BUCUREşTI. Universitatea Cluj had a astounding comeback against Rapid Bucuresti.

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti. The referee was Radu Petrescu with the help of Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Mihai Marius Marica. The 4th official was Cătălin Ion Buşi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.28 degrees Celsius or 36.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Rapid Bucuresti was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Universitatea Cluj that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Universitatea Cluj found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Rapid Bucuresti shot 10 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Universitatea Cluj shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 1 yellow card (Christopher Braun). Talking about the opposition, Universitatea Cluj received 4 yellow cards (Lucas Masoero, Doru Popadiuc, Dorinel Oancea and Andrei Pițian).

Standings

After this match, Rapid Bucuresti will stay with 30 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Universitatea Cluj will have 23 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will host FCSB on the 9th of March with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (11 draws).

Universitatea Cluj will host Botoşani on the 2nd of March with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Universitatea Cluj (4 draws).

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

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

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: Alexandru Ionita II, Razvan Oaida, Horaţiu Moldovan (6.6), Christopher Braun (6.3), Cristian Sapunaru (6.4), Paul Iacob (7.0), Andrei Borza (7.5), Mattias Käit (7.3), Alexandru Albu (7.0), Funsho Bamgboye (7.0), Alexandru Ioniță (7.8), Jayson Papeau (8.1) and Borja Valle (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Juvhel Tsoumou (6.4), Iulian Cristea, Stefan Panoiu, Razvan Onea, Dragos Grigore, Catalin Cirjan, Virgil Draghia, Omar El Sawy (6.3) and Kévin Soni (6.4).

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 5 changes: Mattias Käit for Kévin Soni (65′), Jayson Papeau for Omar El Sawy (77′), Alexandru Ionita II for Juvhel Tsoumou (77′), Funsho Bamgboye for Catalin Cirjan (88′) and Andrei Borza for Razvan Onea (88′).

Player of the match: Jayson Papeau​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Bucuresti was Jayson Papeau.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 29 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 20.

Universitatea Cluj – Formation

Also Universitatea Cluj adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ioan Ovidiu Sabău played with: Bogdan Mitrea, George Cimpanu, Plamen Iliev (6.8), Alexandru Chipciu (7.3), Lucas Masoero (6.4), Andrei Pițian (6.3), Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu (7.3), Marco Fossati (6.6), Kevin Doukoure (7.3), Dan Nistor (6.4), Gabriel Simion (6.8), Ianis Stoica (7.8) and Daniel Popa (9.1).

These were the players on the bench: Dorinel Oancea (7.5), Andrei Miron, Filip Ilie, Ioan Filip (6.7), Andrei Gorcea, Elvis Manu, Doru Popadiuc (6.7), Andrei Peteleu and Robert Silaghi.

Universitatea Cluj could not rely on the presence of Filip Ilie (injured) and Ioan Filip (injured).

Substitutions

Universitatea Cluj made 4 changes: Marco Fossati for Dorinel Oancea (31′), Daniel Popa for Doru Popadiuc (81′), Ianis Stoica for Filip Ilie (89′) and Kevin Doukoure for Ioan Filip (82′).

Player of the match: Daniel Popa​

The most impressive player for Universitatea Cluj was Daniel Popa.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 16 passes (56% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• Rapid Bucuresti – Universitatea Cluj – 2-3
• U Craiova 1948 – Sepsi – 2-1