BUCUREşTI. Rapid Bucuresti overcomes Hermannstadt with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Krasniqi (54′) and a goal from A. Rrahmani (66′).

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti. The referee was Rareș George Vidican with the collaboration of Vasile Marinescu and Ciprian Florin Danșa. The 4th official was Bogdan Dumitrache. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.35 degrees Celsius or 47.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rapid Bucuresti had a superior ball possession 55% while Hermannstadt was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rapid Bucuresti was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rapid Bucuresti won the match​.

Rapid Bucuresti shot 18 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hermannstadt shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 1 yellow card (Alexandru Albu). Talking about the opposition, Hermannstadt received 2 yellow cards (Florin Bejan and Valerică Găman).

Standings

After playing this match, Rapid Bucuresti has 48 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Hermannstadt will stays with 34 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will play away with CSM Iaşi on the 24th of February with a 8-1 head to head in favor of Rapid Bucuresti (2 draws).

Hermannstadt will host U Craiova 1948 on the 24th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Hermannstadt (3 draws).

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

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

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: Marian Aioani (7.3), Christopher Braun (7.5), Cristian Sapunaru (7.1), Paul Iacob (8.4), Andrei Borza (7.3), Alexandru Albu (7.1), Damjan Djokovic (6.7), Ermal Krasniqi (9.4), Jayson Papeau (7.3), Borisav Burmaz (7.7) and Albion Rrahmani (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Iulian Cristea, Robert Badescu, Funsho Bamgboye (7.0), Florent Hasani (7.0), Alexandru Ioniță, Jakub Hromada, Dragos Grigore, Razvan Oaida (6.7), Claudiu Petrila (6.8), Catalin Cirjan, Virgil Draghia and Omar El Sawy.

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 4 changes: Jayson Papeau for Claudiu Petrila (64′), Alexandru Albu for Razvan Oaida (65′), Borisav Burmaz for Florent Hasani (75′) and Ermal Krasniqi for Funsho Bamgboye (75′).

Player of the match: Ermal Krasniqi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Bucuresti was Ermal Krasniqi.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 35 passes (74% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.

Hermannstadt – Formation

Hermannstadt started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Marius Constantin Măldărăşanu played with: Sota Mino, Cătălin Căbuz (7.7), Valerică Găman (6.3), Florin Bejan (6.7), Ionuț Stoica (7.3), Mihai Butean (6.7), Silviu Balaure (7.0), Alessandro Murgia (7.7), Ionuț Biceanu (6.6), R. Opruț (7.0) and Ianis Stoica (6.4), Daniel Paraschiv (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alexandru Oroian (7.0), Paolo Medina, Marius Antoche, Kablan Davy N’Goma, Gabriel Iancu (6.4), Cosmin Alexandru Bucuroiu, Ionuţ Alin Pop, Cristian Neguț (7.5), Vlad Muțiu, Alexandru Daniel Jipa (6.6), Kevin Ciubotaru and Rúben Fonseca (6.8).

Substitutions

Hermannstadt made 5 changes: Valerică Găman for Cristian Neguț (59′), Silviu Balaure for Gabriel Iancu (72′), Ionuț Biceanu for Alexandru Oroian (72′), Daniel Paraschiv for Rúben Fonseca (80′) and Ianis Stoica for Alexandru Daniel Jipa (80′).

Player of the match: Alessandro Murgia​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hermannstadt was Alessandro Murgia.

His rating is 7.7 with 70 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Petrolul 52 – CSM Iaşi – 2-1
• Rapid Bucuresti – Hermannstadt – 2-0