BOTOşANI. Rapid Bucuresti didn’t concede much to Botoşani to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Rapid Bucuresti was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Stadionul Municipal stadium in Botoşani on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrei Moroiţă assisted by Mihai Ovidiu Artene and Ionel Valentin Dumitru. The 4th official was Vlad Băban. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.16 degrees Celsius or 44.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 4 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 87 Attack 100
- 49 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 16 Total 19
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Rapid Bucuresti had a superior ball possession 64% while Botoşani was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Botoşani was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Botoşani to win the match.
Botoşani shot 18 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Rapid Bucuresti shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Botoşani received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Mutombo, Júnior Pius and Jean-Armel Drolé). Regarding the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti received 1 yellow card (Borja Valle).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Botoşani will have 9 points to hold in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti will have 31 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga 1, Botoşani will host SSC Farul on the 9th of March with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of SSC Farul (2 draws).
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).
Botoşani – Formation
Botoşani
90'
71'
Botoşani started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Dan Alexa decided to play with the following team: Razvan Ducan , Romario Benzar , Gabriel Mutombo , Júnior Pius , Alexandru Tiganasu , Eduard Florescu , Victor Dican , Gabriel David , Kablan Davy N’Goma , Jean-Armel Drolé and Adams Friday .
The home team had on the bench: Andrei Dragu , Charles Petro, Miroslav Ilicic , George Dragomir , Marius Cioiu, Alin Seroni, Andrei Ureche, Virgile Pinson and Carlo Casap .
Substitutions
Botoşani made 5 changes: Kablan Davy N’Goma for Virgile Pinson (54′), Jean-Armel Drolé for Miroslav Ilicic (54′), Gabriel David for George Dragomir (71′), Adams Friday for Carlo Casap (71′) and Miroslav Ilicic for Andrei Dragu (86′).
Player of the match: Romario Benzar
The player that probably impressed the most for Botoşani was Romario Benzar.
His rating is with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.
Rapid Bucuresti – Formation
Rapid Bucuresti
Rapid Bucuresti started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Cristiano Bergodi played with: Alexandru Ionita II, Horaţiu Moldovan , Razvan Onea , Cristian Sapunaru , Paul Iacob , Christopher Braun , Mattias Käit , Alexandru Albu , Funsho Bamgboye , Alexandru Ioniță and Omar El Sawy , Borja Valle .
They had on the bench: Andrei Borza, Jayson Papeau , Iulian Cristea, Stefan Panoiu , Dragos Grigore, Razvan Oaida , Catalin Cirjan , Virgil Draghia and Kévin Soni .
Substitutions
Rapid Bucuresti made 5 changes: Borja Valle for Catalin Cirjan (73′), Alexandru Albu for Razvan Oaida (65′), Alexandru Ionita II for Kévin Soni (58′), Omar El Sawy for Stefan Panoiu (58′) and Funsho Bamgboye for Jayson Papeau (58′).
Player of the match: Cristian Sapunaru
The most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was Cristian Sapunaru.
His rating is with 81 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga 1.
- Botoşani – Rapid Bucuresti – 0-0
- Universitatea Craiova – CFR Cluj – 1-0
- UTA Arad – Hermannstadt – 2-0
