CONSTANțA. SSC Farul and Rapid Bucuresti didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..

The match was played at the Stadionul Farul stadium in Constanța on Wednesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Marcel Bîrsan with the assistance of Valentin Avram and Daniel Mitruți. The 4th official was Cristian Moldoveanu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.62 degrees Celsius or 51.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. SSC Farul was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Rapid Bucuresti that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

SSC Farul was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough SSC Farul to win the match​.

SSC Farul shot 18 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

SSC Farul received 3 yellow cards (Constantin Grameni, Constantin Budescu and Louis Munteanu). On the opposite side, Rapid Bucuresti received 3 yellow cards (Catalin Cirjan, Jayson Papeau and Kévin Soni).

Standings

After this match, SSC Farul has 30 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Rapid Bucuresti will has 33 points like CFR Cluj to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, SSC Farul will play away with Universitatea Craiova on the 20th of January with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

Rapid Bucuresti will host U Craiova 1948 on the 20th of January with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of U Craiova 1948 (1 draw).

SSC Farul – Formation

SSC Farul started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Gheorghe Hagi decided to play with the following team: Ionut Larie, Marian Aioani (8.4), Kevin Boli (7.3), Andrei Artean (7.0), Mihai Popescu (8.1), Dan Sirbu (7.0), Ionut Vina (6.3), Constantin Grameni (7.7), Damien Dussaut (7.3), Adrian Mazilu (6.4), Louis Munteanu (7.3) and Constantin Budescu (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Rivaldinho (7.0), Alexandru Buzbuchi, Diogo Queirós (6.8), Gabriel Danuleasa, Amine Benchaib, Narek Grigoryan (6.7), Darius Grosu (6.4), Nicolas Popescu and Luca Banu.

SSC Farul could not rely on the presence of Diogo Queirós (injured).

Substitutions

SSC Farul made 4 changes: Dan Sirbu for Darius Grosu (46′), Constantin Grameni for Diogo Queirós (74′), Adrian Mazilu for Rivaldinho (75′) and Constantin Budescu for Narek Grigoryan (87′).

Player of the match: Marian Aioani​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SSC Farul was the goalkeeper: Marian Aioani. His rating is 8.36. He performed 5 saves.

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

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

Cristiano Bergodi played with: Andrei Borza, Razvan Oaida, Horaţiu Moldovan (8.2), Iulian Cristea (7.3), Cristian Sapunaru (7.7), Paul Iacob (7.8), Alexandru Albu (7.1), Christopher Braun (7.0), Borja Valle (6.8), Catalin Cirjan (7.1), Funsho Bamgboye (7.0) and Alexandru Ioniță (7.3), Jayson Papeau (7.1).

They had on the bench: Dragos Grigore, Robert Badescu, Juvhel Tsoumou, Stefan Panoiu, Gabriel Gheorghe, Alexandru Stan, Virgil Draghia, Omar El Sawy (7.1) and Kévin Soni (6.7).

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 2 changes: Funsho Bamgboye for Omar El Sawy (69′) and Alexandru Ioniță for Kévin Soni (61′).

Player of the match: Horaţiu Moldovan​

The most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was the goalkeeper: Horaţiu Moldovan. His rating is 8.16. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• SSC Farul – Rapid Bucuresti – 0-0
• UTA Arad – Universitatea Craiova – 2-2