On Oct 8th, Rapid Bucuresti plays host to Botoşani in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Liga 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Rapid Bucuresti sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Chindia Târgovişte. Daniel Popa struck first for Chindia Târgovişte in the 15th minute on a feed from Doru Popadiuc, then Cristian Neguț added another in the 56th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Rapid Bucuresti should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Botoşani recorded a 1-1 draw against Universitatea Cluj. Mihai Roman II struck first for Botoşani in the 56th minute, then Adrian Ionuț Bălan got the equalizer for Universitatea Cluj in the 75th minute on a feed from Marius Briceag squeezing out at least the one point for Universitatea Cluj. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Rapid Bucuresti won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Shaquill Sno has been the most prolific scorer on Botoşani in his last five matches with two goals. Both Marko Dugandžić and Sefer have been the hottest scorers for Rapid Bucuresti in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.