PLOIEşTI. Petrolul 52 and Rapid Bucuresti didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Petrolul 52 was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)​.

The match was played at the Stadionul Ilie Oană stadium in Ploieşti on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Adrian Viorel Cojocaru assisted by Imre-Laszlo Bucsi and Alexandru Vodă. The 4th official was Ionuţ Coza. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 4.85 degrees Celsius or 40.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Petrolul 52 had a strong ball possession 62% while Rapid Bucuresti was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Petrolul 52 was more aggressive with 88 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Petrolul 52 to win the match​.

Petrolul 52 shot 21 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti shot 5 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Petrolul 52 received 4 yellow cards (Jefferson Junior, Paul Papp, Seniko Doua and Bart Meijers). On the opposite side, Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Funsho Bamgboye and Razvan Oaida).

Also, Rapid Bucuresti didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Andrei Borza (Rapid Bucuresti) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (6′).

Standings

After this match, Petrolul 52 has 27 points to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti will has 32 points like Universitatea Craiova to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Petrolul 52 will play away against U Craiova 1948 on the 19th of December with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Petrolul 52 (1 draw).

Rapid Bucuresti will play away against SSC Farul on the 20th of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of SSC Farul (3 draws).

Petrolul 52 – Formation

Petrolul 52 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Florin Cristian Pârvu decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Zima (7.1), Seniko Doua (6.3), Paul Papp (7.1), Bart Meijers (8.2), Marian Huja (8.1), Valentin Țicu (7.3), Alexandru Marian (6.4), Ismaël Diomandé (7.1), Jair (7.3), Gheorghe Grozav (7.3) and Billel Omrani (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jefferson Junior (6.7), Takayuki Seto, Mihai Roman II (6.3), Mihai Alexandru, Iustin Raducan, Denis Răzvan Radu, Guilherme Garutti, Mihnea Radulescu (6.8) and Lucian Dumitriu (6.8).

Petrolul 52 could not rely on the presence of Jefferson Junior (injured).

Substitutions

Petrolul 52 made 4 changes: Ismaël Diomandé for Jefferson Junior (57′), Alexandru Marian for Mihnea Radulescu (63′), Seniko Doua for Mihai Roman II (63′) and Billel Omrani for Lucian Dumitriu (74′).

Player of the match: Bart Meijers​

The player that probably impressed the most for Petrolul 52 was Bart Meijers.

His rating is 8.2 with 84 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

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

Cristiano Bergodi played with: Alexandru Ionita II, Hama Juvhel Fred Tsoumou, Horaţiu Moldovan (8.4), Christopher Braun (7.7), Iulian Cristea (7.5), Cristian Sapunaru (7.9), Paul Iacob (8.5), Andrei Borza (3.1), Razvan Oaida (7.3), Alexandru Albu (7.3) and Catalin Cirjan (7.5), Borja Valle (6.7), Jayson Papeau (6.6).

They had on the bench: Funsho Bamgboye (6.8), Alexandru Ioniță, Juvhel Tsoumou, Stefan Panoiu, Dragos Grigore, Alexandru Stan, Virgil Draghia, Omar El Sawy and Kévin Soni.

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 2 changes: Catalin Cirjan for Funsho Bamgboye (55′) and Jayson Papeau for Dragos Grigore (90′).

Player of the match: Paul Iacob​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was Paul Iacob.

His rating is 8.5 with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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

• Petrolul 52 – Rapid Bucuresti – 0-0
• Voluntari – U Craiova 1948 – 0-1