In this week 11 match, on Saturday Sep 17th, Rapid Bucuresti hosts Mioveni at Stadionul Valentin Stănescu in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Rapid Bucuresti, recorded a 0-1 loss against U Craiova 1948. Sekou Sidibe struck first for U Craiova 1948 in the 55th minute on a feed from Gabriel Iancu, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rapid Bucuresti couldn’t manage to score, and U Craiova 1948 took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Rapid Bucuresti should be reasonably happy with their performance, while mioveni is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Universitatea Cluj. Ely Fernandes scored the first goal for Universitatea Cluj in the 35th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Mioveni was frustrated by Universitatea Cluj’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Universitatea Cluj ended the match with the shutout victory. Mioveni looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw apiece.
Mioveni is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Emil Adrian Scarlatache and Blerim Krasniqi each only have 1 goal in their last five. Rapid Bucuresti’s most prolific scorer has been Marko Dugandžić. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.