BUCUREşTI. Rapid Bucuresti annihilates UTA Arad 4-1 with goals of Albion Rrahmani (1′), Robert Badescu (13′), Albion Rrahmani (82′) and Borisav Burmaz (90′). Talking about the opposition, UTA Arad scored with ​Claudiu Micovschi  (44′).

The match was played at the Stadionul Valentin Stănescu stadium in Bucureşti. The referee was Cătălin Popa with the help of George Florin Neacșu and Adrian Popescu. The 4th official was Ovidiu Robu. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.98 degrees Celsius or 55.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Rapid Bucuresti was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. UTA Arad that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

UTA Arad was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Rapid Bucuresti succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Rapid Bucuresti shot 21 times, 6 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, UTA Arad shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rapid Bucuresti received 2 yellow cards (Ermal Krasniqi and Jakub Hromada). On the opposite side, UTA Arad received 2 yellow cards (Tiberiu Căpuşă and João Pedro).

Standings

After playing this match, Rapid Bucuresti has 51 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, UTA Arad will stays with 37 points like Hermannstadt to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga 1, Rapid Bucuresti will play away with Universitatea Craiova on the 2nd of March with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Universitatea Craiova (7 draws).

UTA Arad will host U Craiova 1948 on the 2nd of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of UTA Arad (3 draws).

Rapid Bucuresti – Formation

Rapid Bucuresti adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Cristiano Bergodi decided to play with the following team: Alexandru Albu, Andrei Borza, Marian Aioani (7.0), Christopher Braun (7.1), Cristian Sapunaru (7.3), Paul Iacob (7.3), Robert Badescu (7.3), Razvan Oaida (7.1), Damjan Djokovic (7.0), Ermal Krasniqi (7.0), Florent Hasani (7.0), Claudiu Petrila (7.5) and Albion Rrahmani (9.4).

The home team had on the bench: Borisav Burmaz (7.9), Jayson Papeau (7.0), Funsho Bamgboye (7.7), Jakub Hromada (7.0), Iulian Cristea, Dragos Grigore, Catalin Cirjan, Virgil Draghia and Omar El Sawy.

Substitutions

Rapid Bucuresti made 4 changes: Claudiu Petrila for Funsho Bamgboye (55′), Florent Hasani for Jayson Papeau (55′), Damjan Djokovic for Jakub Hromada (61′) and Ermal Krasniqi for Borisav Burmaz (69′).

Player of the match: Albion Rrahmani​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rapid Bucuresti was Albion Rrahmani.

His rating is 9.4 with 2 goals, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 8.

UTA Arad – Formation

Also UTA Arad adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Mircea Rednic played with: Florin Iacob (5.8), Tiberiu Căpuşă (6.6), Marko Stolnik (6.1), Alexandru Benga (6.7), Diogo Rodrigues (7.1), Cristian Mihai (6.7), Marcelo Freitas (7.0), Claudiu Micovschi  (7.3), Andrej Fabry (7.0), Eric Omondi (6.3), Kevin Luckassen (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: João Pedro (6.8), Alexandru Tudorie (6.3), Danylo Kucher, Ariel López, Raul Alexandru Stanciu, Vlad Morar (6.6), Andrei Alexandru David (6.3), Darius Iurasciuc and Razvan Alin Trif (6.1).

Substitutions

UTA Arad made 4 changes: Kevin Luckassen for Alexandru Tudorie (77′), Andrej Fabry for Vlad Morar (77′), Diogo Rodrigues for Razvan Alin Trif (86′) and Marcelo Freitas for João Pedro (82′).

Player of the match: Claudiu Micovschi ​

The player that probably impressed the most for UTA Arad was Claudiu Micovschi .

His rating is 7.3 with 1 goal, 26 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Universitatea Cluj – SSC Farul – 1-0
• Rapid Bucuresti – UTA Arad – 4-1