SFâNTU GHEORGHE. Sepsi and Rapid Bucuresti didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Rapid Bucuresti was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Sfântu Gheorghe on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Ovidiu Alin Hațegan with the collaboration of Mircea Mihail Grigoriu and Ciprian Florin Danșa. The 4th official was Sorin Dan Vădana. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.13 degrees Celsius or 52.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rapid Bucuresti had a strong ball possession 58% while Sepsi was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Rapid Bucuresti to win the match​.

Sepsi shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Rapid Bucuresti shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sepsi received 1 yellow card (Isnik Alimi). Regarding the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Funsho Bamgboye and Jayson Papeau).

Standings

After this contest, Sepsi will have 20 points like Universitatea Cluj to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti will have 30 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Sepsi will play away against Botoşani on the 28th of February with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Botoşani (6 draws).

Rapid Bucuresti will host FCSB on the 9th of March with a 10-6 head to head in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

Sepsi – Formation

Sepsi adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Liviu Ciobotariu decided to play with the following team: Darius Oroian, Roland Niczuly (7.7), Denis Ciobotariu (6.7), Mihai Bălașa (7.0), Branislav Niňaj (7.3), Florin Stefan (7.1), Isnik Alimi (7.0), Denis Florin Renta (6.7), Adnan Aganović (7.0), Marius Ștefănescu (7.5), Ion Gheorghe (7.3) and Pavol Šafranko (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ákos Kecskés, Dinu Moldovan, Vitalie Damașcan, Cosmin Matei (6.8), Bogdan Oteliță, Sherif Kallaku, Gabriel Debeljuh (7.0), Roland Varga (6.8) and Mario Rondon.

Sepsi could not rely on the presence of Roland Varga (injured).

Substitutions

Sepsi made 3 changes: Adnan Aganović for Cosmin Matei (72′), Pavol Šafranko for Gabriel Debeljuh (73′) and Florin Stefan for Roland Varga (63′).

Best player: Roland Niczuly​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sepsi was the goalkeeper: Roland Niczuly. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

Also Rapid Bucuresti adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Cristiano Bergodi played with: Alexandru Ionita II, Horatiu Moldovan (8.4), Christopher Braun (7.3), Cristian Sapunaru (7.1), Paul Iacob (7.5), Andrei Borza (8.1), Razvan Oaida (6.8), Alexandru Albu (7.5), Funsho Bamgboye (6.3), Alexandru Ioniță (7.3), Jayson Papeau (7.5) and Borja Valle (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Mattias Käit (6.7), Juvhel Tsoumou (6.7), Iulian Cristea, Stefan Panoiu, Razvan Onea, Dragos Grigore, Catalin Cirjan (6.6), Virgil Draghia and Omar El Sawy (7.5).

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 4 changes: Alexandru Albu for Catalin Cirjan (73′), Razvan Oaida for Mattias Käit (57′), Alexandru Ionita II for Juvhel Tsoumou (58′) and Jayson Papeau for Omar El Sawy (84′).

Best player: Horatiu Moldovan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was the goalkeeper: Horatiu Moldovan. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sepsi – Rapid Bucuresti – 0-0