Week 15 brings us a match on Oct 21st where Rapid Bucuresti plays host to SSC Farul in a clash of the Liga 1. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Rapid Bucuresti is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Hermannstadt. Xian Emmers scored the first goal for Rapid Bucuresti in the 75th minute, then Dragoş Grigore added another in the 78th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hermannstadt couldn’t manage to score, and Rapid Bucuresti took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Rapid Bucuresti should be reasonably happy with their performance, while sSC Farul is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Universitatea Cluj. Alexi Pitu scored the first goal for SSC Farul in the 31st minute, then Andrei Artean added another in the 51st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Universitatea Cluj couldn’t manage to score, and SSC Farul took the shutout win. SSC Farul looks to continue their winning ways, having 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season SSC Farul won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
SSC Farul’s top weapon lately has been Denis Alibec, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Sefer has been the most effective weapon for Rapid Bucuresti lately. The Romanian midfielder has netted two goals in his last five matches.