BUCUREşTI. Rapid Bucuresti beats CFR Cluj 3-1.

Albion Rrahmani squandered a penalty (5′) for Rapid Bucuresti.​

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti. The referee was Adrian Viorel Cojocaru with the help of Ciprian Florin Danșa and Adrian Popescu. The 4th official was Ionuţ Coza. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.81 degrees Celsius or 82.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 28%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Rapid Bucuresti was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. CFR Cluj that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rapid Bucuresti won the match​.

Rapid Bucuresti shot 25 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, CFR Cluj shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Alexandru Albu and Claudiu Petrila). Regarding the opposition, CFR Cluj received 2 yellow cards (Durel Avounou and Luka Juričić).

Standings

After this contest, Rapid Bucuresti will have 18 points like Universitatea Craiova to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, CFR Cluj will stay with 19 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will host FCSB on the 9th of March with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

CFR Cluj will play away agasint SSC Farul on the 2nd of March with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of CFR Cluj (1 draw).

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

Rapid Bucuresti started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: Horatiu Moldovan (7.8), Christopher Braun (7.1), Cristian Sapunaru (7.3), Paul Iacob (7.0), Andrei Borza (7.0), Xian Emmers (7.0), Alexandru Albu (7.1), Funsho Bamgboye (7.0), Alexandru Ioniță (7.9), Claudiu Petrila (8.1) and Albion Rrahmani (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Borja Valle, Robert Badescu, Iulian Cristea, Stefan Panoiu (6.3), Razvan Onea (7.0), Alexandru Stan, Catalin Cirjan (6.4), Virgil Draghia and Jayson Papeau.

Rapid Bucuresti could not rely on the presence of Razvan Onea (injured).

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 4 changes: Claudiu Petrila for Stefan Panoiu (87′), Alexandru Ionita II for Catalin Cirjan (81′), Xian Emmers for Borja Valle (90′) and Christopher Braun for Razvan Onea (87′).

Best player: Albion Rrahmani​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Bucuresti was Albion Rrahmani.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 22 passes (68% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

CFR Cluj – Formation

CFR Cluj started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Andrea Mandorlini played with: Karlo Muhar, Răzvan Sava (8.4), Vasile Mogoș (6.4), Anton Krešić (7.0), Arlind Ajeti (7.9), Mário Camora (7.5), Durel Avounou (7.0), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (7.3), Ciprian Deac (7.7), Lovro Cvek (6.8) and Luka Juričić (6.8), Daniel Bîrligea (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Philip Otele (7.3), Ziv Morgan, Ermal Krasniqi (7.3), Robert Filip (6.7), Jefté Betancor (7.1), Luca Mihai (7.7), Matei Cristian Ilie, Alin Fica and Ottó Hindrich.

CFR Cluj could not rely on the presence of Ermal Krasniqi (injured).

Substitutions

CFR Cluj made 5 changes: Luka Juričić for Philip Otele (46′), Durel Avounou for Luca Mihai (77′), Daniel Bîrligea for Jefté Betancor (62′), Ciprian Deac for Ermal Krasniqi (62′) and Panagiotis Tachtsidis for Robert Filip (70′).

Best player: Răzvan Sava​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for CFR Cluj was the goalkeeper: Răzvan Sava. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.​

• Rapid Bucuresti – CFR Cluj – 3-1