On the 18th of December, in this week 21 match, Rapid Bucuresti hosts Botoşani in a meeting of these two Liga 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 5th placed Rapid Bucuresti is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Argeş. Albert Stahl struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 9th minute, then Cristian Albu added another in the 12th minute In the end, Argeş was frustrated by Rapid Bucuresti’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rapid Bucuresti ended the match with the shutout victory. Rapid Bucuresti is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Botoşani recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against UTA Arad. UTA Arad had 5 on net, and Botoşani had 12, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Botoşani looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
On Sunday Aug 22nd, Botoşani hosted Rapid Bucuresti in their last match together. Rapid Bucuresti took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Younes Bnou Marzouk struck first for Rapid Bucuresti in the 84th minute on a feed from Ilie, then Saifeddine Alami Bazza added another in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Botoşani was frustrated by Rapid Bucuresti’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Rapid Bucuresti ended the match with the shutout victory.
Botoşani’s top weapon lately has been Malcom Edjouma, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Balan has been the most prolific scorer on Rapid Bucuresti in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.