On the 30th of August, Rapid Bucuresti will host Universitatea Cluj in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Rapid Bucuresti recorded a 1-0 shutout win against UTA Arad. Junior Maranhão struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 17th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, UTA Arad couldn’t muster any offence and Rapid Bucuresti ran away with the shutout win. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while universitatea Cluj sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Voluntari. Neither Voluntari nor Universitatea Cluj could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Rapid Bucuresti’s top weapon lately has been Sefer, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.