Duarte, Danny Agostinho Henriques, Radu Alexandru Negru, Vlad Alexandru Achim, William Baeten, Juan Francisco Bauza, Constantin Dragoș Albu, Aurelian Ionuț Chițu and Yassine Bahassa.
The following players were sitting on the bench: George Dănuţ Ganea, Samuel Asamoah, Ionuț Marius Zanfir, Matheus Mascarenhas dos Santos Raimundo, Lorenzo Paramatti, Robert Popa, Sekou Sidibe, V. Blănuță and Benjamin Van Durmen.
Substitutions
U Craiova 1948 made 4 changes: Aurelian Chitu for George Ganea (67′), Radu Negru for Lorenzo Paramatti (67′), Yassine Bahassa for Benjamin van Durmen (77′) and Juan Bauza for Samuel Asamoah (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
