Rapid Bucuresti prevails over U Craiova 1948 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

BUCUREşTI. Rapid Bucuresti had a close win over U Craiova 1948.

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David Brown
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Rapid Bucuresti prevails over U Craiova 1948 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

BUCUREşTI. Rapid Bucuresti had a narrow win over U Craiova 1948. Rapid Bucuresti took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti. The referee was Horațiu Mircea Feșnic who had the assistance of Alexandru Cerei and Doru Claudiu Lucaciu. The 4th official was Horia Gabriel Mladinovici. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.93 degrees Celsius or 53.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Rapid Bucuresti

4 - 3

Team 1

U Craiova 1948

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 28 Total 8
  • 12 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 3
  • 9 Shots blocked 1
  • 108 Attack 86
  • 94 Dangerous attack 43
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 0
  • 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 11 Total 17
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Rapid Bucuresti had a strong ball possession 57% while U Craiova 1948 was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti had a more offensive attitude with 94 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rapid Bucuresti won the match​.

Rapid Bucuresti shot 28 times, 12 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, U Craiova 1948 shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Cristiano Bergodi and Razvan Onea). On the opposite side, U Craiova 1948 received 3 yellow cards (Alexandru Blidar, Jibril Ibrahim and Dragos Albu).

Match Timeline

6'
Alexandru Blidar- Yellow
Răzvan Onea- Yellow
8'
25'
Dragoș Albu(goal)Juan Bauza
26'
Dragoș Albu- Yellow
Ermal Krasniqi(goal)Florent Hasani
43'
Funsho Bamgboye- sub ->Ermal Krasniqi
46'
51'
William Baeten (goal)Juan Bauza
56'
Alexandru Blidar(goal)Dragos Albu
Borisav Burmaz- sub ->Florent Hasani
60'
Omar El Sawy- sub ->Catalin Cirjan
60'
66'
Jibril Ibrahim- sub ->Juan Bauza
67'
Sekou Sidibe- sub ->William Baeten
Alexandru Albu- sub ->Razvan Oaida
70'
Albion Rrahmani(penalty)
76'
Albion Rrahmani(VAR)
74'
78'
Jibril Ibrahim- Yellow
Răzvan Onea(goal)Paul Iacob
81'
83'
Vladislav Blănuță- sub ->Alexandru Blidar
87'
Matheus Mascarenhas- sub ->Aurelian Chitu
Borisav Burmaz(goal)Alexandru Albu
90'
Iulian Cristea- sub ->Albion Rrahmani
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FCSB
49
7
CFR Cluj
34
6
Universitatea Craiova
49
30
Rapid Bucuresti
29
6
Sepsi
28
6
SSC Farul
43
30
Universitatea Cluj
42
30
Hermannstadt
40
30
UTA Arad
40
30
Petrolul 52
35
30
Otelul
34
30
CSM Iaşi
33
30
U Craiova 1948
31
30
Dinamo Bucureşti
29
30
Voluntari
28
30
Botoşani
21
30

After this match, Rapid Bucuresti has 36 points like CFR Cluj to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, U Craiova 1948 will stays with 27 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will play away against Dinamo Bucureşti on the 27th of January with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Dinamo Bucureşti (7 draws).

U Craiova 1948 will play away against SSC Farul on the 27th of January with a 3-1 head to head in favor of SSC Farul (1 draw).

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

Rapid Bucuresti
G
Horaţiu Moldovan 31.Romania
6.0
D
Răzvan Onea 19.Romania
8.5
8' Goals81'
D
Paul Iacob 6.Romania
6.7
D
Cristian Săpunaru  22.Romania
6.6
D
Christopher Braun 47.Germany
6.1
M
Răzvan Oaidă 26.Romania
7.0
70'
M
Damjan Djokovic 88.Croatia
6.4
M
Cătălin Cîrjan 80.Romania
6.4
60'
M
Jayson Papeau 96.France
F
Florent Hasani 8.Kosovo
8.1
60'
F
Albion Rrahmani 9.Kosovo
7.1
90' Goals76'
F
Ermal Krasniqi 77.Kosovo
7.5
46' Goals43'
F
Borja Valle 11.Spain
Substitutes
G
Virgil Drăghia 90.Romania
G
B. Ungureanu 99.Romania
D
R. Bădescu 3.Romania
D
Dragoș Grigore 21.Romania
D
Iulian Cristea 15.Romania
90'
M
Omar El Sawy 91.Romania
6.7
60'
M
A. Ioniţă 10.Romania
M
Alexandru Albu 23.Romania
7.0
70'
F
Borisav Burmaz 11.Serbia
7.7
60' Goals90'
F
K. Soni 93.Cameroon
F
Funsho Bamgboye 7.Nigeria
6.4
46'

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

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: Borja Valle, Jayson Papeau, Horaţiu Moldovan (6.0), Razvan Onea (8.5), Cristian Sapunaru (6.6), Paul Iacob (6.7), Christopher Braun (6.1), Razvan Oaida (7.0), Damjan Djokovic (6.4), Catalin Cirjan (6.4), Florent Hasani (8.1), Albion Rrahmani (7.1) and Ermal Krasniqi (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Funsho Bamgboye (6.4), Alexandru Ioniță, Iulian Cristea, Alexandru Albu (7.0), Robert Badescu, Borisav Burmaz (7.7), Dragos Grigore, Virgil Draghia, Omar El Sawy (6.7), Kévin Soni and George Ungureanu.

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 5 changes: Florent Hasani for Borisav Burmaz (60′), Ermal Krasniqi for Funsho Bamgboye (46′), Catalin Cirjan for Omar El Sawy (60′), Albion Rrahmani for Iulian Cristea (90′) and Razvan Oaida for Alexandru Albu (70′).

Player of the match: Razvan Onea​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rapid Bucuresti was Razvan Onea.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 36 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

U Craiova 1948 – Formation

U Craiova 1948
G
Ionuț Gurău 50.Romania
7.5
D
Amar Kvakic 5.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.4
D
Radu Negru 2.Romania
6.0
D
Léo Lacroix 4.Switzerland
6.0
D
Gabriel Compagnucci 18.Argentina
D
Andrea Padula 72.Italy
6.4
M
Dragoș Albu 8.Romania
7.8
26' Goals25'
M
William Baeten  24.Belgium
7.1
67' Goals51'
M
Vlad Achim 6.Romania
6.3
M
Juan Bauza 10.Argentina
8.7
66'
M
Alexandru Blidar 15.Romania
7.0
83' 6' Goals56'
M
Benjamin Van Durmen 30.Belgium
F
Aurelian Chițu 11.Romania
6.8
87'
Substitutes
G
Sorin Mogoșanu  1.Romania
G
Robert Popa 31.Romania
D
Danny Henriques 14.Netherlands
D
Matheus Mascarenhas 16.Brazil
6.4
87'
M
Vlad Pop 23.Romania
M
S. Asamoah 77.Togo
F
Jibril Ibrahim 9.Nigeria
6.6
66' 78'
F
Mario Ilie 27.Romania
F
Yassine Bahassa 28.France
F
Vladislav Blănuță 99.Romania
7.0
83'
F
Sekou Sidibe 51.Belgium
6.6
67'

U Craiova 1948 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Giovanni Costantino played with: Gabriel Compagnucci, Benjamin Van Durmen, Ionut Gurau (7.5), Radu Negru (6.0), Amar Kvakic (6.4), Léo Lacroix (6.0), Andrea Padula (6.4), Vlad Achim (6.3), Dragos Albu (7.8), William Baeten (7.1), Juan Bauza (8.7), Alexandru Blidar (7.0) and Aurelian Chitu (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Sekou Sidibe (6.6), Sorin Mogosanu, Jibril Ibrahim (6.6), Danny Henriques, Matheus Mascarenhas (6.4), Vlad Pop, Mario Ilie, Yassine Bahassa, Robert Popa, Samuel Asamoah and Vladislav Blanuta (7.0).

U Craiova 1948 could not rely on the presence of Sekou Sidibe (injured).

Substitutions

U Craiova 1948 made 4 changes: Aurelian Chitu for Matheus Mascarenhas (87′), Juan Bauza for Jibril Ibrahim (66′), William Baeten for Sekou Sidibe (67′) and Alexandru Blidar for Vladislav Blanuta (83′).

Player of the match: Juan Bauza​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for U Craiova 1948 was Juan Bauza.

His rating is 8.7 with 28 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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